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Our client is looking for an IT System Engineer II role is to design, install, administer, and optimize company servers, storage infrastructure, and related components to achieve high performance of the various business applications supported. This includes ensuring the availability of client/server applications, configuring all new implementations, and developing processes and procedures for ongoing management of the server environment.
Primary Responsibilities
• Ongoing maintenance of existing System Center infrastructure. Team effort involving fellow System Engineers and Administration staffs. Assist in SCOM alert tuning, closure event tuning, and reporting. SCCM administration duties are to maintain and enhance already existing infrastructure, monitor Microsoft patching, as well as third party patching via Ivanti integration
• Proactive monitoring of all servers, applications and services using a combination of tools to ensure high availability and exceed SLAs, maintain server performance, collect, and review system data for capacity and planning purposes. Update/monitor server KPIs at defined intervals and compile monthly report summarizing the health/status of servers across the enterprise.
• Perform a wide range of system engineering and administration duties on web, application, database, and other servers and storage infrastructure, including install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and tier-3 support. This would include testing and deployment of hardware and software, assist in disaster recovery planning and create/maintain documentation for all processes and procedures, among other duties. Maintain security best practices on all operating systems.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide off-hour support; perform troubleshooting as needed; work closely with the IT team to provide end-user support and issue resolution, leading efforts for root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to research, evaluate and recommend system technologies to support business requirements.
• Ability to perform a wide range of system administration duties on web, application, database, and other servers, including install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and general support. This would include testing and deployment of hardware and software, performing regular and on-demand backups and recoveries, and create/maintain documentation for all processes and procedures, among other duties.
• Provide guidance to administrators on the infrastructure team, as well as other departments within IT.
• Assist in developing, implementing, testing, and maintaining disaster recovery plans for the server and storage infrastructure, including application availability and business continuity.
• Assist with daily support and maintenance of the storage arrays including but not limited to providing performance metrics, overall health checks and recommendations to maintain service levels.
• Assist with maintaining RDS and Virtual Desktop Environments
Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple complex projects.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward project completion.
• Demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Experience migrating applications to Cloud Platform preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate issues and resolutions to all levels of the organization.
• Advance knowledge in both network and security practices and processes
• Experience in securing both on prem and cloud infrastructure.
• 2-4 years' experience with Hardware & networking
• Experience migrating applications to Cloud Platform- preferred
• Advanced knowledge of installations, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting of Server operating systems
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft System Center suite
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to research & solve complex issues independently.
• Knowledge in both Microsoft and Linux operating systems
• PowerShell scripting skills
• MCSA, MCSE Preferred
• Previous hospitality or theme park experience is desirable
• Experience with Microsoft clustering technologies used in conjunction with SQL Server, DHCP Server, and Hyper-V
• Experience in leading initiatives for root cause analysis and new system evaluations
• Experience with NAS/SAN administration
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Our client is looking for an IT System Engineer II role is to design, install, administer, and optimize company servers, storage infrastructure, and related components to achieve high performance of the various business applications supported. This includes ensuring the availability of client/server applications, configuring all new implementations, and developing processes and procedures for ongoing management of the server environment.
Primary Responsibilities
• Ongoing maintenance of existing System Center infrastructure. Team effort involving fellow System Engineers and Administration staffs. Assist in SCOM alert tuning, closure event tuning, and reporting. SCCM administration duties are to maintain and enhance already existing infrastructure, monitor Microsoft patching, as well as third party patching via Ivanti integration
• Proactive monitoring of all servers, applications and services using a combination of tools to ensure high availability and exceed SLAs, maintain server performance, collect, and review system data for capacity and planning purposes. Update/monitor server KPIs at defined intervals and compile monthly report summarizing the health/status of servers across the enterprise.
• Perform a wide range of system engineering and administration duties on web, application, database, and other servers and storage infrastructure, including install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and tier-3 support. This would include testing and deployment of hardware and software, assist in disaster recovery planning and create/maintain documentation for all processes and procedures, among other duties. Maintain security best practices on all operating systems.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide off-hour support; perform troubleshooting as needed; work closely with the IT team to provide end-user support and issue resolution, leading efforts for root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to research, evaluate and recommend system technologies to support business requirements.
• Ability to perform a wide range of system administration duties on web, application, database, and other servers, including install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and general support. This would include testing and deployment of hardware and software, performing regular and on-demand backups and recoveries, and create/maintain documentation for all processes and procedures, among other duties.
• Provide guidance to administrators on the infrastructure team, as well as other departments within IT.
• Assist in developing, implementing, testing, and maintaining disaster recovery plans for the server and storage infrastructure, including application availability and business continuity.
• Assist with daily support and maintenance of the storage arrays including but not limited to providing performance metrics, overall health checks and recommendations to maintain service levels.
• Assist with maintaining RDS and Virtual Desktop Environments
Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple complex projects.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward project completion.
• Demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Experience migrating applications to Cloud Platform preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate issues and resolutions to all levels of the organization.
• Advance knowledge in both network and security practices and processes
• Experience in securing both on prem and cloud infrastructure.
• 2-4 years' experience with Hardware & networking
• Experience migrating applications to Cloud Platform- preferred
• Advanced knowledge of installations, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting of Server operating systems
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft System Center suite
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to research & solve complex issues independently.
• Knowledge in both Microsoft and Linux operating systems
• PowerShell scripting skills
• MCSA, MCSE Preferred
• Previous hospitality or theme park experience is desirable
• Experience with Microsoft clustering technologies used in conjunction with SQL Server, DHCP Server, and Hyper-V
• Experience in leading initiatives for root cause analysis and new system evaluations
• Experience with NAS/SAN administration
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
