Sr. Systems Engineer – Glendale, CA – Direct Hire Direct Hire/ Full Time Employee

TITLE: Sr. Systems Engineer

LOCATION: Glendale, Ca

SALARY: To be discussed

DURATION: Direct Hire/ Salaried

NOT open to Corp to Corp

Those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.

DKKD Staffing does not sponsor and cannot support H1, EAD, TN, etc. 

No outside agencies, please.

DESCRIPTION
The Sr. Systems Engineer position plays an integral part of the Infrastructure team and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and 24x7x365 support of remote and local enterprise server systems. The role is responsible for the high-level strategic design, development, and maintenance of the organization’s infrastructure, hardware, hosting services, and network.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as expert in the Infrastructure team in the planning, designing, and delivery of IT solutions.
• Drives short- & long-term architecture strategy for the overall IT project portfolio for key business segments.
• Participates in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy.
• Communicates and validates program architecture with Infrastructure team, project management team, and technology services management team.
• Defines data retention, backup, and recovery methods and plans.
• Develops enterprise standards to ensure compatibility and integration of multi-vendor platforms.
• Designs and develops Infrastructure blueprints for the implementation of new solutions.
• Implements, maintains, troubleshoots and supports virtualization platforms including VMware ESX/ESXi, vCenter, vSphere, vRealize, HA, DRS, vMotion, Distributed Switches, PowerCLI, etc. in a multi-site environment.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots and supports enterprise server and backup hardware and devices.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots and supports enterprise storage including NetApp FC SAN, Dell Compellent iSCSI, Synology NAS and other storage related technologies such as LUN management, SAN configuration, Fiber Channel, NFS, CIFS.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots and supports enterprise Microsoft environment including Active Directory in a multi-site environment, Windows Server, Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) server, Exchange 2016, SQL Server 2008/2012/2015/2016.
• Manages system deployments, upgrades, patching, and migration projects in coordination with department leadership and Applications Development and Infrastructure team.
• Assists Network Systems team members to support the IT Infrastructure in a 24x7x365 operation environment and participates in an On-Call rotation process in which carrying an On-Call phone will be required.
• Problem solves and acts independently to resolve complex systems issues as needed.
• Provides technical and professional leadership, guidance, training, and support to team members.
• Works occasionally during off-hours, including evening and weekend hours as required.

NOTE: Keep in mind we get 100’s of applicants, so your help is needed.

Action Required: Please complete the Application & Job-related questions below. For fastest response, please send the answers to Di@DKKDstaffing.com

APPLICATION QUESTIONS (Please answer all questions)

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JOB-RELATED SCREENING QUESTIONS/ JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Please provide your # of years of applicable experience (per bullet/colon) and last year used. Elaborate if needed. If no experience, please indicate NA or none.

• BS in the field of Computer Science or comparable experience:
• 10 years’ experience with systems engineering:
• VMware VCP 6.5 or higher certification; expert knowledge & hands-on virtualization experience:
• NetApp storage systems and ONTAP OS.  Understanding of storage architectures, including peripheral interfaces (FC, SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi-processor designs, TCP/IP-based LANs, iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs:
• Experience working with Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 and Active Directory (DNS, DHCP, GPO management):
• Experience working with Microsoft Exchange 2016 On-Premise:
• Familiarly with Microsoft Azure Hybrid Cloud and AWS environments:
• Experience maintaining Microsoft Web Servers IIS:
• Experience in the administering Office 365:
• Linux Experience (Ubuntu, CentOS):
• Systems monitoring and management experience in a high-availability data center environment:
• Vulnerability management programs and patch management experience:
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required; must be able to communicate effectively with core project team members, team leads, and end-users:

Diane “Di” Krehbiel-Delson

Executive and Technology Recruiting

Westlake Village, Ca 91362

805-236-3793

JOBS & Application: DKKDstaffing.com

References: LinkedIn.com/in/DianeKrehbiel 

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