Senior Systems Engineers

Make a difference and showcase your technical depth in this busy role. Long standing local employer with an international reach. Generous salary range, great benefits and parking.

What our client can offer: For over 50 years, our client has excelled in providing solutions critical to NZ and overseas customers. Join a dedicated community of experts, driven to create real impact for the communities they serve. This employer prioritizes employee well-being with benefits like health coverage, and modern facilities. Long-service rewards recognize your commitment. Plus, their active social club strikes a perfect work-life balance. Become part of a team passionate about making a difference in a supportive environment.

What you will do: Joining a team of Senior Systems Engineers your experience and contribution will go a long way in helping to deliver a large pipeline of project work and assisting with BAU support.

Duties will include:
- The design, build and support of hybrid systems running on Linux, containerized technologies and Windows server.
- Working with the network on physical, virtualized Linux and public cloud infrastructure.
- Using structured infrastructure-as-code practices and documentation to ensure consistent delivery and support of systems.
- Participating in structured change management processes and peer reviews to ensure system delivery consistent with the demands of critical communications.
- Participate in the selection and evaluation of third-party solutions.
- Develop a high level of knowledge of the environment to investigate and champion the consolidation of legacy systems to best practice.

Skills and experience we are looking for: To be considered for this role, you will need wide-ranging, hands-on experience within infrastructure environments, including networking, operations, security, and operating systems delivered on a hybrid mix of on-premise, remote data center, and public cloud infrastructure. We seek someone with senior-level experience who can liaise effectively with senior stakeholders within an organization and who has a strong mix of the following technical skills:

- Experience working in a cross-functional environment across Legacy Unix, Linux, and Windows systems in a hybrid on-prem, managed Data Centre and Public Cloud environment (AWS and Azure).
- Experience in networking with physical as well as virtual systems (Cisco, Aruba, Palo Alto, Juniper) as well as knowledge of switching, routing technologies and advanced virtualization / cloud computing.
- Experience with Layer 2/3 VPN solutions. IPSEC / OpenVPN / Wireguard etc.
- Understanding of security practice and technologies.
- Experience with virtualization platforms (KVM, VMWare, Hyper-V).
- Strong presentation and modeling skills, experience articulating solution design and specifications using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Be prepared to take part in an on-call roster to support critical infrastructure.

This is a Christchurch based role. Please note that while there is some work from home flexibility, there is also an expectation for onsite work and team collaboration every week.

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