Infrastructure Engineer - hybryd

Infrastructure Engineer
White Plains, NY - hybrid schedule of a minimum of 3 days on-site
Duration of Assignment 12 month(s)
Anticipated Start Date Immediate

Business Unit Information Technology & Cyber Security
Experience Level 2 (5-10 years)

Work Schedule
Monday through Friday. 7.5-hour workday with .5-hour unpaid lunch. Paid for actual time worked; there are no paid vacation or sick days. During our company and Canals holidays, the business is closed, and no work is permitted. NYPA requires.

Submission Instructions
The Infrastructure Core Services (ICS) Specialist will work alongside a talented team of professionals accountable for the lifecycle management and support of NYPA's ongoing digital initiatives and strategies. This role will have operational responsibilities for NYPA's latest hyper[1]converged platforms, cloud (AWS/Azure), and storage service offerings. This role is a critical part of a larger cross-functional NYPA Information Technology team of Architects, Network Support, Incident Management, Cyber Security and others to ensure resiliency and availability of key NYPA digital IT assets and services.

Job Functions & Responsibilities
• Provide Operational support for all aspects of ICS operations including all NYPA server types (Windows and Linux), SAN/NAS storage, server virtualization technologies (including VMWare), backups systems (Commvault).
• Recommend operational efficiency improvements including but not limited to IaaS, Lights Out Data Center solutions, Automation, Cloud and Hybrid cloud solutions.
• Responsible for operations of critical infrastructure while maintaining component-level monitoring, real-time performance metrics, and trending.
• Coordinates performance of outages, hardware maintenance, software maintenance, etc.
• Work closely with NYPA's IT Service Management team to follow ITIL / ITSM service delivery models.

Skills
• Strong knowledge designing and implementing resilient solutions utilizing virtualization, Microsoft clustering technologies, enterprise storage and SAN solutions, Microsoft Server technologies, and software defined networking (SDNs).
• Familiarity with monitoring and telemetry platforms, such as Splunk, to manage infrastructure service SLAs, metrics, and KPI
• Strong knowledge of IaaS solutions and related cloud offerings.
• Experience operating under ITIL / ITSM service delivery process and procedures.
• Excellent organizational skills around technical planning and execution.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build successful cross-functional relationships.
• Working knowledge of Source control tools like Azure DevOps, Git, or SVN.
• Microsoft SCCM (patch management and deployment)
• VMware vCenter in AWS (VMC) and on prem
• Commvault backup administration
• Microsoft Windows Server administration
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration across GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Infrastructure automation and scripting using Ansible and Terraform

Education & Certifications
• Bachelor's Degree preferred, Information Technology Management or a related field. Equivalent work experience accepted.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in Information Technology field with focus on Critical Infrastructure deployments.
• Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) preferred
• Agile/Scrum certification preferred

NYPA does not provide laptops. Instead, NYPA provides desktops and dedicated workstations which candidates will remote into from their personal equipment on virtual days. If candidate does not have proper equipment, internet connection, or he/she is deemed to not work effectively from home, the hybrid privilege will be revoked