Overview:
Our ideal Senior Systems Engineer is detail oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills and has a track record of engineering and supporting solutions in a large scale enterprise environment. While focused on systems engineering, also ensuring the technology we are delivering via modern infrastructure as code methodologies on major cloud hosting platforms is meeting our customer needs and objectives. Additionally, the ability to interact with not only peers but also leadership and customers at a global scale is required. Our preferred candidate will have the knowledge and expertise to support these solutions for all of Avalara throughout our offices globally. Leveraging automation to build self-service tools for customers is a must. Responsibilities:

• Provide senior level engineering and administration of Microsoft Windows and Linux based server infrastructure
• Design, engineer, and maintain solutions based on project requirements deploy using modern infrastructure as code (IAC) methods
• Automate everything - using automation to solve problems
• Act as a subject matter expert and establish standards for business critical systems
• Discover opportunities and lead efforts to simplify solutions with the goal of delivering a world class experience for internal customers
• Demonstrate a proven expertise in planning and defining requirements for complex projects
• Evaluate new products/technologies to determine impact on existing system configurations and prepare/present information to decision makers
• Manage relationships with integrators and consultants
• Have a strong background in networking and cloud-based services
• Accustomed to maintaining documentation libraries, capturing business processes, creating storyboards and training materials
• Provide upper-level support for escalations and train/mentor colleagues
• Design and implement disaster recovery solutions supporting business continuity of business critical platforms

Qualifications:
BA/BS degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical systems engineering with a minimum 8-10 years of experience. You must also be comfortable with managing technology solutions for a large scale global environment. You have hands-on experience with developing infrastructure as code (IAC) solutions and deploying on cloud based hosting providers.

• Experienced with API and JSON development
• Have worked in an Agile environment within Jira
• Strong understanding of network, telephony, DNS, and ITIL concepts and topology
• High availability and disaster recovery
• Terraform, powershell, Ansible, python
• Git based version control and CI/CD
• Available to travel periodically

Our ideal Senior Systems Engineer is solutions-oriented with a genuine interest in problem-solving and troubleshooting. They exhibit a proven experience in an end-user facing role with exceptional customer service support and an ability to maintain a professional and appropriate demeanor in all situations. They must be self-motivated and able to grasp technology and concepts quickly with the ability to work on-call rotation for break fix, upgrades and installations. You also must work well in a team environment and be willing to assist other team members when needed. About Avalara:
About Avalara:
We\xe2\x80\x99re building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world. Imagine every transaction you make \xe2\x80\x94 every tank of gas, cup of coffee, or pair of sneakers, every movie ticket, meal kit, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping. Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there\xe2\x80\x99s an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance calculation. The logic behind calculating taxes \xe2\x80\x94 the rules, rates, and boundaries is a global, layered, three-dimensional mess of complexity, with compliance dictated by governments and applied by every business, every day.


Avalara works with businesses of all sizes, all over the world \xe2\x80\x94 from corner stores to gigantic global retailers \xe2\x80\x94 to calculate tax accurately and automatically, at speeds measured in milliseconds. That\xe2\x80\x99s a massive technical challenge, in terms of scale, reliability, and complexity, and we do it better than anyone. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we\xe2\x80\x99re growing fast. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world, in Brazil, Canada, India, U.K, Belgium and across Europe.


Equal Opportunities:
Avalara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.