A career as a Systems Engineer offers a top-tier salary, fulfilling work, and soaring demand over the long-term
IT Systems Engineers implement and maintain computer systems for businesses. They use knowledge in hardware, software, and networking to set up systems that meet the company’s needs. Because they play a key role in keeping the business running efficiently, IT Systems Engineers are in very high demand.
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SYSTEMS ENGINEER
High salaries
Entry level salaries start at ~$112k, and senior Systems Engineer salaries reach an upwards of $250k
Growing demand
Soaring cloud infrastructure means demand is greater than the current supply
Flexible work
Get a key role at a tech company and enjoy remote work and vibrant culture
Growth potential
Grow to Security Engineering, DevOps, Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering and more!
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Curriculum
Why Linux? System Administrator responsibilities. Historical context. Major system components (kernel, services, UI, applications.) Processes and Files. Large installations - virtualization and configuration management. Linux CLI
Linux CLI, Linux prompt, Linux commands, Common Linux commands. Command Line walkthrough, files and process basics.
Cloud Shell. Setting up Linux on GCP. SSH Overview. SSH setup and login. Command Line walkthrough.
File System Hierarchy Standard. File types. Users and permissions. Security (SSH, Sudo, PAM, SELinux/AppArmor.)
Package management systems. Installing packages. User and group account management. Introduction to Ansible.
Processes. Standard I/O. Process list. Kernel and Userspace. Fork. Process ID. Process Statuses. Background and foreground processes. Process groups.
GRUB. SystemD overview. SystemD tools and configuration. Cron. SystemD vs. SysV Init.
Storage (LVM, RAID, filesystems.) Networking and services (network tools, DHCP, DNS). Network security (firewalls/packet filters).
Advanced Command Line. Bash scripting. Zsh overview. Customization. Tips & Tricks.
Incident and problem Management, Change control, Change management, Postmortem process. Information Security management. Application debug tools.
Hands-on monitoring and alerting. Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager.
Interview process, pre-Internship, common Interview questions.
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