Sr Systems Engineer (Progress Open Edge) *Second Shift* at DMSi

Are you a seasoned Progress OpenEdge professional looking to take your skills to the next level in a forward-thinking SaaS environment? DMSi is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to be a key player in evolving and maintaining our mission-critical Progress Database and Application Server infrastructure. This is your opportunity to directly impact our hosted ERP environment while driving modernization and scalability.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

1. Own the Progress OpenEdge Design, implement, optimize, and maintain the OpenEdge Database and App Server infrastructure of DMSi’s hosted SaaS environment.
2. Act as the go-to Progress Be the escalation point for complex OpenEdge performance, connectivity, and configuration issues across hosted environments.
3. Implement DR strategies. Design and test disaster recovery plans for databases and application layers across the hosted customer base.
4. Lead migrations. Guide and execute customer migrations from on-premise to our SaaS platform, including scripting, automation, and process development.
5. Drive system reliability. Proactively monitor and tune systems to ensure optimal performance, high availability, and scalability of OpenEdge and related components.
6. Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to proactively monitor, enhance, and document our Progress and ERP infrastructure.
7. Support and maintain supporting systems across Windows, Linux, and Progress Rollbase.
8. Participate in after-hours upgrades, troubleshooting and/or on-call availability as needed.
9. Ensure supported systems are highly reliable, secure, and performing at acceptable levels.
10. Provide oversight of server resources, application logs, scheduled tasks, and backups/restores.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Cloud/SaaS - Overall design and administration.
Proven experience in Progress OpenEdge administration, optimization, and replication.
A strong understanding of relational databases (MS-SQL, Oracle, DB2, etc.).
Comfort across operating systems: Linux/UNIX, Windows, AIX.
Scripting chops in Python, PowerShell, or Unix Shell.
Database replication experience, Progress Database preferred.
Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS is a plus.
Progress Rollbase administration.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience.
5+ years of hands-on experience with systems engineering and database administration.
Proven background providing Level 3 technical support and issue resolution in a hosted or SaaS environment.
Comfortable participating in after-hours upgrades and on-call rotations.
Experience developing onboarding/migration workflows using automation tools.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Normal office environment with use of computers and telephone systems; no unusual physical demands.
Travel to customer locations including overnight, business air travel, and car rental.