The "Internet of Things" (IoT) is expected to grow to $19 trillion over the next 10 years as 50 billion devices are brought online. Aeris is at the forefront of this industry, building networks and applications to enable Fortune 500 clients like Chrysler, Honda and Bosch fundamentally improve their businesses. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Chicago, London, Delhi, and Tokyo. We rank in the top ten M2M operators globally, powering critical projects across energy, transportation, retail, healthcare and more.

Our company is in an enviable spot. We’re profitable, and both our bottom line and our global reach are growing rapidly. We’re playing in an exploding market where technology evolves daily and new IoT / M2M solutions and platforms are being created at a fast-pace. Aeris’ technology advantage starts with the purpose-built M2M core network, AerCore.

AerCore is built on hundreds of person-years of development, resulting in over 50+ patents. Importantly, Aeris maintains full control of the underlying technology within AerCore, enabling implementation of new market leading features and unique solutions that will continue to benefit businesses and organizations across the globe. AerCore works across CDMA, GSM, and LTE networks, providing our employees continuous growth opportunities and development by gaining hands-on experience across all cellular and connectivity technologies.

A few things to know about us:

• We put our customers first. When making decisions, we always seek to do what is right for our customer first, our company second, our teams third, and individual selves last.
• We do things differently. As a pioneer in a highly-competitive industry that is poised to reshape every sector of the global economy, we cannot fall back on old models. Rather, we must chart our own path and strive to out-innovate, out-maneuver and out-pace the competition on the way.
• We walk the walk on diversity. We are a brilliant and eclectic mix of ethnicities, religions, industry experiences, sexual orientations, generations and more – and that's by design. We see diverse perspectives as a core competitive advantage.
• Integrity is essential. We believe in doing things well – and doing them right. Integrity is a core value here: you’ll see it embodied in our staff, our management approach and growing social impact work (we have a VP devoted to it). You’ll also see it exhibited in the way we lead our people and in how we handle our HR issues: we expect employees and managers to deal with issues directly, immediately and with the utmost respect for each other and for the Company.
• We are owners. Strong managers enable their teams to figure out how to solve problems. You will be no exception. As a member of Aeris you will have the ownership and autonomy needed to be truly creative.            

As Aeris continues to expand, we are growing our Cloud Infrastructure team in our Chicago, IL office. That's where you come in! As our Cloud Systems Engineer, you are our technical lead for virtual servers, storage, hybrid cloud services, solution deployment and integration for the hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• You will participate and help plan, design, develop and implement our server and cloud infrastructure for large scale, production quality services
• You will install, configure, and maintain server hardware & software at multiple sites
• You ensure that standard methodologies are fully utilized in deploying physical and virtual servers, O/S and application patches/updates
• You will help design efficiencies through automation of routine tasks and increased systems deployment
• You will analyze and deliver system performance metrics as needed
• As our technical lead, you will perform multi-functional training to other engineering disciplines
• You will lead the day-to-day operations management of production and development servers for critical M2M environment, as well as perform auditing and documentation of the environment on a regular basis
• You will provide advanced client support as required within a 24/7 environment and implement data lifecycle requirements with backup and recovery support

What we look for in you:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years’ work experience in a Server/Storage Engineering capacity
• You have strong hands-on experience working with public cloud infrastructure and with virtual networking and private cloud technologies
• You are a self-starter, assertive, well organized, and have precise attention to detail as well as excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills
• You are an expert at effectively prioritizing and executing tasks and projects to completion in a high-pressure environment
• You have direct experience working on multi-site and/or data center connectivity for HA/DR applications
• You enjoy problem-solving and have a strong ability to be analytical and investigative in order to compile detailed problem and solution specifications
• You are well-versed with using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Bash
• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment - leading/working with our global teams
• You possess a solid understanding of standard networking protocols (DNS, DHCP, LDAP, PXE, SMTP, NTP)
• You have multiple OS administration experience under your belt - Solaris, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Windows, etc.
• You've got solid understanding and previous experience with enterprise SAN storage and connectivity (RAID, FC, iSCSI, and NFS)
• You are experienced with Sun/Oracle/HP/Cisco/EMC server and storage hardware platforms
• You have experience with platform and application monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Big Brother and Zabbix

What will set you apart:

• You have your AWS and Virtualization Certifications
• You previously worked with Container technologies such as Docker
• You have hands-on experience with NetBackup and OpenStack
• You are knowledgeable of Kickstart/Nagios/Puppet/UCS Blade servers a PLUS

Aeris walks the walk on diversity. We’re a brilliant mix of varying ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages and professional/personal/military experiences – and that’s by design. Diverse perspectives are essential to our culture, innovative process and competitive edge. Aeris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.