About us:

I-77 Mobility Partners LLC is financing, developing, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the 26-mile I-77 Express project as part of a public-private partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The tolled express lanes run adjacent to the general-purpose lanes on I-77 between uptown Charlotte and Mooresville. I-77 Mobility Partners is responsible for operations and maintenance of all lanes, both express and general purpose, and right of way within the designated project corridor limits.

What makes us different? Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly. And if that weren’t enough, we also offer our employees highly competitive insurance benefits, Paid Time Off, and a matching 401(k) program.

Job Description:

Systems Engineer is responsible for assessing systems, determining problems, providing solutions to issues that arise, designing systems, upgrading systems, maintaining systems, and brainstorming possible improvements that can be made to any system in the future.  This candidate will also build software that increases operational performance and developer agility.

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the automation, scaling, and solving operations with software across our platforms. This will include identifying and resolving issues, automating, and improving repetitive processes, and working closely with the development team to identify operational needs. The Systems Engineer will need to understand the architecture of our systems and be perform deep dives of the architecture and code to develop sound solutions to issues. In addition, this candidate will drive prioritization of operational issues, and drive automation design & scaling requirements in support of the wider organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to others

• Ability to deal with ambiguous/undefined problems

• Deliver strong metrics with an operational excellence focus and proven ability to deep dive into issues

• Manages and monitors all the systems that are installed

• Tests and maintains the operating systems, system management tools, and application software

• Prepares catalogs that list requirements

• Take proper security measures for the system security and operations

• Serves as backup for Infrastructure Manager in case of any urgencies

• Writes custom scripts to increase the efficiency of systems and this could reduce human intervention

• Constantly monitors the application performance, identify the solution for the possible problems, and coordinate with the development team to incorporate those fixes

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to fulfill those duties.

Education & Experience:

• BS/MS degree in computer science or related field with 3-5 years’ experience

• Experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting UNIX/ Linux based environment

• Strong knowledge of coding and scripting with a basic understanding of cloud platforms

• Experience in automation software

• Solid scripting skills (Shell Scripts, Perl, Ruby, and Python)

• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)

• Project management skills are a plus

Professional Qualities:

• Must possess strong interpersonal skills, regarding interface with employees and vendors

• Must be able to multitask and problem solve within a fast-paced environment

• A strong commitment to safety.

Computer Skills:

• User proficiency with Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Python, and other PC Based tools are essential

• Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)

• Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license m with a driving record that is in good standing.

• Be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position

• Availability to work weekends and holidays as assigned (rarely); be willing and able to work hours other than standard 1st shifts as needed

• While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, stand, and walk; reach and handle objects, tools, or controls; and talk and hear 

• Employees must have the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl

• Employees must be able to lift /push /pull up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift up to 30 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception

• The job entails approximately 90% office work and 10% field work.  Field work may require short periods of exposure to extreme weather conditions 

• The noise level in the work environment is moderate.