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Senior System Engineer - Linux/Windows System Administration

Dash Hire
Anywhere in India/Multiple Locations
5 - 7 Years

Posted on: 23/12/2025

Job Description

Description :


Role Overview :


The Senior System Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable, scalable, and secure system infrastructure.


This role requires deep technical expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability and performance of enterprise systems.


Key Responsibilities :


- Design, implement, and maintain system infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.


- Ensure high availability, performance, security, and scalability of systems and services.


- Monitor system health, troubleshoot complex issues, and perform root cause analysis.


- Lead system upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning initiatives.


- Collaborate with application, network, security, and DevOps teams to support business applications.


- Automate system operations using scripting and configuration management tools.


- Implement and enforce security best practices, patching, and compliance standards.


- Create and maintain system documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.


- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior system engineers.


- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response when required.


Required Qualifications :


- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).


- 5+ years of experience in system engineering, infrastructure, or IT operations roles.


- Strong experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration.


- Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, or similar).


- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.


- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls).


- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.


- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.


- Excellent communication and collaboration skills


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