Sr. Systems Engineer (remote) Job Listing at DePaul University in Chicago, IL (Job ID 1436)

Description

DePaul University is the largest private university in Illinois, providing education to over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students each year.  DePaul is a mission-based organization, and our mission gives us purpose.  Check out our mission and see what we're about.  We're looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team and play an essential role in designing, building, and supporting core infrastructure such as virtualization stacks, datacenters, and cloud infrastructure.  In this environment, you'll take the lead on relevant projects backed by an organization that provides the opportunities, support, and mentorship you need to learn and grow as a technology professional.  If you love working with technology, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to contribute your time and efforts to something positive and meaningful, please consider applying.

We would love to chat with you if you are:

• Willing to work from home on a permanent basis
• Self-motivated, willing to wear many hats
• Able to communicate effectively with a diverse team
• Passionate about technology
• Highly skilled with Windows and Linux OS management
• Someone who values standardization and automation
• Highly Experienced with virtualization stacks (hardware/hypervisor/storage)
• More interested in preventing fires than putting them out
• Proficient in cloud automation and system performance management
• Interested in leading a team and being a primary driver of the technology roadmap
• Practicing system management with Ansible, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experienced with coding in a team setting (GitHub, etc.)

Bonus points:

• Experience with modern SRE practices
• Experience with the ITIL framework
• Experience designing, building, and implementing large scale backup environments

What you'll get to do:

• Collaborate with internal teams to solve issues and build systems
• Own core infrastructure (manage large-scale virtualization and public cloud environments)
• Monitor and measure system health, availability and performance
• Advocate for and implement changes that improve reliability, scalability, and velocity
• Reduce toil with automation
• Participate in an on-call rotation
• Develop and sustain infrastructure and services that enable the university to operate and educate
• Contribute to the reliability, availability, and security of university systems
• Lead, plan and transition University services to cloud platforms

Perks:

• Working for a stable and well-known University that values diversity and inclusion.
• Top choice medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement plan matching contribution of 10%.
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, sick time, holidays, floating holidays, and more!
• Full-Time Benefits

 

For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported.

Required Background Check:

Employment at DePaul University is contingent on passing a background check. Only final candidates who are extended an offer of employment will undergo a background check.

Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect:

Upon accepting an offer of employment with the university, you will also be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status at the time of hire. A mandated reporter is required to make a report to the Illinois DCFS Hotline whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity may be abused or neglected. For more information, please visit the following pages:

Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS)  
Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act  

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.

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