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Sr. Systems Engineer I
Sr. Systems Engineer I-March 2024
Joliet
Mar 28, 2025
About Sr. Systems Engineer I

  Description

  We're powering a cleaner, brighter future.

  Exelon is leading the energy transformation, and we're calling all problem solvers, innovators, community builders and change makers. Work with us to deliver solutions that make our diverse cities and communities stronger, healthier and more resilient.

  We're powered by purpose-driven people like you who believe in being inclusive and creative, and value safety, innovation, integrity and community service. We are a Fortune 200 company, 19,000 colleagues strong serving more than 10 million customers at six energy companies -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco).

  In our relentless pursuit of excellence, we elevate diverse voices, fresh perspectives and bold thinking. And since we know transforming the future of energy is hard work, we provide competitive compensation, incentives, excellent benefits and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.

  Are you in?

  PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

  The IT Sr Systems Engineer I position serves as a senior technical role within the IT department. It requires demonstrated experience of information technology, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work effectively both independently, as a mentor and as part of a team. Candidate will possess the self-motivation, experience, and skills to serve by providing technical insights driving the design, implementation, and optimization of complex systems under the guidance of a Principal Engineer or Manager. Collaborates with IT architecture to define strategy and work with various teams to implement high quality systems to meet business requirements. Delivers and supports IT infrastructure, product and platform solutions. Designs and delivers complex IT system initiatives, to include cloud, non-cloud and hybrid-cloud systems. Influences other IT teams, leadership, enterprise business partners, vendors and project/design teams, in all aspects of the secure & reliable hosting of applications throughout Exelon's large & complex enterprise and real time operational environments.

  PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

  Leads discussions with business partners and vendors to gather information. Consults with leadership, architecture, project teams and end users to identify system requirements and perform feasibility analysis on potential changes related to existing and future security and technical architectures. Writes and disseminates system specifications, logical & physical architecture diagrams, and implementation plans. Delivers practical, efficient, and cost-effective solutions that satisfy business needs, including hands-on configuration, troubleshooting and optimization and supporting metrics for the same. (30%)

  Work closely with others to develop future plans, resource requirements, migration strategies, and project schedules. Creates and delivers presentations to Engineering and Architecture Review Boards. Possesses deep understanding of current technologies and service offerings within the industry. Provides oversight for less experienced engineers (25%)

  Design, support and maintain custom system integration with other platforms, specific to the needs of the customers. Maintain relevancy and knowledge in current and evolving emerging IT systems technologies. (20%)

  Ensure all risks and issues are identified and are captured following set process and are actioned appropriately. Responsible to provide supporting data to leadership and peers. (15%)

  Maintains knowledge of and compliance with preferred technologies, methodologies, standards and policies. Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within own discipline or function. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; participates in peer code reviews. (10%)

  JOB SCOPE

  Designing, delivering, documenting, and supporting infrastructure systems Maintains deep knowledge of technology and its application across our business areas or for our customers Leads in technological innovation to d rive new business opportunities and solve complex business problems Requires advanced skill set and proficiency in discipline. Conducts work assignments of higher complexity, under occasional supervision with latitude for independent judgment Creates and contributes to a development-centric work environment where employees are challenged, coached and engaged. May lead and supervise interns and apprentices or serve as peer coach.

  Ability to lift up to 25lbs to rack servers with assistance and use of server lifts as needed.

  Ability to travel domestically.

  24/7 on-call rotational duties.

  Qualifications

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Networking 4 - 7 years' experience in IT infrastructure design, application design, cloud computing, disaster/recovery, or 7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.

  Experience with system administration.

  Demonstrated ability to design and document processes & procedures.

  Experience transitioning work to operational teams.

  Maintained experience with at least one operational domain such as storage, compute, database, collaboration, application support, [cloud hosting and related technologies].

  Demonstrated competence with business acumen within own discipline or function.

  Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.

  Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal).

  Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with strong teamwork skills.

  Demonstrates ability to influence up down and across.

  Drives innovation by leveraging alternative perspectives and emerging technologies to deliver creative solutions.

  Demonstrated ability to deliver work aligning to project management principles & framework.

  Demonstrated ability to provide financial impact analysis.

  Troubleshooting & Monitoring: Solid understanding of the capabilities of standard monitoring tools. Can make informed decisions on monitoring settings such as sample size, level of criticality, and some self-healing opportunities.

  Cloud Technologies: Build and maintain knowledge of new technologies or technology opportunities and assists in development of analysis of their use for business and/or IT clients.

  Security Basics: Ability to evaluate a solution against current security requirements and future industry trends.

  Scripting & Automation: Able to use PowerShell, Ansible, or another appropriate scripting tool to automate common tasks/create reports and troubleshoot issues with existing scripts.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  Certifications such as NERC-CIP, FERC, AZ900.

  Deeper understanding of programming languages, and an ability to solve engineering problems of increasing difficulty.

  Shows initiative beyond pure implementation.

  Experience building highly scalable applications.

  Experience administrating servers on-prem (physical and virtual) and in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

  Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Exadata hardware helpful

  Experience with scripting language such as Python, Shell

  Zerto experience.

  Certifications such as Azure Administrator, Oracle Cloud Administrator, VMware, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server preferred.

  Demonstrated ability with knowledge in current versions of VMware hypervisor technology.

  Working level knowledge: Backups, RAID, SAN, and NAS storage.

  Makes well-thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous issues.

  Understanding of change management principles associated with sustaining high availability of systems and preventing change related incidents due to human performance factors.

  Takes good directions from Manager in performing required work

  REQNUMBER: 252126

  Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at [email protected].

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