Systems Engineer III

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionJob Title: Systems Engineer III
Location: Virtual – Must be located near a major airline hub (Atlanta area ideally, Houston also an option)
Duration: 3 months (possibility of extension)
Client: Fortune 10 Company
Pay Range: $50 to $60/hr W2
Schedule:

• 40 hours/week, M–F, 9–5
• No holidays or overtime expected
• Remote when not traveling (~75% travel required; majority East Coast, one West Coast site)

Job Description

• Provide onsite testing support post-launch at fulfillment centers, sort centers, and delivery stations.
• Conduct testing feedback and system validation (systems already installed).
• Coordinate with customers and site teams.
• Live building support and post-go-live validation.
• Analyze data, identify capacity risks, and create punch list vendor action items to ensure operational excellence.

The successful engineer in this role will:

• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems, and networks function, perform, and scale.
• Possess superb troubleshooting, project management, and problem analysis skills.
• Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation.
• Create processes that enhance operational workflow and improve customer impact.
• Dive deep to resolve problems at their root, looking for patterns amenable to long-term solutions.
• Prefer simple, repeatable solutions over complex, failure-prone ones.
• Adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources.
• Develop metrics to demonstrate performance improvements in operational efficiency.

Core Requirements:

• Relentless passion for frugality and out-of-the-box engineering.
• Strong system troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency and experience in automation.
• Good understanding of standard internet protocols (Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, SSL, DNS, HTTP).

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field (required).
• Prior Material Handling Equipment (MHE) experience (required).
• 5–7 years’ experience with testing programs and validating programs (required).
• Proficiency and experience in automation.

Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills (in order of importance):

1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering field.
2. Prior MHE (Material Handling Equipment) experience.
3. 5–7 years’ experience with testing, validation, and automation.

Benefits Info
Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with vendors.

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