Senior Systems Engineer
$99,228–$99,228 year
HybridSeattle, Washington, United States
Seattle, Washington, United StatesHybridFull Time$99,228–$99,228 yearSenior LevelBachelors DegreeEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeEnterprise
Job Summary
Design, develop, integrate, test, debug, and deploy custom-built software while evaluating and configuring open source and commercial tools. Operate and monitor services to meet target service levels, optimize configurations for maintainability, and provide technical consulting to align customer solutions with UWIT practices. Document code, merge changes with unit and integration test frameworks, and participate in professional development and industry activities. Work remotely or in-office as needed, responding to service incidents and customer questions on a priority basis.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, informatics, mathematics, information science, business administration, English or related field, or equivalent experience
- Four or more years of experience developing and supporting web applications
- Backend development in a high-level language, such as Python, JavaScript, Bash, or similar, for deployment in a Linux or cloud environment
- Database development using SQL and a relational database system such as PostgreSQL
- Experience developing software in Python and maintaining C
- Demonstrated experience with the software development lifecycle including version control (Git) and code reviews
- Experience with DevOps practices including testing, continuous integration, and monitoring
- Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, both independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrated excellent written/oral communication skills
- Technical documentation skills
- User liaison skills
- Personal interaction abilities
- Must be able to work remotely when UW suspends operations
- Currently this position is hybrid and requires at least 2 days in office
- The incumbent may need to respond to service incidents, outages, and respond to customer questions on a priority/urgency basis
- The incumbent may need to work varied hours to meet priority project milestones and other externally imposed deadlines
- Occasional travel may be required
- The same levels of participation are required in a remote work environment
Desired Qualifications
- Frontend web browser development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Experience building, maintaining, and operating web service APIs, including management of authentication and authorization, versioning and change control, and caching and scaling
- Experience deploying in cloud environments using tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with deployment tools like Ansible and GitHub actions
- Experience with Javascript frameworks like Angular or React
- Experience with IAM technologies used in research and education communities like SAML, OIDC, InCommon, eduGAIN, eduPerson, and ORCID
- Experience in a major research University setting
- Familiar with messaging services like Amazon SNS/SQS
- Knowledge of software test methodologies and automation tools
- Knowledge of networking-related concepts such as routing basics, DNS, and DHCP
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