Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

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What to include in a Cover Letter
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Company Address
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Salutation
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Compelling Details
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Respectful Closing

How to Write the Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

10239 Tyesha Stream
South Nataliebury, OH 22748
Dear Tyler Fahey,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the senior systems engineer position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for world-class support to our internal customers/end users; support Dell/HP/Apple hardware, Office 365, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Adobe Products, VOIP, A/V equipment and more.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

  • Experience with Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, and IIS
  • Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows Server or Linux environments
  • Subject matter expertise with hosting in AWS (Cloudformation, Dome9, cloudPassage, illumino)
  • Significant experience with Linux (RHEL) with special emphasis in system tuning and performance improvement
  • Significant experience with deployment automation, configuration, and orchestration tools (SaltStack, Cobbler, Chef, Ansible)
  • Practical experience with core infrastructure services and protocols such as Active Directory, Mail Relays, Proxies, SSL, NTP, DNS, SSH, RSYSLOG, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, SMTP
  • Practical experience with scripting (Unix shell, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Perl)
  • Practical experience with enterprise storage systems (Pure/NetApp/EMC VNX) and relevant networked storage solutions (SAN/NAS)

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Alexis Runolfsson

Responsibilities for Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

Senior systems engineer responsible for technical solutions to infrastructure performance optimizations and incidents that are not limited to architecting, implementing and support domain controller/ active directory, physical and virtual servers, database servers and high performance storage solutions.

Experience coordinating with multiple IC and DoD entities
Current MCITP-EA or MCSE CE/OS certification
experience in an enterprise-scale production environment with uptime requirements and process
systems automation with a common open source framework (ansible, puppet, chef, cfengine, etc)
Understanding of the role, function, and operation of common infrastructure components like load balancers, firewalls, routers, switches
A deeper understanding and experience with load balancers would be particularly useful
Experience with tools and automation used to bootstrap and provision servers in a datacenter environment
Knowledge of aerospace systems engineering processes

Senior Systems Engineer Examples

Example #1

Example of Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

619 Ian Stream
North Sidney, NC 69034
Dear Morgan Steuber,

In response to your job posting for senior systems engineer, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for industry-best leadership and expertise to our partners and their customers in one or more DELL Technologies solution categories including being able to address, dispel and remove customer objections to solutions during the sale cycle.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

  • Experience with Protocol Analyzers
  • Enjoy being a really great Engineer and provide technical leadership to a high performing technology focused group of like-minded individuals
  • Expert experience in all aspects of system administration and engineering with a focus in Linux
  • Expert knowledge of Docker and containerization technologies
  • Expert knowledge of VMware Virtualization technologies including Vcenter/SRM/Orchestrator/ESXi
  • Strong Experience in cloud and PaaS platforms including Pivotal Cloud Foundry or Red Hat Open Shift
  • Experienced in server hardware architecture and design for large scale custom applications
  • Expert experience in development of systems management and administration automation in a high level scripting language (Python, Javascript, Bash, Ruby, PowerShell)

I really appreciate you taking the time to review my application for the position of senior systems engineer.

Sincerely,

Oakley King

Example #2

Example of Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

6288 Katharine Bypass
West Abel, MI 16276
Dear Gray Simonis,

I would like to submit my application for the senior systems engineer opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for analysis of capabilities and software tools and recommendations for technical solutions to access and exploit information available from source as required.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

  • Experience with using development, build, and deployment and integration tools (Git, Jenkins, Nexus, Rundeck)
  • Experience in highly available 24x7 production environment
  • Real world experience with scripting (*nix Shell, PowerShell, Python, PHP, etc) to develop automation and reporting
  • Practical (hands-on) grasp of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and Microsoft (Windows Server, IIS, MS SQL) technologies
  • Full understanding of hypervisors and virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V, others)
  • Services will not be considered as equivalent)
  • Relation to modern disaster recovery (DR) methodologies and cloud-based solution design
  • Experience managing large cloud server infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Greer Wilkinson

Example #3

Example of Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

110 Cordell Trail
Lake Edmundburgh, WV 24949
Dear Shae Bednar,

I am excited to be applying for the position of senior systems engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for emergency after-hours support and rapid response to address systems issue impacting major infrastructure, applications, and storage.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

  • Expert in Point of Sales Software installation and automation
  • Enterprise level deployment experience for Operating Systems and application
  • Java and/or similar programming skills preferred
  • Skill and experience with 400+ VM’s
  • Skill and experience with 200+ physical Intel based servers (preferably IBM X-Series
  • Skill and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in an SAP environment
  • Experience with system engineering requirements flow-down from Tier 2 to Tier 4 & 5
  • Proficiency in developing scripts using puppet/perl

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Armani Bernier

Example #4

Example of Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

736 Darius Isle
West Althahaven, WA 46313-5499
Dear Finley Daniel,

Please consider me for the senior systems engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for direct analysis and recommendations associated with the implementation or migration of specific applications to cloud services.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

  • Able to lead CAD drafters in changing/evolving designs
  • Possess excellent communication skills to convey and document complex processes
  • Large system implementation and troubleshooting experience
  • Advanced experience in Oracle Solaris system management
  • Experience working with Oracle database servers, Application Server (OAS) and Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM)
  • Experience in server-software installation, upgrade, configuration, troubleshooting and testing
  • Cultivates an attitude of constant learning amongst the team to support ongoing development
  • Maintains an advanced familiarity with Infinite Energy's current -network/systems infrastructure

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Quinn Hagenes

Example #5

Example of Senior Systems Engineer Cover Letter

48735 Connie Views
South Dannystad, MI 65178
Dear Spencer Frami,

I would like to submit my application for the senior systems engineer opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for insight, thought leadership and competitive differentiation to customers concerning applicability of Dell Networking Solutions.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

  • Broad knowledge of long-range radio systems (Flexnet knowledge is preferred)
  • Broad knowledge of database server structures of head end systems
  • Knowledge of CMEP file generation
  • Strong Linux command-line experience
  • Knowledge of at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, strong shell scripting) is necessary for trial data processing
  • Test all aspects of a AMI/AMR system including meter, base station, head end, and user interface behaviors
  • Working knowledge of data networking and communications protocols especially as applied to radio networks and WAN (wide area networks)
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and customer facing experience

I really appreciate you taking the time to review my application for the position of senior systems engineer.

Sincerely,

Rowan Homenick

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