Job Description

We invite you to be part of our team of trailblazers dedicated to helping people discover and enjoy the outside. Come join us. Because on the inside we’re all outsiders. And if it’s outside, we’re all in.

L.L. Bean Inc. Freeport Maine is looking for a Systems Engineer to join our team. This person will need to be passionate, proactive and with proven experience in systems configuration, automation, and monitoring tools. Will primarily be responsible for Splunk, Ansible, and Configuration Manager and other monitoring automation and configuration management tools. Other tools include, OmniCenter, Extrahop, ThousandEyes, Gigamon, Cacti, Jamf, Mobi, Cisco Prime and Cisco DNA. This position is critical to maintain a secure and highly available environment for L.L.Bean.

Responsibilities:

In this critical role you will work with a dedicated team of professionals to proactively design, engineer, and maintain the best configuration, automation, and monitoring solutions. You will be consulted as the expert on how to best use the tools.  You will also support advanced problem analysis and isolate highly complex issues, develop effective working relationships with technology and business stakeholders, maximize tool posture through ongoing monitoring, ensuring all tools meet the demand as the needs grow. This role will set the direction of future tooling needs by providing architectural roadmap guidance and budgeting year over year.  Having a strong understanding of tools like Splunk and Ansible is a must. Also, must have good scripting knowledge like python, yaml, power shell. This role will provide systems management leadership and coaching to other members of the team and set the example for others to follow.  An on-call rotation is divided among the team. Some on site work may be needed occasionally.

Technologies skills:

Splunk Expert:

• Managing and architecting Splunk environments capable for handling large data feeds
• Ensure accurate data normalization and expert reporting, dashboarding and alerting along with other analytical tasks in Splunk

Ansible:

• Care and feed for Ansible Tower environment (updates, backups and availability)
• Understand Ansible playbooks and GitHub integration

Microsoft Configuration Manager (what was SCCM):

• Care and feed for SCCM (update, backups and availability)
• Support Server and Desktop Teams to effectively use the tool.
• SSRS experience (sql server reporting services).

Requirements:

You should have Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, DevOps Engineer or related areas, a minimum of 5+ years of experience, hands-on technical knowledge of configuration, monitoring and automation tooling. Proficient with; Splunk, Ansible, Configuration Manager with any related certifications that may apply.  A good understanding of tools like OmniCenter, ExtraHop, ThousandEyes, Gigamon, Cacti, Jamf, Mobi, HPNA, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA and Windows and Linux. Nice to have knowledge in Cisco or network related certifications, customer service oriented, excellent communications skills and able to work in a team-oriented environment.

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan. Because, when it comes to the outside—we’re all in. Visit to learn more.

Being outside brings out the best in us, no matter where we come from or what we believe. At L.L.Bean, we value individual differences and encourage our co-workers to be themselves – because  the uniqueness of each individual makes L.L.Bean better.