Senior Systems Engineer, Core Infrastructure Expert

Senior Systems Engineer, Core Infrastructure Expert, Los Angeles, CA

We have an opening available for a Senior Systems Engineer. The Senior Systems Engineer is a member of a team of Senior Systems Engineers and is an expert in core infrastructure technologies including networking, storage, computer, messaging and mobility systems, cloud-based services, and operational security. The Senior Systems Engineer develops, implements and maintains expert technical solutions for all new and existing systems. This position is 100% Onsite and not open for Remote.

Senior Systems Engineer Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and manage systems including networks, storage, Exchange, physical and virtual servers, Active Directory and Group Policy, Certificate Services, authentication systems, and remote access and mobility systems.
• Oversee and ensure the optimal performance of systems.
• Perform frequent and long-term maintenance in addition to management of user facing tasks.
• Provide expert level support through escalated technical support.
• Act as mentor to other IT internal team members in the areas of network and system operations.
• Prepare and distribute technical documentation for all assigned systems and projects involving processes, procedures, troubleshooting guides, training and change management logs.
• Establish and maintain relationships with IT external customers, vendors and partners.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Some overtime and/or non-standard hours, and travel may be required.

Senior Systems Engineer Qualifications:

• Expert proficiency in network and storage design and maintenance (Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS)).
• Expert proficiency in Active Directory architecture and complex administration.
• Expert proficiency in cyber risk and system hardening techniques.
• Solid working knowledge of encryption technologies (PKI, Cipher Suites, Certificate Authority, HSM).
• Expert proficiency in design and implementation of IT infrastructure systems in large scale and complex Microsoft Windows-based enterprise environments.
• Expert proficiency in a variety of systems, servers and protocols (VMware, Windows Server, TCP/IP, DNS, and Active Directory).
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge in IP networks (LAN/WAN, MPLS, VPN, VLAN, and Wi-Fi) design, engineering and management.
• Ability to manage enterprise-wide technology infrastructure.
• Ability to manage multiple infrastructure components.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification preferred and Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) ServiceNow preferred.
• Working knowledge of Agile, KanBan or similar project methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Server and third-party software patch management.
• Advanced knowledge of PowerShell development for system utilities, automation and administration.
• Advanced knowledge of monitoring solutions (Orion, Splunk, vRealize Suite/Aria Operations).
• Advanced knowledge of Enterprise backup software.

Senior Systems Engineer Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and/or advanced degrees in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or related field (preferred).
• 7+ years of expert experience working with storage solutions (vSAN, NetApp, VAST Data preferred).
• 5+ years in the capacity of System Engineer over Microsoft server systems.
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, securing and managing virtualization technologies based on the VMware stack (ESXi, vCenter).
• 7+ years of systems analysis.
• 5+ years of experience working with storage technologies.

Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE.