Staff Software Systems Engineer

Position details

Title of position: Staff Software Systems Engineer Position type: Full time Location: Salem, NH / Raleigh, NC Position reports to: Senior Manager of Applications Engineering Application deadline: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and this posting will remain open until filled.

What we're looking for:

• Takes ownership of CI/CD infrastructure and proactively identifies improvements that accelerate our engineering velocity
• Balances technical depth with practical business outcomes
• Stays current with DevOps best practices and emerging technologies
• Partners with developers to remove build and deployment friction
• Builds solutions that scale with the organization's growth

About You:

• Strong Communication: You can clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Collaborative Mindset: You work effectively with development, operations, and product teams across multiple time zones
• Documentation Excellence: You create clear, maintainable documentation for systems and processes
• Problem Solver: You approach challenges with creativity and persistence, diagnosing and resolving complex issues until they are fully resolved
• Tenacious Follow-Through: You demonstrate strong initiative and commitment to seeing issues through to completion
• Mentor & Educator: You enjoy helping junior team members grow and improving team capabilities
• Detail-Oriented: You understand the importance of build system integrity and reliability
• Distributed Team Ready: You're comfortable working in a distributed team environment across multiple time zones with strong async communication skills

Required Skills & Experience:

CI/CD & Build Automation

• CI/CD Platforms: Advanced proficiency with Jenkins (Declarative and Scripted Pipelines)
• Build Tools: Hands-on experience with Maven and Gradle with strong scripting knowledge
• Scripting Languages: Expert-level proficiency in Bash and Groovy
• Version Control: Strong GitHub experience; proficiency with Git workflows, branching strategies, merge management, and pull request review processes

AI & Emerging Technologies

• AI/ML agent integration in CI/CD workflows
• Experience with GitHub Copilot for code generation and automation scripting
• Familiarity with Claude.ai or similar large language models for documentation and problem-solving

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Containerization: Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes container-based architecture and deployment
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Working knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, and Helm for deployment automation
• GitOps practices and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)

Artifact & Release Management

• Artifact Management: Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory & Nexus
• Release automation and deployment strategies
• Incident response and build failure triage

DevOps & System Knowledge

• Linux: Solid knowledge of Linux environments and command-line operations

Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field required
• Experience: 8+ years of total experience with 5+ years of hands-on experience in build and release engineering roles
• Background: Demonstrated expertise in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at scale

Equal Employment Opportunity

Extreme Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans, including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans.

Extreme Networks also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (for example, stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Extreme Networks. We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.