The Systems Engineer will be responsible for IT system administration, documentation, configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting. In addition, the individual will participate in the ongoing support of our VMware virtualization platform systems using current and emerging technologies. With imperative uptime requirements, our Systems Engineer will maintain overall systems health in a 24/7 environment and carry out tasks based on business objectives and strategy. The candidate is expected to be a self-starter who can operate well under various situations and types of projects, ranging from a team of one to a team of many.

Responsibilities

• Configure, install, maintain, and provide support for critical software and hardware components of our VMware virtualization environment.
• Responsible for end-to-end Windows Server management, including patch management, security update implementation and performance monitoring and tuning across development, test, and production environments.
• Administration and management of storage platforms including Pure Storage arrays, Isilon file system appliances and Egnyte cloud-based file systems and client applications.
• Author and maintain engineering drawings and other technical documentation.
• Coordinate and partner with developers, network engineers, and administrators.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently with competing deadlines.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with VMWare virtualization technologies (vSphere 8.02).
• 7+ years of experience with enterprise-level system administration and support.
• Strong experience managing a Cisco UCS compute environment.
• Strong experience with Enterprise storage SAN and NAS, iSCSI block and object solutions (Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade, Dell EMC Isilon a plus).
• Deep technical expertise and hands-on experience with Windows Server administration, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP & DFS and Windows clustering.
• Strong experience with Disaster Recovery planning and implementation (Zerto\SRM and arraybased replication technologies).
• Scripting knowledge of PowerShell required. Experience with automation platforms such as Ansible a plus.
• Experience with Azure Entra ID administration.
• Working knowledge of LAN, Routing, Switching, IP Networking, VPN technologies, VLANs, and Layer 2/3 protocols.
• Required to lift, carry, and install computer equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.