Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Build your future with Sovos. As a global leader, Sovos is transforming tax compliance from a business requirement to a force for growth while revolutionizing how businesses navigate an ever‑changing regulatory landscape.

The Work You'll Do

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will provide end‑to‑end technical leadership for all technologies and systems within the systems engineering domain at Sovos. This role will lead and assist the team and department with technology decisions, long‑term architectural design, system compliance solutions, and participate in or lead project teams that implement system technologies. You will actively participate in inter‑/intra team collaboration and deliver relevant technology presentations and business cases to appropriate governance and leadership boards. This role ensures the system design and requirements are aligned to achieve the desired business outcomes, and that team practices and coding/quality principles are aligned to achieve the desired technology outcomes. You will mentor others on system engineering best practices, techniques, review and develop plans for hardening system standards, and lead automation efforts for systems engineering deployments. This position is a lead for others by exemplifying technical excellence, inclusiveness, teamwork, and customer focus.

More Specifically, You Will

- Perform triage and troubleshooting of server‑related issues

- Manage platforms by resolving incidents and fulfilling change requests related to server technologies

- Assist with the deployment and automation of server architecture and management of systems including: UCS Blade Server virtualization, Domain Controllers, Purestorage, NetApp storage, NSX virtual networking, Rubrik backup, CommVault backup, Prometheus, Grafana, Automox, and Terraform

- Perform a variety of engineering tasks around system design, implementation, integration, and optimization within a technology environment

- Utilize systems expertise and knowledge of software, hardware, networks, and storage to work across the business with architecture, product development, systems administration, DBAs, and engineering to support business needs and end‑to‑end technical solutions

- Utilize JIRA service management platform for work intake, fulfillment, and CAB updates

- Leverage industry best practices to support, assess, test, and implement new and existing multi‑tier solutions in multiple sites and data centers

- Create, maintain, and archive low‑level design documents and detailed engineering specifications based upon business and user requirements, including high availability design diagrams, scalability design diagrams, capacity models, logical and physical network diagrams, storage layout diagrams, and disaster recovery documentation

- Write and revise operations documentation, including providing required input into operations and internal troubleshooting guidelines

- Lead automation efforts to standardize deployments using best practices

- Participate in server design walkthroughs and planning

What We Need From You

- 5‑10 years' experience working in an IT environment

- 5+ years' experience in server design and virtualization

- 5+ years' experience with storage and backup solutions

- Solid understanding of basic hardware and infrastructure components

- Ability to work with diverse technologies across storage, networking, security, and virtualization

- Familiarity with cloud platforms and backup solutions

- Familiarity with development of SaaS applications and n‑tier architectures

- Ability in advanced troubleshooting and design tasks related to highly complex enterprise architecture

- Expertise in managing server, storage, network, and backup solutions

- Strong understanding of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration capabilities

- Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving abilities

- Understanding of networking concepts including routing, firewalling, ACLs, and NSX virtual deployments

- Highly responsible, motivated team player with the ability to set and manage priorities judiciously

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with expert attention to detail

- Ability to produce clean, concise diagrams and documentation

- Ability to comprehend and communicate complex concepts

- Minimal travel required to Sovos locations or events

- Due to client contractual obligations, the successful candidate will be asked to clear a background check upon hire

Core Knowledge Areas

- Hardware & Infrastructure

- Fujitsu Primergy servers

- Brocade LAN switches and Fujitsu P2048

- Brocade SAN G610/G710

- Fujitsu AF650 & AF250 storage

- NetApp and PureStorage systems

- Cisco UCS and Cisco Fabric Interconnect

- Network & Security

- Fortinet solutions (Fortigate and FortiADC)

- HSM (nCipher)

- Backup Solutions

- Rubrik

- Commvault

- Cloud WAF Platforms

- CloudFlare

- Virtualization & VMware Applications

- SDDC Manager

- vCenter

- ESXi

- NSX

- AVI and ALB NSX

What Does Sovos Offer You?

- Health Insurance

- Life Insurance

- Personal Accidents Insurance

- Meal Allowance

- Continuing opportunities for further Learning & Development

- A chance to work with talented and passionate people in a rewarding and values‑driven environment

Sovos is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment that celebrates diversity and where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate against race, color, religions, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic provided by law. At Sovos, all employees are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

Company Background

Sovos is a global provider of tax, compliance and trust solutions and services that enable businesses to navigate an increasingly regulated world with true confidence. Purpose‑built for always‑on compliance capabilities, our scalable IT‑driven solutions meet the demands of an evolving and complex global regulatory landscape. Sovos' cloud‑based software platform provides an unparalleled level of integration with business applications and government compliance processes. More than 100,000 customers in 100+ countries—including half the Fortune 500—trust Sovos for their compliance needs. Sovos annually processes more than three billion transactions across 19,000 global tax jurisdictions. Bolstered by a robust partner program of more than 400 strong, Sovos brings to bear an unrivaled global network for companies across industries and geographies. Founded in 1979, Sovos has operations across the Americas and Europe, and is owned by Hg and TA Associates. For more information visit www.sovos.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

Location

Porto, Portugal

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