System Engineer

At EZCORP we are a growing team focused on creating and changing the pawn industry as we know it today. We believe that our platform enabled lending and e-commerce solutions will revolutionize our ability to attract, engage and service our customers across the United States, Mexico and Latin America.

Join us now for an opportunity to be a part of a team that wants to provide access to short-term cash for every person – everywhere!

The Company:

Founded in Austin in 1989, EZCORP has grown into a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States, Mexico and Latin America. We are dedicated to satisfying the short-term cash needs of consumers who are both cash and credit constrained and providing an industry-leading customer experience.

What’s in it for you:

Ground Floor opportunity with EZCORP, a company with a start-up, purpose-driven mentality where innovative and agile problem solving are part of our DNA along with competitive compensation and benefits.

Address:

The System Server Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of reliable, stable and secure enterprise infrastructure solutions that facilitate key business services and applications. The expectation, visibility and accountability for this role will be held to a very high standard. The individual must be highly technical with a proven track record for delivering quality solutions in a variety of infrastructure disciplines, including: storage, virtualization, distributed and cross-platform computing, messaging, collaboration, business continuity, application and system performance analysis, and disaster recovery.

Key Areas of Responsibility & Critical Task

• Extensive Azure Cloud Design, Implementation and Support
• Service delivery, upgrade lifecycle and Tier III support for the following core infrastructure services or applications: Cloud-based applications, IaaS/SaaS services, Enterprise Azure Storage, AKS, Windows based O/Ss and Office 365
• Disaster Recovery setup, payment systems, support for SQL Server
• Collaborate with other engineers, software development teams and with IT leadership to capture requirements, provide relevant feedback, analyze gaps and design service solutions that ensure the very best in quality, performance and reliability.
• Customer transaction and processing backend systems (Database, Middle Tier and auxiliary services), Active Directory Core Services, SSO, OAuth2, Microsoft Office 365, Data Protection and Storage (archiving, backup, encryption) and Performance and Cost Management
• Install, Configure, Test, Maintain, Monitor and Troubleshoot server software across hybrid Cloud and pure Cloud platforms, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
• Recommend, document and implement corrective actions for permanent issue resolution.
• Perform ongoing and on-demand capacity analysis for all critical services
• Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation and off-hour maintenance windows

Requirements

• 4-8 years of hands-on relevant experience, including 2+ years on Cloud based systems (Azure)
• Industry Recognized Certifications preferred: MCSE, CompTIA, Linux+, Azure essentials/architecture
• High-level technical knowledge as it relates to Cloud-based architectures, including IaaS & SaaS, for optimal and secure application performance.
• Demonstrated experience designing and securing large-scale, multi- tier system and application deployments in collaboration with development and network engineering teams.
• Experience with SaaS services such as Office 365 and SharePoint.
• Experience with automation tools such as Puppet, Ansible or Chef and Python
• Demonstrated technical knowledge as it relates to core infrastructure software\service solutions, for example: Identity management, Active Directory Services, Authentication & Authorization.
• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of RHEL Linux Server a plus
• Ability to effectively self-prioritize and deliver the right solution in a high pressure and fast paced environment.
• Knowledge with enterprise security around Cloud/hybrid platforms is a plus