System Engineer

KwiKom is seeking a highly skilled systems engineer who has the business knowledge and technical expertise to implement strategies, evaluate products, and build upon an infrastructure that supports the changing needs of our customers. In this role, the systems engineer will design, develop, and integrate complex work systems for every stage of a lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be able to reliably deliver mission-critical infrastructure with an eye toward accessibility, optimization, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage and monitor all infrastructure and systems installations, including configuration, testing, and maintenance.

Implement and maintain strategies for backup, security, and redundancy.

Identify potential issues and implement solutions proactively.

Craft custom scripts that reduce the need for human interaction with collaboration from internal software development team.

Enable faster and smarter business processes and develop meaningful analytics.

Engage regularly, providing reports on project status, activities, and achievements.

Communicate with stakeholders to identify what they want to accomplish with a system.

Use expert-level administration and optimization of hosts and servers to ensure a high degree of availability and appropriate resource management.

Standardize and automate processes using scripting technology with collaboration from internal software development team.

Install and configure operating systems, software, and hardware components, and leverage IT staff for routine tasks by clearly documenting design, maintenance, and support procedures.

Test software routinely for bugs, redundancies, and security issues.

Conduct high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and establish preventive measures.

Required skills and qualifications:

Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, system performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching.

Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing (specifically Microsoft Azure)

Expertise in creating, analyzing, and repairing distributed systems

Preferred skills and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in technology or computer science

Experience with platforms – VMWare, Calix, Adtran, ArcGIS Enterprise, Microsoft Azure Ecosystem, and/or other similar technology platforms.