Systems Engineer

Description

The Systems Engineer is responsible for all aspects of systems administration for the infrastructure team and associated applications in a multi-site environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead, coordinate, and participate in key process improvements for all environments throughout the organization.
• Installation, configuration, maintenance of Windows Server 2012/2016.
• Manage Microsoft System System Center Configuration Manager for software distribution, updates and server imaging.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of VMware ESXi and Hyper-V environments.
• ADFS design and integration with SaaS/Azure and SAML providers.
• Designing and implementing Microsoft Clustering and load balancing.
• Participate in the design and review of new Windows systems and Windows application deployments in both workstations and servers.
• Coordinate with network engineering, business application, and database administration functions to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of Windows systems to meet corporate objectives.
• Support application development teams throughout project lifecycles.
• Help establish and implement policies and procedures.
• Ensure that servers comply with established policies, standards, licensing agreements, and configuration guidelines.
• Define and implement strategies for integrating Windows and non-Windows operating environments.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery methods and procedures.
• Monitor and test system performance; provide statistics and reports.
• Recommend and execute modifications to Windows systems in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
• Ability to write and update concise and logical technical documentation, including, but not limited to, diagrams, charts, specifications and design models.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation during off hours and weekends.
• Apply diagnostic utilities to aid in troubleshooting.
• Perform preventative maintenance as directed.
• Maintains an ongoing in-depth level of professional development to enhance technical skills, communication skills, business knowledge, and knowledge of IT products.
• Other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for:

• 5-15 years’ experience in System Engineering, experience with server administration of VMware, Windows Server 2008 R2 – 2016, Hyper-V on WS 2012 R2. Experience with complete System Engineering Lifecycle including proposal development, preparation of technical papers, requirements analysis and large-scale systems development.
• Experience as a senior level administrator.
• Experience with variety of storage systems, backup systems and systems automation.
• Experience with VMWare, VCenter, and Hyper-V including design and engineering, as well as advanced administration.
• Experience working with cloud technologies such as Azure, and the O365 suite.
• Experience with designing and implementing Active Directory and related services DNS, DHCP, DFS and GPOs.
• Experience supporting Enterprise storage solutions, preferably Data Domain and EMC.
• Experience in virtualization, distributed file systems, data replication between sites, disaster recovery and backup systems.
• Ability to build effective relationships across the business and provide excellent service.
• Understanding project management practices and principals.
• Previous experience doing IT troubleshooting in a production environment.
• Knowledge of clustering and load balancing.
• Working knowledge of network and desktop administration in a LAN environment.

Bonus Points:

• Microsoft, VMWare, storage certifications and training strongly recommended.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Science or related field and/or equivalent technical degree

Travel:

• <10%

What you’ll be doing:

• Work daily in Microsoft Azure to build, maintain, and improve our cloud-hosted customer and internal environments.
• Implement automation to perform the day-to-day operations functions of the Park Place cloud platform and on-prem environment.
• Conduct research into emerging Cloud technologies and trends, standards and products as required.

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of Cloud engineering or applicable cloud experience

Bonus Points:

• Cloud Certifications

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Park Place Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

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