Senior Systems Engineer

The role

You will design, deploy, and manage core virtualized data center infrastructure. This includes leading VMware vSphere environments, Cisco UCS platforms, and SAN/NAS storage arrays.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and manage core virtualized data center infrastructure
• Execute server builds, security patch management, and virtual machine lifecycle administration
• Evaluate systems architecture and hybrid-cloud strategy for AWS or Azure
• Design, maintain, and test business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
• Implement system enhancements following change management policies
• Author and maintain systems architecture diagrams, SOPs, and runbooks
• Serve as senior technical escalation point for complex production incidents
• Design and execute automation scripts for administrative tasks and provisioning
• Provide status reporting on system health to engineering leadership
• Manage incident response on a 24x7 rotation

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Systems or Infrastructure Engineer in an enterprise data center
• Hands-on experience designing and managing VMware vSphere environments
• Experience with Cisco UCS Manager, service profiles, and templates
• Experience configuring and managing enterprise SAN/NAS storage arrays and protocols
• 2+ years of experience planning, designing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure)
• Knowledge of Microsoft ecosystem including Windows Server (2016+), Active Directory, Azure AD, Office 365, IIS, SQL, DFS, DHCP, and DNS
• Experience creating detailed systems documentation and flow charts
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and a 2-week onsite rotation every two months
• Expert-level analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Understanding of networking concepts (VLANs, routing, switching, LACP, DNS, DHCP)
• Understanding of security best practices for data center infrastructure

Nice to have

• Experience utilizing configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
• Writing automation scripts (PowerShell, Python, or Bash)
• Managing enterprise SSO/MFA solutions, Exchange Online/Hybrid environments, or VDI
• Active professional certifications in VMware (VCP), Cisco (CCNA/CCNP Data Center), Microsoft, or AWS/Azure solutions architecture

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life/ accidental death and dismemberment
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Voluntary retirement savings
• Paid time off
• Access to health and wellness

About the company

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