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Systems Engineer

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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering., 5 years experience in enterprise server environments., Strong experience with Windows, Exchange, Active Directory., Excellent knowledge of network topologies and troubleshooting..

Key responsabilities:

  • Design and implement enterprise servers and networks.
  • Monitor and control server performance and troubleshoot issues.
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Job description

Duration: 3 months to start

Job Description

Position Summary

  • Is responsible for managing the planning, coordination, configuration, installation, and management of all network servers and related client services within the enterprise to meet business requirements.
  • Designs and implements enterprise servers, including infrastructure and mission-critical applications.
  • Has key responsibility for the identification and resolution of hardware and software technical problems and malfunctions related to network enterprise infrastructure and related all related servers.
  • Makes decisions that are critical in the areas of throughput analysis, problem solving, and server infrastructure planning, with the potential to affect the successful execution of business transactions.
  • Proactively researches and locates necessary tools and processes to identify troublesome trends as they develop.
  • Ensures a stable performance environment for the enterprise systems. Participates in various IT projects intended to continually improve/upgrade the enterprise servers.

Responsibilities/Duties

  • Design servers and networks; install servers, applications, and tools; identify solutions through constant interfacing with appropriate management levels, clients, departments, and vendor organizations to ensure a cost-effective and efficient infrastructure environment is available to provide the processing power essential to department and enterprise operations
  • Install servers, disks, processors, and other systems hardware; troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems; alert management, help desk team, and other IT groups when sensitive issues arise or a major problem is suspected; minimize client productivity loss caused by technology outages, and provide necessary infrastructure for clients to meet their business needs
  • Monitor and control server performance in the areas of response, throughput, and availability
  • Proactively research and locate the necessary tools and processes to identify troublesome trends as they develop; analyze trends and develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring; maintain high service levels for the user community, and establish a method to easily compare the installation performance against established performance objectives
  • Ensure a stable performance environment for mission-critical enterprise systems
  • Monitor and analyze system problems that occur in corporate network, identifying and solving problems as rapidly as possible; provide critical and essential services to locations enterprise wide (including remote sites)
  • Develop test plans (including cases for functionality, integrity, and stress testing; test matrixes; and definition of test methodologies and test strategy); be responsible for the creation of test platforms, including evaluation of test equipment and designing test servers; develop automated test suites for product regression and stress testing
  • Participate in various IT projects intended to continually improve/upgrade the enterprise server infrastructure; for example, evaluate new software and hardware required to meet a business need or to make a process more cost effective
  • Handle times of peak service demands or as needed to solve complex problems aimed at delivering consistent quality service to clients within predefined service levels; review assigned service requests daily, following up and providing status updates to clients; ensure data pertaining to the status of service requests is entered into help desk problem tracking systems accurately and promptly on a daily basis to provide an up-to-date picture of service delivery status and backlog
  • Identify opportunities and recommend solutions for improving service efficiency and effective-ness; participate in IT initiatives to address service issues; keep abreast of technical aspects of the PC-LAN/WAN computing environment; have a working knowledge of department-specific applications; attend seminars and other educational opportunities; seek out insight and on-the-job training from peers and other internal and external resources
  • Configure, install, and maintain necessary hardware and software for enterprise server hardware and software to provide a suitable environment to run mission-critical production applications and perform development; perform maintenance and release upgrades on a timely basis or as needed
  • Assist in developing strategic and tactical planning of server environments for internal customers, including discovery and documentation of user requirements before development design and programming
  • Design and implement server architectures, including enterprise infrastructure design, and implementation of mission-critical 24x7
  • Develop/follow procedures for server administration (e.g., security, reliability)
  • Assist in setting priorities and managing resources to achieve unit, division, and corporate goals
  • Recommend standards and guidelines
  • Recommend/select specific products as necessary, participating in tool and vendor evaluations
  • Support groups developing distributed applications and distributed databases
  • Participate in and contribute to task forces and special projects initiated within departments/divisions
  • Continuously strive to improve client support, identifying opportunities and recommending solutions for improving service efficiency and effectiveness; have a working knowledge of department specific applications
  • Participate in a week-long 24/7 on-call rotation.

Requirements

Education

  • Minimum Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent combination of formal education and related work experience); Master s degree is desirable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

  • Professional certifications highly desirable

EXPERIENCE:

  • Minimum five years experience in Microsoft Server configuration, design and analytical work, and related experience in mission-critical enterprise server environments performing network engineering (hardware and software), and designing, planning, and implementing servers and infrastructure using the latest technology.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

  • Must have strong experience in day to day support of Windows, Exchange, Active Directory, and VMWare. Additionally, exposure to Storage (EMC), Legato, backups is a plus.
  • Thorough understanding of distributed systems architecture and comprehensive knowledge of multiple technical disciplines.
  • Excellent technical knowledge and aptitude in the areas of networks, network topologies, PC workstations (configuration and connectivity), and network file servers, applicable software, and troubleshooting techniques.
  • Strong customer service and communications skills.
  • Good judgment and analytical skills; strong follow-up and organizational skills.
  • Ability to conduct and prepare feasibility studies; develop client proposals, including estimates for costs, time, and resources; prepare statistical reports; complete cost/benefit analyses; and conduct business.
  • Understanding of the enterprise business and business processes; ability to anticipate future network requirements, and research and analyze emerging technologies.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with all levels of employees and the ability to present and explain technical information to diverse audiences.

Environment

  • Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers
  • Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/2008, Standard/Enterprise versions, 32bit/64bit/R2.
  • Technologies: VMware vSphere 5, Citrix 5..0, 6.0+, Microsoft SQL Server, SCCM, SCOM, EMC Networker.
  • Network: TCP/IP, Routing, General Knowledge to assist in identifying and troubleshooting issues.

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