Vaxcyte
Systems Engineer
San Carlos, California, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
- Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning.
- Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of foundational IT applications such as Okta, M365, Zoom, and Microsoft Intune / MEM.
- Experience administering cloud servers, workstations, and networks, including familiarity with Layer 2 / Layer 3 networking and services such as DNS, DHCP, and NTP.
- Experience with server administration, network administration, and security administration.
- Some experience with scripting (ex.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience with a minimum of 5+ years of relevant IT / systems engineering experience.
- Biotech experience is a plus.
- Exposure to administering or supporting enterprise AI tools is a plus.
Skills
- Contribute to IT projects and initiatives, executing assigned workstreams and collaborating with senior engineers on more complex efforts.
- Contribute to the automation of manual and recurring tasks to improve efficiency.
Compensation
- $148,000 - $172,500
- The compensation package will be competitive and includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component.
Benefits
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Company info
- Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
- WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it!
- Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:
- We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.
- We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.
- Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
- The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
- Recruitment Fraud Notice
- Please be aware of fraud or scams from individuals, organizations and/or internet sites claiming to represent Vaxcyte in recruitment activities.
- All legitimate communication from Vaxcyte will come from an official @vaxcyte.com email address.
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