Systems Engineer II

Job Title:

Systems Engineer II

Location:

Seattle, WA
Zip Code: 98108
Duration: 3 Months
Pay Rate: $67.75/hr
Keywords: #Seattle jobs; #Engineer jobs.

Start Date:

Immediate

• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
• Possess superb troubleshooting, project management and problem analysis skills.
• Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation.
• Design server monitoring and management solutions using automation and self-repair.
• Create processes that enhance operational workflow and provide positive customer impact.
• Dive deep to resolve problems at their root, looking for failure patterns amenable to long‑term solutions via simplification and automation.
• Avoid re‑inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure‑prone ones.
• Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources.
• Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate performance at improving operational efficiency.

• In depth knowledge of & experience deploying and operating Linux or other UNIX variants in a datacenter environment.
• Relentless passion for frugality and out‑of‑the‑box engineering.
• Strong system troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency and experience in automation via Perl/Python programming and shell scripting.
• Good understanding of standard internet protocols (Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, SSL, DNS, HTTP, etc.).
• Demonstrable grasp of security best practices in server configuration, tool development, and access controls.
• Experience in building SQL queries.

• Knowledge of C, C++, Python, or Java.
• Knowledge of VCS (git, mercurial, svn).
• Understanding of AWS technologies.
• Experience deploying or managing servers in large‑scale, geographically diverse environments.
• Understanding & experience of managing and monitoring large scale disk sub‑systems.
• Operational knowledge of common enterprise switching and routing platform.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, colour, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.