Senior Systems Engineer I - Unix Team Lead

$107,200 - $160,800/Yr

Exelon - Joliet, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Joliet, IL

10,001+ employees

Utilities

About the position

The IT Sr Systems Engineer I position is a senior technical role within the IT department at Exelon, focusing on the design, implementation, and optimization of complex IT systems. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively. The engineer will provide technical insights, support IT infrastructure, and deliver solutions that meet business requirements, while also mentoring less experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions with business partners and vendors to gather information.
• Consult with leadership, architecture, project teams, and end users to identify system requirements and perform feasibility analysis.
• Write and disseminate system specifications, logical & physical architecture diagrams, and implementation plans.
• Deliver practical, efficient, and cost-effective solutions that satisfy business needs, including hands-on configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Work closely with others to develop future plans, resource requirements, migration strategies, and project schedules.
• Create and deliver presentations to Engineering and Architecture Review Boards.
• Provide oversight for less experienced engineers.
• Design, support, and maintain custom system integration with other platforms, specific to the needs of the customers.
• Ensure all risks and issues are identified and captured following set processes and are actioned appropriately.
• Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within own discipline or function.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Networking.
• 4 - 7 years' experience in IT infrastructure design, application design, cloud computing, disaster/recovery, or 7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience with system administration.
• Demonstrated ability to design and document processes & procedures.
• Experience transitioning work to operational teams.
• Maintained experience with at least one operational domain such as storage, compute, database, collaboration, application support, cloud hosting, and related technologies.
• Demonstrated competence with business acumen within own discipline or function.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal).
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with strong teamwork skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior Team Lead experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience administrating servers on-prem (physical and virtual) and in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Exadata hardware helpful.
• Experience with scripting language such as Python, Shell, Zerto experience.
• Certifications such as Azure Administrator, Oracle Cloud Administrator, VMware, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server preferred.

Benefits

• Annual salary ranging from USD $107,200.00 to USD $160,800.00 based on skills and experience.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15%.
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave, and bonding/primary caregiver leave.
• Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions.
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and fitness reimbursement.
• Referral bonus program.