Operating System Engineer Jobs in Bellevue, WA (NOW HIRING)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Redmond, WA that is seeking a System Engineer.
Summary:
This is a site reliability engineering role in the Service Health Platforms team, responsible for the operation of enterprise network observability platforms that consist of commercially available platforms and internally developed systems that ingest network telemetry. The data ingested by these systems provide the foundation for tools used by our network engineers to operate more efficiently in the context of our client's scale.
Job Responsibilities:
* Administer and operate Windows and Linux VMs hosted in Azure to ensure they remain complaint with security and configuration standards
* Maintain network observability platforms including syslog-ng, and trapd by performing upgrades, patching, capacity planning, authoring rules using regular expressions
* Provide additional support for IBM SevOne Network Performance Manager and Broadcom AppNeta observability platforms
* Manage assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives
* Identify and automate tasks with Bash, Powershell, or Python
* Troubleshoot complex network observability configurations, software applications, operating systems through regular maintenance
* Deploy, configure, and manage cloud services on platforms like Azure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
* Implement DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code, to automate and streamline development and deployment processes
* Perform BCDR failover testing where appropriate
* Participate in on-call rotation (DRI)
REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field - or equivalent experience
* 5-7 years of enterprise experience in an IT systems, network, or site reliability engineering role
* Strong understanding of network observability, including SNMP, SNMP Traps, NetFlow, gNMI
* Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or similar cloud platforms
* Strong understanding of enterprise networking protocols
* Experience with system capacity and planning, as well as functional configuration and audit
* Experience with system planning and capacity tools and analyses
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
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