Sr. Systems Engineer

Sr. Systems Engineer – Notre Dame Data Science

We are seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer to join the Enterprise Systems team at Notre Dame Data Science. This role focuses on designing scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure to support campus partners and stakeholders. The University of Notre Dame is more than a workplace! We are a vibrant, mission‑driven community where every employee is valued and supported. Rooted in a tradition of excellence and inspired by our Catholic character, Notre Dame is committed to fostering an environment of care that nurtures the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

Here, you will find a deep sense of belonging, a culture that prioritizes well‑being, and the opportunity to grow your career while being a force for good in the world. The Hesburgh Libraries are committed to cultivating a world‑class research and learning ecosystem for our staff, faculty, and students. The University’s ability to remain at the forefront of world‑changing research and teaching is intimately tied to its ability to support current and cutting‑edge technological solutions.

Our mission is to provide seamless, automated infrastructure support for our stakeholders and campus partners. We leverage cloud‑first design and rigorous Dev Ops principles to build scalable environments that take the complexity out of the deployment process. Through ongoing automation and thoughtful architecture, we ensure our partners have the reliable tools they need to deliver their best work.

• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure‑as‑Code (AWS CDK written in Type Script) to ensure 100% reproducible and version‑controlled environments
• Orchestrate Containerized Workloads:
  Manage and scale Amazon ECS clusters, ensuring high availability and performance
• Design Advanced Traffic Management:
  Design and optimize complex networking architectures involving Application Load Balancers (ALBs), Cloud Front distributions, Route
  53 zones/records, and robust WAF security integrations
• Manage Hybrid Compute:
  Oversee a diverse fleet of EC2 (Linux/Windows) and VMware instances, balancing legacy support with modern cloud‑native migrations
• Automate Everything:
  Build and refine end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub and AWS Developer Tools (Code Pipeline/Code Build) to enable seamless, automated deployments
• Maintain Data & Storage Continuity:
  Maintain and optimize a variety of data layers, including S3/EFS for static content and managed database environments (Mongo
  
  DB, MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL)

• Motivated to grow and expand their technical expertise
• Curious and self‑motivated to explore, research, and implement new technologies and approaches
• In tune with industry‑relevant IT trends. We encourage the safe and accountable usage of generative AI tools.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Experience with Linux/Unix server administration
• Experience working with AWS or a similar cloud platform
• Understands and endorses Dev Ops principles, including commitment to a collaborative and communicative culture, automated testing, releases and deployments, and frequent iteration
• Experience with Database Administration
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Has experience writing infrastructure code, scripts, and tests to automate provisioning of local and AWS services and configure services using tools and languages such as Typescript, AWS CLI/API, CDK, Python, Bash, and Power Shell
• Experience providing administration and lifecycle management for deployment pipelines, EC2 instances, and container‑based services (e.g., Docker, ECS)
• Experience working with and maintaining SaaS solutions
• Experience with Windows server administration

Note: This position is not eligible for fully remote work. This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week on‑site.
Please include a cover letter for full consideration when applying to this job.

Salary: $105,000 – $118,000

Final date to receive applications (Subject to Change):
Sunday, January 25th

The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in employment. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and complies with 41 CFR 60‑741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60‑300.5(a).

We strongly encourage applications from candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity.