Sr. Systems Engineer (Req#2851)

This position is a senior member of the team that is responsible for design, configuration, implementation, and support of all system platforms, cloud-based infrastructure, and enterprise storage solutions. The Senior Systems Engineer works with all technology teams, external solution providers, and internal business unit resources to design secure, scalable, extensible technology-based solutions, then build, implement, support those solutions.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design systems and solutions as part of technology and business line-sponsored initiatives, leveraging leading industry practices.
• Work with team members to procure, build, and implement servers, systems and processes to support the design
• Serve as a technical mentor to staff members on the Systems Engineering team, assisting in ad-hoc and formal coaching and development efforts.
• Help guide the platform and security direction for the organization by monitoring industry trends, facilitating proof-of-concept exercises, and recommending specific technologies to pursue.
• Develop, document, and enforce system monitoring and alerting standards for all platforms through automation via scripting and applications
• Serve as the primary escalation channel for support-related server and application issues 

PROBLEM SOLVING & DECISION MAKING: 

• Must be able to synthesize multiple data points across a number of business and technical domains. 
• Must be analytical, well organized, and self-directed. 
• Able to make recommendations to manager on decisions of complex, multifaceted nature. 
• Independently drives and coordinates solutions to complex matters.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 
• 5+ years of enterprise technology operational experience

Skills/Knowledge 

• Must have senior level experience implementing and managing various technology projects and platforms.
• Exceptional working knowledge of server operating systems (Windows & Linux).
• Experience building, implementing, and managing servers and applications in a cloud-hosted environment such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in cloud-based monitoring such as Log Analytics, New Relic, Datadog along with on-premise monitoring solutions such as ( Splunk, SolarWinds, etc.)
• Strong skills in TCP/IP networking and security concepts are required. 
• Experience in managing and configuring load balancers such as F5, Citrix, etc. 
• Ability to manage enterprise and cloud-based storage solutions.
• Experience with virtualization platforms, such as Nutanix AHV, Azure and ESX.
• Experience with automation through enterprise distribution and configuration management platforms such as SCCM, Ansible, Jenkins, Ivanti, Tanium, Puppet, or Chef.
• Familiarity with cloud concepts such as containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud management platforms.
• Senior level experience in one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Perl, Python
• Experience interfacing with API’s and documenting and commenting functions within the code along with creating runbooks. 
• Using source code repositories such as GIT and understanding how to leverage them. 
• Experience identifying issues and determining root cause via a consistent, logical approach.
• Demonstrated ability to implement and support scalable technology solutions. 
• Ability to manage small to medium sized technology projects.
• The ability to manage multiple assigned tasks.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to be on-call and respond to emergencies.