Great American Insurance Group · 1 day ago
Senior Systems Engineer
Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelGreat American Insurance Group is a leader in the insurance industry, providing a workplace where diverse backgrounds and experiences contribute to business success. The Senior Systems Engineer will support and manage servers, automate processes, and enhance the IT ecosystem to ensure efficient operations.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Review, analyze, build, configure and administer servers (physical, virtual, IaaS and appliances)
Support Windows and Red Hat servers in traditional, private and hybrid cloud environments
Support web configurations including Apace, Web Logic, JBOSS, IIS or equivalent
Support and utilize RedHat tools including Ansible and Satellite for environment automation, desired state and management
Install, configure and administer high availability clusters across multiple data centers and regions
Create and maintain complex scripting using PowerShell, Bash, Perl, Python or equivalents for automation, reporting and environment management
Migrate and rehost applications and servers associated with data center migrations and acquisitions
Provide solution engineering services to Infrastructure customers
Single point of contact for infrastructure platform requests as well as dependencies
Consult with personnel to identify current operating procedures, clarify objectives and provide feedback to further improve processes and automation
Recommend and implement enhancements to improve the efficiency, security, supportability and/or resiliency of the IT ecosystem
Utilize and expand capabilities of existing tools to improve the IT ecosystem
Collaborate with other technical staff to resolve problems with infrastructure and applications
Responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements
Provide on-call support (Weeknights/Weekends)
Lead moderately complex projects
Work independently in the absence of supervision
Create and maintain technical documentation
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline or equivalent experience
Excellent analytical, organizational, strategic and critical thinking skills
Detailed understanding of monitoring and service management
Operating System: Linux RedHat 7, 8, 9 and Windows server 2019, 2022, 2025
Management/Patching: Satellite and MECM
Experienced with a variety of automation tools such as Ansible, VRA, VRO
Middleware support/configuration using Web Logic, JBOSS, Apache, and IIS
Storage: Local and SAN (All RAID Types), NFS, RDM, etc
Hardware: Dell, HP, Cisco UCS, Blades and Chassis
Environmental: VMware 3 tier, VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure Local and Azure Cloud
Security: Knowledgeable of firewalls, server security, encryption, Networking (NSX)
Knowledgeable of disaster recovery processes and principles
Knowledgeable of project management process and principles
Infrastructure as Code: design and security, configuration management, integration, deployment, performance monitoring and tuning, automation of infrastructure
Experience with deployment and management of landing zones in one or more of the public cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP)
Exhibit specialized knowledge of cloud platforms, specifically Azure
Preferred
Deep knowledge of Terraform, GitHub, Github Actions, CI/CD and Azure DevOps
Experience designing and maintaining an IaaS imaging and integration platform for deployment of resources to the public cloud
Database: SQL, Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL systems at an OS admin and Windows clustering level
Identify, communicate and mitigate Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions associated with engineering of cloud infrastructure solutions
Working knowledge of one or more high-level programming languages (C#, Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.)
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Wellness plans
Parental leave
Adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Paid Time Off
Paid holidays
A 401(k) plan with company match
An employee stock purchase plan
Commuter benefits
Company
Great American Insurance Group
Great American Insurance Group is an insurance company that specializes in in property and casualty insurance. It is a sub-organization of American Financial Group.
Founded in 1872
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-01-27Acquired
Leadership Team
Annette Gardner
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
M
Miguel Angel Maldonado
CFO Mexico - Automobile and Specialty Divisions
Recent News
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2025-12-18
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