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Systems Engineer

CHICAGO-60610, IL, US
11/08/2016

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Required Skills

PowerShell DSC

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

5 to 7 Year(s)

Job Description

Specific responsibilities include:

Split time approximately 60:40 between project based work and support based work; split may change depending on workload

Strong Windows Server administration experience in an enterprise environment

Devise and automate procedures for provisioning new system instances

Implement and lead continuous integration, automated testing, configuration management, release management, deployment, cloud hosting and systems monitoring

Support incoming server incident and request tickets in a distributed high volume environment

Rack, configure, decommission, and deploy OS for physical servers in co-located and local datacenters

Administer and troubleshoot OS-level issues in a VM environment, as well as hardware problems on physical servers (Dell, Cisco)

Manage Print Server queues, drivers, and DR

Manage and respond to daily alerts from monitoring systems (SCOM, xMatters)

Patch deployments to 1,400+ Windows Servers during predetermined outage windows; software, driver, and firmware deployment and configuration

Detail documentation of any changes to the environment, as well as develop new documentation for existing systems

Adhere to existing data center/colocation installation best practices, while providing input on site-specific best practices as necessary

Communicate proposed changes and improvements to ensure optimal performance and reliability

Work weekends or evening hours within set maintenance schedules, including on-call rotation

Travel occasionally to colocation facilities and remote office locations as needed

Work on other ad hoc duties as assigned

Requirements:

Skills & experience required:

5+ years of relevant, hands-on experience supporting Windows Server 2012/2008 (R2) in an Enterprise Environment

Expertise with scripting languages such as Powershell, VB Scripting, Python is required.

Experience with server management tools such as MS System Center (preferred), Altiris, or similar

Experience managing an automated patching of Windows Servers with SCCM (preferred), Lumension, or a similar tool

Thorough understanding of working principles, and experience supporting Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS, IIS, Virtualization (Hyper-V or VMware), Symantec Endpoint Protection (or similar enterprise AV)

Excellent troubleshooting skills with a scientific approach to problem investigation and resolution

Strong understanding of generally accepted system administration methodologies, tools, and techniques, and desire to instill these practices in both individual and teammates' work

In-depth understanding of common protocols such as DNS, DHCP, SMTP

Good written documentation skills and demonstrable experience of documenting systems and procedures

Experience with and wiliness to follow a strict change management and incident tracking process

Experience with monitoring systems such as SCOM, WhatsUpGold, NetScout, Client NMS, Syslog, or others

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including an ability to interact with users of varying technical skill levels

Ability to work independently and without the need for supervision, as well as collaboratively within the team and across various IT groups and business units

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

Experience in Financial sector preferred

In addition, the ideal candidate will have experience with

Automation frameworks (PowerShell DSC/ Chef/Puppet)

Strong automation and scripting skills

Windows Clustering including application clustering (e.g, SQL, IIS. Exchange etc.)

Patch Management tools

Server hardening experience is a plus.

Familiar with ITIL framework.

Altiris Incident/Change Management

Good understanding of Networks and protocols

Cisco UCS