Sr. Systems Engineer / Performance Hardware Engineer

Sr. Systems Engineer / Performance Hardware Engineer

Location: Jersey City, NJ / Palo Alto, CA

Duration: 6+ Months (Contract to hire)

Job Description:

• Expert in Server/hardware Engineering
• Performance testing and Tuning
• Basic Coding/Scripting
• Gaming, Casino, Crypto Industry preferred and startups. Basically, looking for someone who is majorly focusing on performance Hardware/Server testing and tuning.
• Profiling Experience, performance profiling

Must have:

• Performance Testing/Tuning
• Hardware Profiling
• Performance Profiling

Advanced knowledge in the following key areas:

• Hardware Architecture (performance testing, monitoring, operations)
• Hardware Benchmarking (Agile, program managements, network management)
• Design (compliance, security)
• Network Engineering (planning, provision)
• Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology
• Advanced understanding of best practices and client policies
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, launch and deliver multiple IT projects on time and within budget
• Ability to articulate to more experienced management a technical strategy in clear, concise, understandable terms
• Must be able to assemble technology solutions and effectively define and implement a working architecture
• Technical certifications as required

Hardware Engineer:

Client has an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your Infrastructure engineering career to the next level. As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer client within the Enterprise Technology and Infrastructure Platforms division, candidates will demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across various technical disciplines, including software, applications, and technical processes. Client's expertise in a specific domain within infrastructure engineering will be crucial in promoting programs or initiatives that encompass multiple technologies and applications. Client is seeking a Hardware Engineer to join our ICPW team. The ICPW team manages the x86 server environment on all our data centers, globally. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who is passionate in working hands on with the latest data center server technology, including performance, failure and resiliency testing, researching new features around data center cooling, power management and core densification, large scale deployment and lifecycle management in Production through automation, and analyzing historical trend data.

Responsibilities:

• Working with end users to define requirements and associated test cases for validation.
• Ensuring a tight loop between hardware qualification and user requirements
• Publishing insights from performance & power testing.
• Writing tests, creating bare metal servers and configuring OSs, leveraging vendor tools
• Building and maintaining extensive lab automation using technologies such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Conducting performance testing using frameworks like Phoronix.
• Performing paper analysis/comparisons of features and functionality, including market comparisons to other on prem and cloud providers

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 7 plus years of experience in hands-on engineering to build systems/products for data center environments, large scale gaming environments, or similar
• 7 plus years of experience with proven troubleshooting skills in the server hardware space
• Strong experience with PCIe, Networking, Flash, Memory, CPU, GPU, DRAM (DDR4/5 or HBM).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with scripting in Linux (Bash, CLI, ILO, RedFish, SSACLI, STOCLI, etc).
• Working knowledge of RHEL/CentOS and Windows.
• Experience with BIOS, firmware, and patch validation.
• Experience with performance testing of servers using a server virtualization stack, such as VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, or KVM
• Administrative knowledge of JIRA, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

About Us:

InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.