Why Work Here
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Job Description
Job Description
Are you passionate about building resilient, scalable systems that power mission-critical services? As a Principal Systems Engineer, you'll lead infrastructure and platform operations, shape technical strategy, and mentor engineers-all while working with cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Azure Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise. This is your opportunity to make a big impact in a senior leadership role.
Core Job Duties
Lead & Architect:
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- Design and evolve infrastructure architecture for high availability and scalability.
- Architect Kubernetes clusters and implement Infrastructure-as-Code across Azure services.
- Drive migration and optimization of LAMP-based applications into containerized environments.
Engineer & Operate:
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- Manage Linux systems, Apache/Nginx servers, MySQL/MariaDB databases, and PHP apps.
- Oversee Azure cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes orchestration for containerized workloads.
- Administer GitHub Enterprise for source control and CI/CD workflows.
Ensure Reliability:
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- Apply SRE principles-define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
- Implement observability solutions (metrics, tracing, logging) and build dashboards for system health.
- Optimize performance, cost, and reliability through automation and data-driven insights.
Lead & Mentor:
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- Guide engineers on infrastructure and reliability best practices.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve architecture and deployment patterns.
- Drive technical strategy and continuous improvement initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
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- 8+ years in systems engineering, infrastructure, or platform roles.
- Expert in Linux administration, LAMP stack, and Kubernetes.
- Deep experience with Azure cloud services and GitHub Enterprise.
- Strong background in SRE practices, observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.), and automation (Bash, Python).
- Skilled in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible) and networking/security best practices.
About isolved
isolved is an employee experience leader, providing intuitive, people-first HCM (Human Capital Management) technology. Our solutions are delivered directly or through our partner network to more than five million employees and 145,000 employers - who use them every day to boost performance, increase productivity, and accelerate results while reducing risk. Our HCM platform, isolved People Cloud, seamlessly connects and manages the employee journey across talent management, HR & payroll, workforce management and engagement management functions. No matter the industry, we help high-growth organizations employ, enable and empower their workforce by transforming employee experience for a better today and a better tomorrow. For more information, visit www.isolvedhcm.com.
EEO Statement
isolved is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. isolved is a progressive and open-minded meritocracy. If you are smart and good at what you do, come as you are.
Disability Accommodation
Visit www.isolvedhcm.com/careers for more information regarding our incredible culture and focus on our employee experience. Visit www.isolvedeebenefits.com for a comprehensive list of our employee total rewards offerings.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions outlined above.
