System Engineer (Application and Batch)

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

Country: United States

Category: Infrastructure & Helpdesk

Workplace Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Posted Date: April 14, 2026

Job ID: 646492

Job Description

Job Title: System Engineer (Application and Batch)
Location: Merrimack, NH
Contract length: 6 months
Schedule: 40 hrs/week
Pay: $55/hr to $63.33/hr, DOE

Job Overview:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Production Services / SRE Team supporting the Fidelity Asset Management Fixed Income division. You will provide level 2 application and batch support in a fast-paced, high-energy, and collaborative work environment. This is a unique opportunity to work on a wide variety of technologies in a core Fidelity business. This position involves exposure to the core Fidelity financial business applications.

The Expertise You Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience or higher in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) or equivalent required; Master’s degree a plus
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale
  • 4+ years of experience in Cloud support (AWS) and migration skills; Experience with building and operating highly resilient platforms in AWS cloud environments
  • Hands-on experience with container orchestration, preferably with Kubernetes
  • Experience operating and implementing distributed & highly concurrent service-based
  • Ability to automate with various scripting languages (Python, Shell scripting, etc.)
  • Experience managing systems using infrastructure as code tools (IAM, ARM, Terraform, Chef)
  • Proven understanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines
  • Experienced in Instrumentation with systems skills on building and operating, monitoring, logging, alerting services of distributed systems at scale
  • Proven experience in maintaining scalability and resiliency in a complex environment
  • Proven experience in implementing advanced observability practices and techniques at scale
  • Demonstrated ability to apply modern monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Splunk)
  • Extensive experience with Oracle and PL/SQL
  • Analyze code (PL/SQL, Perl, Shell script) to troubleshoot and propose long-term solutions. Expertise in writing PL/SQL code, Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, etc.
  • Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills while working with the team in daily operations, including resolution of data quality issues, analysis of system functionality, and responding to system alerts, business queries, and report requests
  • Provide prompt support for Trading, Portfolio Management, and Research applications
  • Proven technical background with a high degree of comfort with Linux, database systems, networking concepts, and ITSM-based standards
  • Experience with batch scheduling software, Autosys a plus
  • Review platforms used by the client and suggest improvements in automation, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, security, and platform services


The Skills You Bring:

  • Your real passion for technology and solving problems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Your ability to lead and provide mentorship to other team members
  • You have good social skills and the ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
  • You learn quickly, have an analytical approach, and enjoy finding ways to continuously improve
  • Your previous experience in financial services

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