IT Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: IT Systems Engineer Location: Bellevue, WA Type: Contract (year) typically extends on a yearly basis Compensation: $28.00-$52.00 Work Model: Onsite – onsite Hours: 40.0 Paid Holidays | PTO

System One is seeking an IT Systems Engineer to provide the following services. A skilled and motivated hardware infrastructure engineer to join our client’s Enterprise IT team. In this hands-on role, you will be the primary owner of our physical compute, storage, and power infrastructure spanning a small/mediums sized data center and several local MDF/IDF spaces across our facilities (Bellevue and Everett). This is a critical role for a self-starter who is comfortable owning infrastructure end-to-end: from racking servers and configuring VMware environments to managing backup operations, monitoring environmental conditions, and ensuring environmental continuity across all sites. Tasks • Maintain and operate a medium-sized private data center, including rack management, cabling, and capacity planning • Support and manage multiple local MDF (Main Distribution Frame) and IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame) spaces across company locations (9 in Puget Sound region) • Perform regular site walkthroughs and inspections to ensure physical infrastructure integrity • Coordinate with facilities and site management teams on space, power, and cooling requirements • Manage UPS systems and PDUs (Power Distribution Units) across the data center and MDF/IDF locations • Monitor UPS health, battery status, load levels, and runtime; coordinate battery replacements and preventive maintenance • Respond to power alarms, perform load balancing, and support planned maintenance windows involving power systems • Maintain documentation of power circuits, load maps, and single-line diagrams • Monitor data center and MDF/IDF environmental conditions including temperature, humidity, and airflow • Respond to environmental alerts and escalate to facilities or management as appropriate • Deploy, configure, and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi environments including vCenter management • Manage physical server hardware lifecycle: procurement support, racking, cabling, firmware updates, and decommissioning • Monitor host performance, resource utilization, and capacity; proactively address bottlenecks • Trouble shoot hardware failures including CPUs, memory, storage controllers, NICs, and drive arrays • Coordinate with vendors (Primarily HPE) on hardware support and RMA processes • Administer SAN, NAS, local storage solutions and cloud archives; manage volumes, datastores, and provisioning • Monitor storage health, performance, capacity and plan and execute expansions as needed • Manage storage replication and snapshots in coordination with retention policy and backup strategy • Partner closely with the networking team on rack and cabling coordination, infrastructure changes, and joint projects • Support change management processes including maintenance windows, change tickets, and post-implementation reviews • Contribute to IT documentation including runbooks, asset inventories, and infrastructure diagrams • Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours infrastructure emergencies • Administer enterprise backup solutions for servers, VMs and Microsoft Office365/Azure assets • Schedule, monitor, and validate backup jobs; ensure recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) are consistently met • Perform and document restore tests on a regular cadence per policy Key Qualifications and Skills • Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree, or equivalent work experience • 6+ years of hands-on experience in a data center or enterprise infrastructure role • Proficiency with VMware vSphere/ESXi and vCenter administration • Experience managing physical server hardware from major vendors (HPE preferred) • Working knowledge of SAN/NAS storage platforms and concepts (iSCSI, NFS, FC) • Experience administering enterprise backup solutions and validating recovery procedures • Hands-on experience with APC UPS systems or similar enterprise UPS platforms • Familiarity with PDU management and power capacity planning • Comfort working in data center environments including structured cabling, rack management, and physical hardware installation • Strong troubleshooting skills with an ability to diagnose and resolve complex hardware and infrastructure issues • Ability to lift and rack equipment up to 50 lbs. and work in physically demanding data center environments • Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues quickly, while leveraging IT change management processes • VMware VCP (vSphere) certification or equivalent experience • APC/Schneider Electric product certifications or formal training • Experience with environmental monitoring tools (Sunbird, or similar) • Exposure to DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) tools • Familiarity with ITIL practices and formal change management processes • Experience in a multi-site or campus environment • Scripting or automation skills (Ansible, PowerShell, Bash) for infrastructure tasks • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users • Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment • Experience partnering cross-functionally with networking, application and cloud technical teams • Customer service orientation with a problem-solving mindset • Strong communication skills desired. The service provider will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork. #M- #LI- Ref: #161-Managed Staffing Charlotte