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Senior Systems Engineer

POSITION PURPOSE:

Provides leadership, vision, and support in the overall architectural design of on-premise and cloud server, storage and related IT infrastructure to address current and future business requirements.  Acts as an escalation resource for IT teams, as well as business units, being a source for technical solutions and problem analysis and resolution.  Interfaces with management to provide subject matter expertise and advice on emerging technologies and practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Designs resilient and fault tolerant solutions for mission critical IT operations infrastructure.  Identifies creative solutions to solve various business requirements and needs.  Leverages updated technologies where appropriate in a forward-thinking manner to design the future of operations strategy and accelerate service delivery, in the manner of DevOps and continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Constantly seeking to maintain and update relevant knowledge of data center technologies, Cloud-based solutions, and current technology trends as it pertains to improving and maintaining current sytems.
• Architects and maintains a secure multi-cloud environment and enforces adherence to corporate policies.  Designs disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for critical systems and processes.
• Serves as an escalation point within the Systems Engineering Team and other operations support teams to resolve complex, technical problems.  Performs advance design, administration and troubleshooting.  Manages ticket loads and ensures that response time service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Leads various system engineering projects; ensures projects are completed timely.
• Defines requirements, provides options and makes recommendations related to purchasing and the deployment of various hardware and software.  Assists in budget decisions relating to software licensing, hardware and systems.
• Performs advanced systems administration, trending analysis, and troubleshooting.  Utilizes monitoring and system configuration tools to design management and administration solutions to aid in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance management of servers and systems.  Maintains server and system configuration records.
• Adheres to documented change management processes to protect the integrity of the production environment.
• Provides technical leadership to team and department members.  Leads through example; monitors, influences and trains others.  Provides input to supervisor on performance reviews and helps to identify development needs.
• Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation, as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability necessary to perform this job.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S.) in Information Technology or related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of experience administering a VMWare/Windows server environment with exposure to hyper-converged technology.

PREFERRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Microsoft Server, Azure, Office 365 and Exchange Online experience including build, deploy, and routine maintenance tasks
• High level of experience with Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and AD Sync software
• Deep VMWare experience including vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, and vRealize products plus a good understanding of software defined datacenter and multi-cloud concepts
• Advanced Automation and Scripting experience, including PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, and other modern scripting/automation languages
• Intermediate SQL server administration skills
• Understanding of Backup and Disaster Recovery systems including VMWare Site Recovery Manager, Avamar, Rubrik
• Some exposure to Citrix Workspaces, Director, and Virtual Desktops

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

REASONING/PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

DECISION MAKING & IMPACT OF ERRORS

• Makes day to day decisions used to support strategic direction.  Decisions often require some thought and are somewhat structured.  Decisions tend to be short term and usually moderate cost.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Able to move about the work environment.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk and hear.
• Lift up to 25 pounds as often as up to 35% of the time
• Able to focus with clear vision at 20 inches or less (computer screen).

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Able to work an on-call schedule to support 24 hour operations.
• May work in a room with loud fans and drafts up to 35% of the time (i.e., data center).

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel up to 10% of the time, including overnight.