Senior Systems Engineer

Working at AtlassianAtlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.More about our teamInterested in supporting infrastructure that supports 10,000 people in major offices around the world? Get on board as a Senior Systems Engineer at Atlassian, based in the Austin Texas Area! Working as a Senior Systems Engineer in the Network, Identity and Security (NIS) team at Atlassian, you will be part of a global team focussed on delivering an exceptional workplace experience for our staff. You will be exposed to multiple technology disciplines, including identity management, networking, virtualisation, scripting and 'everything as a service'. You will design, deliver and support innovative best of breed solutions for our rapidly growing company, while ensuring availability, consistency and scalability.We require everyone to be well-rounded and continuously learn new things. With so many skilled technology people already here and willing to share, what you learn is only limited by your desire to do so. Innovation and continuous improvement are what motivate us, so if you're up for it, you can do it all here with us!More about youThe best person for this role is someone that has a collaborative spirit in our world, it’s not about being a hero and having all the answers, it’s about sometimes saying "I don't know" and working on finding solutions rather than starting with an assumption. The team needs someone who can ask questions, learn from others and turn chaos into order.

It is great, but not required, if you have:

• Demonstrated experience managing Brocade Virtual Traffic Managers (VTMs) or similar load-balancers
• Experience managing Proofpoint or other similar email protection products
• ITIL v3 exposure/certification
• Any relevant industry security experience/certification
• Responsibilities
• What you'll be working on
• As a member of the Network, Identity and Security team you will design, implement, and maintain core network and identity server infrastructure at scale, in a cloud first environment.
• Initially the main focus will be:
• Managing and maintain monitoring and logging platforms (LogicMonitor/Splunk)
• Supporting and maintain our identity infrastructure (Active Directory, Idaptive)
• Review and patch software and firmware on a weekly basis.
• Build, support and maintain internal PKI services for Atlassian systems
• Continue to automate and migrate services to AWS using tools such as Python, Cloudformation and Ansible.
• Assist in building / relocating and expanding our global offices
• Perform backup, failover and redundancy testing
• Assist with audit and compliance activities

What you'll be working on:

• As a member of the Network, Identity and Security team you will design, implement, and maintain core network and identity server infrastructure at scale, in a cloud first environment.
• Initially the main focus will be:
• Managing and maintain monitoring and logging platforms (LogicMonitor/Splunk)
• Supporting and maintain our identity infrastructure (Active Directory, Idaptive)
• Review and patch software and firmware on a weekly basis.
• Build, support and maintain internal PKI services for Atlassian systems
• Continue to automate and migrate services to AWS using tools such as Python, Cloudformation and Ansible.
• Assist in building / relocating and expanding our global offices
• Perform backup, failover and redundancy testing
• Assist with audit and compliance activities

On your first day, we will expect you to have:

• A passion for problem solving and an ability to find technical solutions to business problems
• Strong documentation skills to create run-books and as-built documentation.
• Solid experience in hands-on infrastructure - preferably in a fast growing environment
• Extensive experience managing a wide variety of platforms such as Active Directory, Linux, AWS, VMware and Cisco infrastructure, with a particular focus on automation.
• Strong proficiency with LAN based services (DNS, DHCP, NTP and IP)
• Experience with identifying useful metrics, meeting benchmarks, and working with service level agreements (SLAs) with your team
• A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment
• Extensive experience with automation and tooling (Python, Ansible, Bash, Git, PowerShell)
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification

Our perks & benefitsTo support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.About AtlassianThe world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.