System Engineer

Posted Dec 10

Personal development and becoming the best you, is all about growth and exploring new skills and opportunities – both in and out of the office. At Accruent, we call this Grow Without Limits, and we’re proud to offer each of our employees the resources, coaching, and support necessary to achieve Growth Without Limits in their personal and professional lives. Explore where the path takes you.

Are you looking for an innovative, dynamic, and international environment to work in?

Then come join our team!

We are looking for a System Engineer to strengthen our international team

Location: United Kingdom, remote

What are your responsibilities

As a Systems Engineer, you will be a key member of the Cloud Operations team and will be responsible for designing, building, automating, monitoring, and solving problems in Accruent’s customer-facing servers and applications. This involves consulting on technical designs, planning capacity expansions, preparing for disaster recovery scenarios, and installing Accruent software. In this position, you will be responsible for the performance and scalability of the Production level systems that are assigned.

Additional responsibilities you can think of are:

  • Build, validate, and support applications in both public and private cloud environments.
  • Ensure production-level systems are running at all times and have multiple levels of redundancy to meet committed SLAs.
  • Design servers & application environments for performance, reliability, redundancy, & scale.
  • Perform day-to-day maintenance such as supervising the performance of systems, virus detection, and monitoring network backups.
  • Assist with the tactical implementation of technology projects and provide ongoing support.
  • Document environment topology and installation details.
  • Apply configuration management technologies to build and scale application environments.
  • Develop scripts for automating repetitive tasks and making configuration changes.
  • Engage with support teams and customers to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
  • Maintain a disaster recovery plan and perform regular tests.
  • Help ensure SSAE16 audit compliance and keep all software licensing and maintenance contracts current.
  • Plan for expansion of capacity and recommend upgrades, patches, new applications, and equipment when vital.
  • Have deep familiarity with OS and virtualization technologies.
  • Ability to teach non-technical members of the organization and non-technical customers about the application
  • Be available for on-call rotation to Provide 24x7 support for all network and server systems across all product lines.

We are looking for someone that highly motivated and has a passion for technology and creative problem-solving. If you are dedicated, enjoy working in a remote team environment, and enjoy creating innovative solutions to complex problems, Accruent may be a fit for you.

This position reports to the Manager of Cloud Operations, who is located in the US and will be a remote opportunity.

What we are ready to offer:

We offer you a great opportunity to work with people all over the world and get the chance to contribute to the success of our customers. It’s your time to develop and grow in an innovative and dynamic environment where you'll receive a competitive remuneration package, but most importantly the opportunity to build your own success. We at Accruent, create an environment where there is room for ideas and initiatives, experiences are impactful, and talent is developed.

What you bring to the table:

We are looking for someone who ideally has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or proven experience) and has 2+ years of professional hands-on experience in a web-based (SaaS) software environment. You have excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, and have the skills to communicate effectively with different internal and external stakeholders and, recognize important information.

Within our fast-moving environment, you will be able to shift priorities and multitask and have the ability to make sound decisions based on customer needs and your technical knowledge. As a great teammate, you enjoy and excel at problem-solving and assisting others but could also work well independently.

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Experience with troubleshooting operating system-level issues (Windows Servers, Red Hat Linux, CentOS)
  • Experience with troubleshooting web server-related issues (IIS, Apache)
  • Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, HyperV)
  • Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, BAT, T-SQL),
  • Experience with building and managing public cloud environments (AWS, Azure)
  • Experience with IT Automation tools ( Ansible, Terrafom )
  • Familiarity with networking and storage technologies (Cisco, NetApp, Nimble)
  • Familiarity with configuration management technologies (SaltStack, Chef, Puppet)
  • Certifications in Linux, Microsoft, database, networking, & cloud technologies are a big plus
  • Familiarity with best practices in IT management, change management, and architecture is desirable; examples would be ITIL, COBIT, and TOGAF

About Accruent

At Accruent (a Fortive Corporation), we strive to be on the cutting edge of the software world, providing purpose-built intelligent solutions that raise customer expectations, shift paradigms, and transform the way businesses operate and achieve success.

We aim to provide the same transformational growth for our 1,000+ employees which includes a vibrant culture with over 10,000 customers in more than 150 countries – we know you’ll gain new experiences along the way. In our continued effort to help our teams Grow Without Limits, we provide all employees with the resources, coaching, and support they need to reach new heights and experience true professional and personal development – and we do this because we believe it will help us grow as a global company in return.

Every person can bring something incredible to the table, and we can always achieve more together. So, if you are courageous, adaptable, collaborative, and interested in becoming the best you, we encourage you to join us for the ride – even if you don’t believe you have the exact experience to fill a particular role.

Explore the path. Join Accruent.

About Fortive

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health, and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team of 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

We are an Equal-Opportunity employer

Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal-opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should ask to speak with a Human Resources representative to request an accommodation.

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