Senior Systems Infrastructure Engineer

4 days ago


Redwood City, California, United States QIAGEN Full time
Company Overview

At the heart of QIAGEN's success is a commitment to innovation and making a real difference in science and healthcare. Our mission is to empower our employees to drive progress and improve lives globally.

We are an entrepreneurial company with a global presence, where outstanding individuals work together in dynamic teams to achieve exceptional results. Our ambition is to attract and retain top talent who share our vision and values.

If you're looking for a challenging role that offers opportunities for growth, collaboration, and impact, then QIAGEN is the perfect fit for you.

Salary and Benefits

The estimated base salary range for this position is $140,000 - 160,000. In addition to your annual salary, you'll receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes a bonus plan and generous perks.

Job Description

As a Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Storage, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our storage infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include:

  1. Providing support for EMC storage infrastructure (SAN, NFS, CIFS, ISCSI, etc).
  2. Troubleshooting complex Linux issues in production, lab, and corporate environments.
  3. Managing backups and replication.
  4. Developing and maintaining automation scripts.
  5. Deploying and scaling production systems with minimal downtime.
  6. Securing/harding operating systems against compromise.
  7. Working closely with engineering to script and maintain release consistency across environments.
  8. Assisting in network/Linux infrastructure planning, design, and maintenance.
  9. Managing storage purchase and maintenance renewals.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  1. 7-10 years of experience with storage administration (EMC/Dell Unity series).
  2. 7-10 years of experience with Linux system administration (SUSE, Rocky, Redhat).
  3. Experience with backup solutions (Veeam, Netbackup).
  4. Working knowledge of Linux and virtualization (VMware and Xen).
  5. Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP and networking.
  6. Strong Linux system programming using a shell and a higher-level language.
  7. Strong and current working knowledge of modern x64-based server hardware.
  8. Experience building Linux kernels and troubleshooting kernel issues.
  9. Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
  10. Experience configuring systems and storage for use with databases (Postgres).
  11. Strong organization and documentation skills.
  12. Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
  13. Strong knowledge in various systems disciplines (DNS, LDAP, SMTP, SSH/SSL, NTP, package managers, TPC/IP internals, volume managers/filesystems).
  14. Strong hands-on experience configuring and scaling a growing storage infrastructure requirement.
  15. Ability to create a capacity plan, redundancy model, and replication on the Dell/EMC Unity platforms.
  16. Experience administering and managing collocated servers.
Preferred Skills

While not required, experience with the following technologies would be a plus:

  1. EMC/Dell Unity and VNX platforms.
  2. Brocade SAN switch configuration.
  3. Xenserver/VMWare based server virtualization.
  4. Open-source monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix, PRTG, Cacti).
  5. Systems automation management tools such as Puppet or Chef.
  6. BS in Computer Science.
Personal Requirements

You will be required to come onsite at our Redwood City, California office.



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