Senior System Engineer

One of the world's most iconic entertainment and hospitality companies is searching for a Sr. Systems Engineer to join their Technology & Digital team in a hybrid capacity out of Kissimmee, FL. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of technology, operational excellence, and guest experience by ensuring the reliability and performance of both shipboard and shoreside systems that power world-class vacation experiences. From Kubernetes provisioning and DevSecOps to cloud infrastructure and automation, you'll play a critical role in driving high-availability solutions across an incredibly dynamic and complex technology ecosystem. If you thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments and love solving hard infrastructure problems at scale, this one is worth a look.

This exciting opportunity to support cutting-edge systems engineering for a world-renowned brand begins as a 1-year W2 contract with strong potential for extension or conversion. The role is hybrid, 3 days onsite per week (Tuesday–Thursday) in Kissimmee, FL and offers competitive benefits.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and implement applications and infrastructure solutions that support critical business operations
• Install, configure, modify, and support operating systems, databases, and utility software across on-prem and cloud environments
• Contribute to the architecture, evaluation, and design of scalable IT infrastructure used across a broad technology solution set
• Build and maintain automation, software APIs, and tooling leveraged by internal engineering and creative teams
• Support and maintain web, caching, and queuing technologies in large, high-traffic environments
• Provision and manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads across both on-premises data centers and public cloud platforms
• Collaborate cross-functionally with application, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver reliable, high-performing technology solutions
• Mentor and guide teammates in analyzing and solving complex business and systems challenges
• Stay current with emerging technologies and proactively apply new tools and methodologies to improve the environment

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field, or equivalent work experience (required)
• Certifications in AWS, Azure, VMware, Kubernetes, or related cloud technologies (preferred)
• 5+ years of related systems engineering experience, including work on consumer and employee-facing enterprise systems
• Expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with hands-on experience across services such as Fargate, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, EKS, VPCs, IAM, and KMS/Secrets Manager
• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes, Rancher, and/or RedHat OpenShift
• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps practices and desired state configuration tools such as Chef, Ansible, or AWX
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or Harness
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform/Atlantis
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python, PowerShell, Go, Node.js, Java, or Ruby)
• Familiarity with distributed version control systems, particularly Git
• Experience supporting SQL and Oracle database technologies
• Working knowledge of logging, monitoring, and alerting tools such as Cloudwatch, Splunk, AppDynamics, or Grafana
• Experience with message queuing technologies such as RabbitMQ or PubSub
• Familiarity with load balancing and CDN tools, including Akamai
• Comfortable working within Agile delivery frameworks
• Familiarity with ITIL or other IT service management frameworks (preferred)
• Background in cruise, hospitality, or other high-availability, customer-centric industries (preferred)

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.