Job: Systems Engineer

Department: Information Services/D.P.
Schedule: Full time - Benefits Eligible
Shift: Days
Hours:
JOB SUMMARY:

Under the general supervision of the Manager, Infrastructure Services, and in collaboration with IT Department Management, Enterprise Architect, the Information Security Office, and Lead System Engineer, provides technical expertise as it applies to server and systems hardware, operating systems, and general data center operations. This position is charged with the responsibility of, and accountability for, providing long term systems solutions to the company-s needs as well as maintaining reliability/service level operational standards as dictated by IT management. The Systems Engineer is directly responsible for hardware, OS, and product implementation, day-to-day integrity, and operation of Windows, Linux, Unix, and other systems in all environments. The Systems Engineer will also assist in the planning of short and long-range changes in configuration, in making recommendations for the selection of platform configurations, hardware, operating systems, and utility software, and will assist in the planning, provisioning, installation, documentation, and administration of all server hardware, operating systems, peripherals, local storage subsystems, utility software, and applications setup. He/she will also assist in the recommendation of data center and NOC tools and monitoring facilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

High School diploma, GED, or foreign equivalent

Minimum of 4 years of experience in IT

Strong understanding and experience in server hardware technology including RAID, SCSI, HBA, NIC, Intel CPU

Strong understanding and experience with Windows Server operating system technologies, including Active Directory, Windows Cluster, DHCP, WINS, DNS, IIS,
Exchange, MS SQL, etc.

Strong understanding and experience with Linux, Unix, operating system technologies including TCP IP networking services, Apache, HA Clustering, BIND, Sendmail, Perl/PHP/CGI scripting, etc.

Strong background in network monitoring tools and services

Knowledge of Unix and Windows server setup, configuration, and administration concepts and practices

Knowledge of data storage and backup hardware software including RAID, SCSI, HBA, tape, HP Data Protector, data replication, and disaster recovery

Knowledge of TCP IP networking

Knowledge of data center operations and concepts including maximizing system availability, downtime scheduling and communications, incident reporting, documentation, and change management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor-s degree, preferably in Information Systems, or equivalent working experience

Microsoft certification as MCSE+Internet

Unix, Linux, Solaris, or AIX system administration certification

EOE/M/D/F/V