Systems Engineering Associate, GovCloud

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Herndon, VA
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TL;DR · Systems Engineering Associate, GovCloud

The Systems Engineering Associate - GovCloud [Salesforce National Security] joins the Site Reliability organization to ensure cloud service availability and performance. This role involves monitoring cloud services, detecting and resolving incidents within minutes, and proactively addressing issues to maintain system health. Key responsibilities include participating in incident management, performing root cause analysis, and automating the detection and resolution of recurring production issues. The candidate will utilize a technical stack including Unix variants like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris, TCP/IP networking protocols, and AWS/C2S infrastructure. Required skills include experience with Python, Go, and ITIL service operations. The role focuses on securing data through automation, self-healing, and resiliency initiatives within a high-stakes production environment, requiring a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance to manage large-scale data center operations.

What you'll do

  • Detect and resolve production incidents within minutes to maintain cloud service availability.
  • Monitor the constant health of supporting systems to ensure top performance of customer-facing services.
  • Act in key support roles during major incidents and participate in technical reviews for problem management.
  • Populate and participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports for the Global Solutions team.
  • Automate the detection and resolution of recurring issues in the production environment.
  • Create and improve processes to reduce operations and engineering toil.
  • Perform destructive testing and game day exercises to secure data and improve resiliency.
  • Ensure all site reliability work complies with internal company policies and directives.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. citizen (born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship.
  • Must possess an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
  • Must have a related technical degree.
  • Must have systems engineering experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering or a support role.
  • Must have expertise in TCP/IP related technologies and CLI enterprise support of Unix variants (Linux/Solaris/BSD).
  • Must have experience in Incident Management and a good understanding of ITIL service operations.
  • Must have experience provisioning and operating AWS/C2S based infrastructure and systems.
  • Must have experience writing scripts in Python, Go, or other languages.

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