Sr. Systems Engineer - Linux

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Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

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The Systems Engineer is part of the Infrastructure Engineering team at Granicus. The team supports and maintains infrastructure hardware, software, and critical systems with a focus on security, availability, and scalability. The ideal candidate is an excellent Linux system administrator with significant enterprise experience designing and supporting a Linux-based infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment.

• Follow infrastructure team processes and actively seek to improve them, especially as it relates to implementing automation of repeatable tasks
• Identify and fix problem areas in the existing Linux OS and DNS infrastructure
• Execute quality changes, perform code and change request reviews
• As part of an on-call team, triage and troubleshoot efficiently and effectively during production incidents
• Ensure system resources and assets are logged and monitored along with appropriate actions for events
• Analyze log files and other infrastructure data using available tools
• Develop documentation to empower other team members and accurately represent projects and procedures
• Plan for and install new software/firmware releases and hardware/software upgrades to meet security and supportability requirements
• Act as a point of escalation for other Linux Systems Engineers
• Manage regular patching and other activities to address security vulnerabilities

• You have 5+ years of relevant experience in Linux system administration
• You have 3+ years of experience scripting / and automating repeatable tasks (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, PowerShell)
• You have 3+ years of relevant experience in DNS administration
• You have specific technical experience with:
• automated updating/patching of Linux-based systems
• SSL certificates and certificate management
• 2 or more different Linux distributions
• You have experience working to comply with security frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 and/or FedRAMP
• You have worked in a large enterprise environment, providing Linux and DNS support
• You are passionate about technology and keep abreast of technical developments in your field
• You are a motivated self-starter capable of picking up work on your own
• You are a proven technical leader, capable of identifying problems and then designing, and implementing solutions

• The ideal candidate has some level of experience with the following infrastructure technologies (bonus if your experience matches the specific products at Granicus in parenthesis):
• Linux OS (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS)
• Container systems (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS)
• DNS and IP Management (Infoblox)
• System monitoring tools (ELK, LogicMonitor)
• Virtualization (VMware)
• Cloud computing (AWS,Azure)
• Server hardware (Cisco UCS)

• Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
• Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.