Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity
Senior Server Engineer (GG11)
Position Title:
Senior Server Engineer (GG11)
Employment Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
English Level - High Intermediate (TOEIC 730), Japanese Level - Advanced (JLPT Level 1)
Salary
Description
A global and one of the world’s largest Insurance Service providers is seeking an experienced Senior Server Engineer to join its IT Infrastructure team.
The Senior Server Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise server infrastructure across Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, operate, and improve enterprise server infrastructure across Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, VMware, Azure, storage, and backup/recovery platforms
- Transform server operations, including provisioning, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and performance tuning through automation and self-service capabilities
- Ensure platform security, availability, compliance, reliability, and operational performance
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and escalation support for Windows/Linux servers, virtualization, Azure, storage, backup, networking, and application-hosting issues
- Perform root cause analysis, drive problem management activities, and implement long-term corrective actions
- Implement security hardening, compliance remediation, access control improvements, and audit actions in partnership with Security and Risk teams
- Develop automation scripts, runbooks, workflows, technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and knowledge articles
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, operations, business, global technology, and vendor teams to deliver secure and reliable services
- General Responsibilities: Translate business and application requirements into secure, scalable infrastructure solutions that comply with local and global standards
- Evaluate options, document risks, assumptions, and dependencies, maintain technical standards, and communicate requirements, design decisions, constraints, and trade-offs effectively
- Collaborate successfully within global, multicultural, and cross-functional teams
Required Skills:
- 5~10 years of experience with Linux Servers (automation exp. is needed)
- Experience with Ansible or terraform is required like IaC – Infrastructure as Code
- Hands-on expertise with Red Hat Linux, VMware, Azure, storage, backup/recovery, virtualization, automation (PowerShell, Bash), performance tuning, and security hardening
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and operational ownership skills
- MS 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate or equivalent server/infrastructure management certification
Why should you apply:
- Global Insurance Leader: Work on large-scale, business-critical infrastructure supporting one of the world's leading insurance providers
- Modern Hybrid Infrastructure: Gain exposure to enterprise Windows/Linux servers, VMware virtualization, Microsoft Azure, and advanced backup and disaster recovery platforms
- Drive Infrastructure Transformation: Take a key role in server modernization, infrastructure automation, security enhancements, and operational improvements
- Senior Technical Ownership: Work independently on complex infrastructure challenges, architecture improvements, and critical incident resolution
- Global Collaboration: Collaborate with international Infrastructure, Security, and Technology teams in a multicultural working environment
- Professional Growth: Strengthen your expertise in hybrid cloud, infrastructure automation, security, and enterprise platform engineering
Company Details:
A leading global insurance provider serving millions of customers across more than 50 countries. The company offers a broad range of insurance and financial protection solutions and has an established presence in Japan, with a strong focus on technology innovation and a diverse working environment.
Work Location: Tokyo
Working Hours: 9:00-17:30, Monday-Friday
Workstyle: Hybrid (2 days working from home and 3 days in the office)
Benefits: Transportation allowance, paid leave, social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension, and work-related accident insurance), periodic health examinations, and employment insurance
