STEP 1
Build the Ideal Candidate Profile
To find the best person for the role, you need to understand what the role involves. You can complete this with the hiring manager to define the role, its contribution, and the skills needed.
How To Hire a Systems Engineer
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SYSTEMS ENGINEER RECRUITMENT GUIDE
What does a Systems Engineer do?
A System Engineer will design, implement and maintain an environment comprising a large number of networked digital devices such as computers and IOT devices. They manage all systems and infrastructure to ensure the highest level of systems are available.
Day to day tasks of a Systems Engineer
- Maintain and monitor a large digital network environment
- Provide support to consumers of their infrastructure
- Ensure accessibility of the infrastructure
- Ensure the highest level of security
- Maintain adequate backups
- Provision VMs when needed
SYSTEMS ENGINEER DEFINITION
System Engineers primary responsibilities are to design, implement, maintain, test and retire digital devices in a networked environment in a highly automated fashion. This process is done in a holistic manner using knowledge from different areas of engineering and science in order to successfully manage the complete life cycle of a digital environment.
HIRING PROCESS
Systems Engineer Hiring Process
STEP 2
Write A Job Description Based On Skills
Once you understand the requirements for the role, you’ll need to understand the skills for success. You can then write an effective job description to promote your role.
STEP 3
Selecting The Ideal Candidate
See which applicants have the right skills for the role. Send all your applicants a Vervoe skills assessment from the expert library, or customize one for your organization.
STEP 4
Interview Top Performers
Your skills assessment results will identify top performers. Focus your time on interviewing those that have met or exceeded your requirements. Assessment results will also help guide which skill areas to focus on in the interview.
STEP 5
Making An Offer
Once you assess your candidates against these skills, you’re ready to offer the top performer(s). You should base your offer on the value that the candidate would bring to your team and your business as a whole. It is also important to ensure your compensation and benefits packages are competitive in the industry and help you attract and retain the top talent.
BUILD THE IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
Skills needed for a Systems Engineer
A System Engineer must be very technically savvy with good collaboration skills as they will often work as a part of a large team to maintain and monitor a large collection of devices in environments. An example would be various different VMs and servers in a production environment.
- Operating System
- Network
- Communication
WRITE A JOB DESCRIPTION BASED ON SKILLS
How to write a Systems Engineer job description
Once you’ve determined the skills required for the role, you can write the job description to advertise for your position. Here’s what to include in your Systems Engineer job description:
- Job Title
- What position are you hiring for?
- Summary
- What makes your company unique? What would it be like to work for you?
- Responsibilities
- An overview of the role’s day-to-day activities, and how the position contributes to the organization
- Requirements
- Skills a candidate must have to perform the job successfully
- Benefits
- Details of compensation, benefits, and any perks on offer
SELECTING THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Sample skill tests for a Systems Engineer
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Question 1
NetworkQuestion Type: Video
Explain the difference between a container and a VM?
Question 2
CommunicationQuestion Type: Text
Explain the difference between the following storage technologies: - NAS- SAN- VSAN- BLOCK STORAGE
Question 3
Operating SystemQuestion Type: Video
Have you had experience with AWS? Please elaborate on your level of experience and which products sets you are familiar with in AWS
INTERVIEW TOP PERFORMERS
How to interview a Systems Engineer
Once your Vervoe skills assessment has surfaced the most qualified people for your open role, you can focus on interviewing these candidates. The interview should focus on any skills that require development that were highlighted from the skills assessment.
Now you know that candidates can do the job, the interview becomes more of a relationship building exercise where you can get to know the candidate on a more personal level, understand their motivations, and how they would fit in with the team.
MAKING AN OFFER
How much does it cost to hire a Systems Engineer?
The US average for a System Engineer is $98,910 according to Indeed.com, whilst the salary reported on Glassdoor.com is $89,467. According to Payscale.com, ninety percent of System Engineers will take home upto $123,000 and the lowest ten percent will be paid up to $54,000. Alternatively Salary.com reports the median salary to only be $71,311.
United States
A System Engineer salary in the United states ranges from $54,000 - $123,000 (USD. This salary will be heavily dependent on the location of the organisation and the bonuses the engineer might make for their hard work.
Source: Source: Payscale USA - Systems Engineering Salaries
United Kingdom
The salary for a System Engineer in the United Kingdom can range from £29,000 and £81,000 (GBP). This would be heavily dependent on the location of the organisation and the seniority of the position.
Source: Source: Glassdoor UK - Systems Engineering Salaries
Australia
The salary for a System Engineer is between $70,000 - $148,000 (AUD). This would be heavily dependent on the seniority, industry of the organisation and most importantly the scale of operations that the engineer will look after.
Source: Source: Glassdoor AU - Systems Engineering Salaries