Job Description

**This is a Contract Role*** SQA Group is a tech and advisory services firm helping companies maximize two business differentiators \xe2\x80\x94 quality and data. We help both tech and business leaders see around corners, stand-up new capabilities, and elevate software quality and data as competitive advantages that help drive towards next. SQA Group is partnering with a leading commercial insurer in RI to help support their Infrastructure Engineering group. We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our growing DevOps-focused Infrastructure Engineering group. As a Systems Engineer, you will work with the Platform Support Services & Reliability Engineering team to support on-premises and cloud-based virtualized application servers running Windows Server & Linux Operating Systems. The team utilizes tooling such as Octopus Deploy & Azure DevOps and agile practices to support current technologies practices, including infrastructure/configuration-as-code, CICD Pipelines, and observability capabilities. This is a hands-on position that requires a strong understanding of DevOps concepts and a solution-based mindset. You will work closely with other team members throughout the Infrastructure and Cloud Product and Service Organizations, so you must be flexible, participate in mutual understanding, and continuously evaluate processes. What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Do

• Setup/Troubleshooting IIS
• Supporting .NET applications
• Windows Server Administration/Scripting via PowerShell
• Support Configuration Management Software and update/develop associated Configurations
• Experience in installing, configuring and supporting COTS applications

What You Bring

• Knowledge of Infrastructure architecture and administration
• Expertise in creating, analyzing, and restoring large-scale distributed systems
• Experience working with Windows and Linux operating systems, including Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Ubuntu, Debian, and RHEL
• Knowledge of Scripting Languages such as Bash, Perl, PowerShell, Ruby, and Python
• Knowledge of Web Servers, preferably IIS. Examples include: IIS, Nginx Apache, and Tomcat
• Knowledge of enterprise backup and recovery procedures, system performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
• Knowledge of Git or other version control technologies
• Experience with Cloud Based Technologies preferably Azure
• Experience with supporting Automated Deployments and CICD Pipelines. Tooling such as Octopus Deploy and Azure DevOps
• Experience with Configuration Management Software, preferably with Salt Stack. Examples include: Chef, Puppet, and Ansible
• Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory, and experience with IP based networks, including of data networking components and concepts

Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career at SQA Group! This role is fully remote. SQA Group is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. The primary duties and responsibilities above are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job. This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability. Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: From $62.00 per hour Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Role is fully remote Application Question(s):

• Are you open to consulting work?
• Do you have 8 plus years experience as a systems engineer?

Work Location: Remote

• Health insurance