Job Responsibilities:

• Perform systems implementation, automation and maintenance of infrastructure on premises and in the cloud 
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards (scalability) 
• Utilize enterprise tools to manage, monitor and secure large enterprise data center environments 
• Troubleshoot server- and network-related problems and quickly resolve issues 
• Focus on automation opportunities in order to build consistency and quality with speed 
• Research and implement new technologies 
• Provide tier 3 support for Help Desk/Desktop personnel 
• Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to after-hours escalations 
• Troubleshoot production issues and analyze failures to minimize outages and interruptions

Skills and Experience Required:

Required:

• Be able to perform system implementation (automated and maintenance) on premises and cloud (AWS)
• Ensure scalability of cloud infrastructure meets performance and capacity
• Manage and monitor data center environments
• 1 year of experience in systems engineering
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
• Experience with scripting languages
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux servers
• Knowledge of networking (SAN/LAN)
• Provide Tier 3 support and troubleshoot server/network issues as well as production issues
• Be available for on-call rotations
• Have excellent communication skills

Desired

• Be able to participate in deep architectural discussions ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment, security and high availability 
• Ability to design and maintain the customer-facing and corporate data center technologies with a focus on infrastructure as a service 
• Effective communication with business partners 
• Experience with taking projects from initial concept through planning and implementation 
• Technical certifications (MTA, MCSA, MCITP, MCSE, etc.)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to computer science or information technology or equivalent experience