Senior Systems Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer

Locations: Remote-US

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
• Develop policies and procedures based on industry best practices, necessary to carry out day to day server operations and ensure business continuity for both internal and client based servers.
• Provide project implementation oversight to ensure that standards for quality and quantity of work are met.
• Plan and execute (when necessary) server changes / outages with knowledge of change management.
• Participate in the development of IT Strategies in collaboration with direct management team
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Occasional Travel to US-Based office may be required - 1 to 2 times per year for up to 5 days
• Systems Administration: Experience with Windows Server 2008 to WS2019/2022.
• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in PowerShell, Python, and automation of repetitive tasks and interacting with APIs. Experience with SaltStack or other configuration management tool (foreman, ansible, puppet, terraform)
• Cloud and Server Management: Experience managing servers in both cloud environments (e.g., Azure, private cloud) and on-premises.
• Networking and Storage: Knowledge of DFS, file server management, and troubleshooting server communication issues.
• Performance and Security: Experience in server monitoring, tuning, patch management using technologies like WSUS, SCCM, and understanding of SOC2/ISO compliance is highly desirable.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities: Ability to quickly diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, especially in complex or multi-cloud environments.
• Advanced Data Handling: Ability to write moderately complex SQL queries.
• Monitoring and Visualization: Experience with Grafana for dashboard creation.
• Virtualization and Packaging: Familiarity with VMWare, Packer, and deployment technologies like Chocolaty.
• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications are a plus.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.