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YEAR
Systems Engineer
Overview
Our Client is seeking a Systems Engineer to deploy, administer and support Windows, VMWare and Storage systems as well as a variety of cloud-based services. Members of the Core Infrastructure Services team are dedicated to providing reliable, flexible services which are utilized by the entire firm for many business-critical activities.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Systems Engineer
Chicago, IL 60661
Posted: 11/28/2018
2018-11-28
2019-03-23
Category: Network/Systems
Job Number: 11163
Systems Engineer
Overview
Our Client is seeking a Systems Engineer to deploy, administer and support Windows, VMWare and Storage systems as well as a variety of cloud-based services. Members of the Core Infrastructure Services team are dedicated to providing reliable, flexible services which are utilized by the entire firm for many business-critical activities.
Responsibilities:
- Administer core infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Exchange, RemoteApp, SCCM/SCOM, backup/recovery and compliance, file servers and permissions, certificates, enterprise storage systems, NetBackup, enterprise communication, VMware, Veeam, vCenter, load balancers.
- Manage cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Office 365.
- Deploy and administer physical and virtual Windows servers, VMWare host servers, and storage to support these systems.
- Perform problem resolutions, root cause analysis, and implement projects to reduce future issues for the above systems and technologies.
- General administration of shared folders, group policy, DNS records, VM deployments, storage expansion and cleanup, and various other day-to-day activities.
- Implement automation and scripting via PowerShell and Python to reduce manual tasks and provide proactive alerting to get ahead of outages.
- Research, test, and implement new/updated technologies.
- Act as point of escalation to service desk for more complex issues.
- Work with other teams within the organization on hardware specifications and provisioning.
- Document systems and specialized configurations for ease of support within team.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience administering Windows Server and associated services, VMWare, and storage.
- Experience with cloud providers including Amazon and Microsoft and/or a strong desire to learn
- Solid knowledge of and previous experience using scripting technologies (i.e. PowerShell)
- Strong knowledge of network protocols and technologies.
- Experience maintaining/deploying/configuring server hardware.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve production problems while making sensible decisions in times of stress.
- Previous experience working in the trading industry a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must have excellent documentation and knowledge management skills
- Proven ability to learn; passion for new technologies
- Must have strong work ethic and initiative, ability to manage allocation of time.
VMware, VSphere, scripting (Python or Powershell), Storage