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Senior Systems Engineer

CHICAGO-60608, IL, US
07/17/2018

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Required Skills

VMWare technology

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

3 to 5 Year(s)

Job Description

Our client is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer.

This role will help design, implement, and support enterprise environments including Windows Server platforms, Active Directory, Exchange, Office 365, Azure, VMWare ESXi and VDI virtualization platforms, NetApp SAN storage Commvault backups, Infoblox DNS and DHCP services, and HPE and Nutantix server hardware.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise cross several technologies including: PowerShell, Windows Server, Netapp, VMWare, Active Directory and GPO, O365, Azure, InTune, Commvault, MS Exchange, Linux Servers, Infoblox DNS and DHCP, SCCM, WSUS, Client Insight, Commvault, Logging and Monitoring, Antivirus, server hardening

• Act as the technical architect on internal environments and associated projects simultaneously

• Work on project-based initiatives

• Serve as the third-level escalation point for the Network Operations Center (NOC) and second level support engineers for questions and complex issue resolution, including after-hours escalation and participation in on-call rotation

• Facilitate and lead meetings in both a project and escalated incident setting

• Work with the business users/stakeholders and provide written and oral status updates

• Ensure associated service level agreements are met and assist with reporting on SLAs and other key metrics

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a lead server/storage administrator

• Minimum 3 years of architecture and project experience designing and deploying servers in a enterprise-level environment (>250 seats, spanning multiple physical locations)

• Demonstrates a strong knowledge and competence of standard concepts, best practices, and operational procedures within a corporate Microsoft Active Directory environment

• In-depth knowledge of PowerShell

• Sound understanding of certificates and PKI preferred

Job Responsibilities:

Experience with DNS and Infoblox appliances preferred

• Experience with support and administration of environments with high-availability and disaster recovery technologies

• Experience and practical knowledge of backups, data retention and compliance/archiving within a regulated industry, Commvault knowledge preferred

• Background in VMWare technology platform, advanced configurations, replication/clustering, disaster recovery, server management, and backup preferred

• Background in managing storage infrastructure (SAN/NAS); specific experience with NetApp a plus preferred

• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills

• Experience managing multiple technology projects simultaneously

• A natural sense of urgency, initiative and a positive team player philosophy to be reflected in daily work ethics; strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines.