Forcepoint - Austin, TX

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Remote - Austin, TX
1,001-5,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Senior Systems Site Reliability Engineer at Forcepoint, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our mission-critical services. Your primary focus will be on identifying and solving problems related to these services, as well as building automation to prevent the recurrence of issues. This position requires a deep understanding of both traditional and cloud infrastructures, as well as a strong background in coding languages and core Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and methodologies. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available architectures for both on-premises and cloud-hosted environments. In this role, you will leverage your vast experience in the administration, build, and management of ESX and VMware systems, as well as your knowledge of various storage platforms such as Dell Compellent and Pure. A strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, and GPO policies is essential, along with hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services or equivalent public cloud technologies. You will also need to demonstrate a solid grasp of networking concepts, security architecture, and monitoring platforms like Grafana Cloud and Solarwinds. Your responsibilities will include creating flowcharts, diagrams, and documentation to support your work, as well as benchmarking application and service performance. You will be expected to develop automated solutions to prevent recurring problems and to challenge the status quo to optimize current procedures and processes. This position is ideal for someone with a proactive approach to problem-solving and a service availability-oriented mindset. At Forcepoint, we value diversity and inclusivity in our workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if they do not meet every single qualification listed in the job posting. We believe that different experiences can bring valuable perspectives to our team, and we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and solve problems relating to mission-critical services.
  • Build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
  • Focus on maximum availability, reliability, security, and performance for Forcepoint services.
  • Design and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available architectures for on-prem and cloud-hosted environments.
  • Understand and apply Agile Systems Engineering practices.
  • Administer, build, and manage ESX and VMware systems.
  • Manage a range of storage platforms and concepts.
  • Understand Active Directory, Azure AD, and GPO policies.
  • Implement cloud-based architecture and operations, particularly with AWS.
  • Understand and manage Infrastructure and Platform Technology stacks.
  • Apply networking concepts and theories, including protocols and load balancing.
  • Manage security architecture and certificate management.
  • Utilize infrastructure and application monitoring platforms.
  • Implement core DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines.
  • Use configuration management platforms like Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
  • Automate cloud management using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Manage source code and API automation.
  • Create documentation such as flowcharts and diagrams.
  • Benchmark application and service performance and design scalable systems.

Requirements

  • Broad background in traditional and cloud infrastructures.
  • Direct experience with coding languages and core SRE practices.
  • Experience in administration, build, and management of ESX and VMware systems.
  • Experience with various storage platforms such as Dell Compellent and Pure.
  • Strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, and GPO policies.
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services or equivalent public cloud technology.
  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure and Platform Technology stacks.
  • Strong understanding of networking concepts and theories.
  • Understanding of security architecture and certificate management.
  • Working knowledge of monitoring platforms like Grafana Cloud and Solarwinds.
  • Understanding of core DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with configuration management platforms like Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
  • Experience with cloud management automation tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Experience with source code management software and API automation.
  • Cloud certifications or equivalent experience are highly regarded.
  • Service availability-oriented mindset with a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Ability to challenge the status quo and optimize current procedures and processes.

Nice-to-haves

  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • Good knowledge of virtualization and container technologies.
  • Experience with Docker and Amazon ECS/Kubernetes/Mesosphere/Docker Swarm.
  • VMware certification is preferred.
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