Senior Systems Engineer - Enterprise Operations

The Opportunity
As a Senior Systems Engineer you will assist IT Operations with the overall configuration, tuning and maintenance of our multi-platform server systems. Position will design, install, and configure server infrastructures; plan and implement enterprise technology infrastructures; design and maintain system security; and develop operational solutions. This position must have an understanding of enterprise support methodologies, Windows 2003+ platform support, project management skills, and excellent communication. The right candidate will be interested in driving technical innovation, is looking to work as part of a dynamic, engaged team, and is capable of taking complete process ownership.

Core Deliverables and Responsibilities
Under direction, this position will be responsible for the implementation of highly-available systems, new technologies and effective monitoring solutions. Position performs daily maintenance and monitoring tasks, assists other groups by maintaining processes including security standards, patch management, and capacity planning. Also responsible for installing and configuring a wide array of system hardware and software. Position will interface with all areas of the company. Specifically:

• Monitor and administer all systems, including a high availability production environment, backups, disaster recovery, VMware and EMC SAN environment.
• Provide Secondary support of Cisco networking environment.
• Work with Business Strategists and Data Architecture Team to define infrastructure requirements, create accurate level of effort estimates and schedules.
• Create and Maintain tools that simplify and automate Support tasks
• Identify and troubleshoot systems and application performance issues.
• Assist QA and Software Engineers in testing related code issues
• Plan and execute preventative maintenance, including software and hardware patch management and implementation.
• Capacity planning including equipment, software licenses, and related requirements and associated costs.
• Lead or actively participate in change and release management control mechanisms and change control processes for database modifications.

Position Qualifications
Applicant must be intellectual, passionate about technology, crave responsibility, and be eager to apply your knowledge to real business solutions. Applicant must be professional, punctual, possess good verbal, presentation, and written skills, perform technical documentation, be team oriented, self-motivating, able to handle dynamically changing conditions, and will be part of on-call support rotation during off-hours.

• 5 years experience in administering and architecting SAN attached production x86 Windows and VMware ESX systems
• Datacenter planning and design
• Familiarity with SQL server administration and related hardware tuning
• Understanding and familiarity with version control, configuration management and bug tracking tools
• Proficiency in complex troubleshooting techniques and problem diagnosis
• Detail-oriented, flexible and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Able to communicate in a clear and concise manner possessing both good written and verbal skills
• An inquisitive and tenacious nature; eager to learn and willing to drive innovation in both the development group as well as across the company
• Experience with Scrum, Agile,and ITIL methodologies as well as SOX requirement awareness is a big plus.
• Scripting and Powershell experience preferred

Education/Experience/Certifications:

• Knowledge and hands on experience with Windows 2000/2003/2008
• Active Directory Management, DNS, WINS, DFS, network security, PKI\Certificate Management, IIS 5/6, TCP/IP, and familiarity with HP/Compaq server hardware
• Must also have working knowledge of web technologies including: FTP, WWW, SMTP, and LDAP
• Knowledge of: VMWare, Cisco, EMC, .NET, ASP, and other application server technology a significant plus
• MCSE or equivalent in specific technologies preferred
• 7 years minimum industry experience in similar role required

To apply directly, send your resume to jobs@onvia.com.