Senior IT Systems Engineer-Studio IT

SIE Studio IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of our production infrastructure and data center platforms. This role provides technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serves as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems, enterprise server hardware, virtualization, storage, and high-availability infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.

• Architect and support enterprise server hardware, including platform selection, RAID configuration, firmware lifecycle management, hardware diagnostics, and performance troubleshooting.

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms, including technologies such as Ceph, NFS-based NAS, and SAN architectures.

• Design and maintain high‑availability and load‑balanced systems, including clustered servers.

• Define and own the monitoring, alerting, and observability strategy for infrastructure platforms including storage, virtualization, servers, and operating systems.

• Partner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.

• Establish technical standards, patterns, and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team.

• Review designs, changes, and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and reliability.

• Act as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents, driving restoration efforts and post-incident review actions.

• Ensure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Strong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.

• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware, including troubleshooting, lifecycle planning, and firmware management.

• Strong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred.

• Strong experience architecting and administering Windows and Linux server platforms in enterprise or production environments.

• Strong understanding of how storage, compute, and virtualization interact in performance‑sensitive production environments.

• Strong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and/or PowerShell.

• Proficiency with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus.

• Experience designing or overseeing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions, including dashboarding platforms such as Grafana or equivalent tools.

• Ability to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.

• 5+ years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.

• Available to work varying hours, on-call shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.