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Systems Engineer

We are looking for an aspiring Systems Engineer generalist to join the IT/Ops team. A successful candidate is likely to have 4 or more years of experience in technical support or Linux systems administration; homelab experience can be valuable.

Smartleaf is a small, profitable, and privately held company which helps some of the largest firms in finance manage portfolios for their clients.  More details can, of course, be found in the obvious place: http://www.smartleaf.com.

This Would Be a Good Fit For You If:

You want the things you build to be useful in the real world. You are building a toolbox of skills and behaviors that allows you to adapt to the requirements of different projects. You learn technical subjects quickly.

There is an overnight on-call rotation. We now average less than one night a month where that involves actually being woken up -- we'd like to make that zero, and you'll have power to help make those changes.

This Team Handles:

  • building and maintaining environments for development, test, and production
  • building and maintaining internal & colo networks
  • helping to maintain IT infrastructure services
  • some minor desktop user support - MacOS and Linux
  • automating work with our configuration management systems
  • documenting work so that you are happy to see it at 3AM
  • learning  project planning, budgeting, and resource management
  • and everything else that could possibly fall under the IT/Operations umbrella in a small company

Our technology stack includes: Debian Linux, a systems automation suite called Tuttle, Chef, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Rails, C++, Perl, git, svn. We use RequestTracker for ticketing. Juniper networking equipment.

What we need from you:

  • You have a few years of IT support and/or systems administration.
  • You are comfortable shell scripting and are learning one or more of Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.
  • You are clever, competent, and kind.
  • You can clearly  communicate in English, both written and verbal.
  • You are, or can convincingly fake being, detail-oriented and conscientious.

Other Useful skills include:

  • mail, web, DNS, routing, firewalls, NAT, ZFS, writing monitoring scripts, using ticketing systems, Postgres, Chef, Debian packaging. Prior experience in a production-oriented role is good. Using any sort of configuration management or automation system is good.

Our offices are a few minutes walk from North Station in Boston, MA, and practically on top of Bowdoin Station on the Blue Line. There's parking near us, a bike rack and our own shower. Dress is casual. Working hours can be flexible. Regular work-from-home is encouraged. This is not an all-remote position.

This role is WFH-friendly but requires the ability to frequently be in the Boston area, and occasionally (1-3x year) travel. Core hours are 10 am - 4 pm EST.

This role reports to: Director of IT/Operations

Core Benefits:

  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance with 100% of premium and deductible covered for employees and family (copay applies)
  • SIMPLE IRA with 3% company match
  • Four weeks PTO + NYSE holidays
  • Flexible hours 

How to Apply: 

Send your resume (PDF preferred) to future@smartleaf.com. Please include a brief note detailing what interests you in Smartleaf and why you might be a good fit for this role.

Please note: You must have a legal right to work in the United States; Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Smartleaf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.