Full TimeCharlotte, North CarolinaPosted 10/21/2026Areas of interest: Information Technology, Systems EngineeringRequisition Number: 2026-85225ISY350
This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Are you excited to play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing enterprise-wide Operations Support Systems (OSS) applications supporting physical security systems, along with their operating systems and databases? As a Systems Engineer III at Spectrum, you will manage the Application Administration of physical security OSS applications, and for vulnerability remediation of networked physcial security devices, engaging in the full life cycle of systems engineering activities to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
Coordinate with internal departments to assess integration capabilities, data sources, and solution designs for feasibility, cost, and functionality
Conduct design sessions with architects and engineers; create detailed design documents and functional specifications for new applications and services
Collaborate on configuration designs for various environments and create work effort estimates for new features and bug fixes for prioritization and release management
Develop scripts, automation tools, and release notes for enhancements and bug fixes, and review development tools for functionality
Reviews physical security technologies, integration tools and testing tools for functionality/effectiveness.
Install, configure, administer, and maintains physical security OSS applications, including operating systems and related software.
Provides 'on call' support to resolve OSS application issues after normal business hours.
Uses established change management processes, requiring operational procedures be performed with minimal customer impact, (i.e. during established maintenance window).
Work with database administrators to configure, tune and maintain databases in variety of languages.
Documents systems configurations and upgrades
Designs and implements change and control policies and disaster recovery plans; lead troubleshooting efforts to restore functionality in the event of an outage.
Monitors and assists in managing applications, device availability, network conditions and status, system reliability and performance, service and program maintenance and storage resources.
Coordinates vulnerability remediation for networked physical security devices, including firmware updates, credential rotation, and security configuration hardening, in partnership with Cybersecurity and Network teams.
Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.
Working Conditions
Office environment
What You’ll Bring to Spectrum
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience; May require Industry Standard Certifications
Experience
5+ years of application development work experience
4+ years of network OSS application work experience
3+ years of system administration work experience
3+ years of database support and development work experience
3+ years of enterprise application integration work experience
Skills
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
Advanced ability to conduct design sessions to specify solution designs for feasibility, cost, and functionality and create detailed documentation to functionally understand new and existing applications
Advanced ability to follow and implement established change and control policies and procedures and troubleshoot application problems
In-depth knowledge of scripting, integration tools, and testing tools, OSS applications and software, including physical security systems, and choosing the appropriate lifecycle and the planning, monitoring and control of the systems engineering process
Ability to effectively transform an operational need into a description of system parameters and incorporate those parameters in the control of the total system development to achieve an optimum, cost-effective balance of all system elements
Advanced knowledge of network and systems engineering systems concepts and system/super-system skills, including VMWare (vSphere, NSX-T), Windows and Linux server administration, and IP network segmentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Education
CCNA/CCNP or equivalent
CCIE Data Center or equivalent
CCIE Routing and Switching or equivalent
Manufacturer certifications for enterprise VMS or access control platforms
Experience
7+ years of application development work experience
6+ years of network OSS application work experience
5+ years of system administration work experience
5+ years of database support and development work experience
5+ years of enterprise application integration work experience
ISY350 2026-85225 ISY350 2026
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