How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities) Delta Air Lines, Inc. has multiple openings for Senior Systems Engineers in Bloomington, Minnesota. Responsibilities include: + Responsible for the design, testing, evaluation, implementation, and support of various large and complex platforms (hardware, operating systems, software, and systems tools). + Lead in providing consultation and direct technical support in life cycle planning, problem management, integration, and systems programming. + Implement releases, upgrades, and/or changes into the environment. + Oversee and set platform performance and availability and meet enterprise objectives through monitoring, timely service restoration, and tuning. + Lead highly complex capacity planning, workload modeling, system maintenance/administration, and diagnostics. + Analyse technical/business requirements gathered from the business units. + Coordinate and lead the analysis, design, and documentation of platforms/systems to meet enterprise requirements. + Install, customize, maintain, test, and troubleshoot operating systems and other systems software. + Configure, install, maintain, test, and troubleshoot hardware systems and perform root cause analysis to quickly recover from service interruptions and to prevent recurring problems. + Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technologies for enterprise use to consistently drive down the total cost of ownership. + Provide technical support, as needed, to the enterprise and perform technical reviews comparing enterprise standard platform components with that of their leading industry competitors. + Consult with other business units (e.g., application groups, DBAs, middleware, etc.) to configure platforms for product installation and ensure platforms/systems conform to established enterprise/industry standards (systems management, security, operating systems, etc.) and reference models. + Implement changes to platforms with minimal impact to the business by following enterprise standards and procedures and monitor, manage, and tune platforms to ensure expected availability and performance levels are achieved. + Provide on-site and on-call 7x24x365 support, as needed and coordinate activities with internal/external technology owners/service providers. + Plan and implement life cycle management of software and hardware and keep abreast of industry and technology trends. + Telecommuting permitted 2-3 days per week. What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications) + Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of experience in Linux Administration or related. + Troubleshooting Linux RHEL Operating Systems, Python, and Ansible scripting + Designing, testing, deployment, and implementation of Linux Infrastructure + Providing active monitoring and reporting of Red Hat RHEL environment + Capacity planning, workload modeling, upgrades, system maintenance and administration, and diagnostics. What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications) Any interested applicant may apply through this site. Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way: + Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives + 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9% + New hires are eligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the following vacation year (April 1 – March 31) + In addition to vacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal time within a 12-month period + 10 paid holidays per calendar year + Birthing parents are eligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave + Non-birthing parents are eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave + Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life insurance benefits + Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages + Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health + Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members + Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals + World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint + Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies + Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together + Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare Pay Range: $141898.00-$221000.00 annually Delta Air Lines, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. 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