Sr. System Engineer

Key Accountabilities :

Delivery of IT infrastructure Solutions, reference architectures, product selection, product standards and design patterns

Conduct research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of security enhancement and development efforts

Work with Business and IT stakeholders to contribute in the identification and development of systems SLA’s.

Contribute in the improvement of service availability, stability and development of performance baselines and ensure proactive systems, applications and end user experience and business process monitoring,

Tune monitoring system / dashboards and respond to monitoring alerts.

Monitor server logs and network traffic. Interpret activity and make recommendations.

Delivery of infrastructure engineering and automation services to on premise / cloud platforms

Enable, encourage and support innovation

Develop strong relationships with key business stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of business plans and priorities in each area

Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers, other 3rd parties and SaaS partners

Maintain expertise on infrastructure technology developments and trends

Lead / participate in the design review and approval process to ensure that designs meet the project requirements, applicable risks are considered, and that strategies / standards are adhered to

Strong broad knowledge in architecture, security across a broad range of infrastructure domains

Ability to translate business needs into technology solutions

High level of technical competence

Excellent communication, presentation, influencing and interpersonal skills

Strong understanding of IT operations and project engineering

Ability to balance the big picture and short-term implications of individual decisions.

Design and implement disaster recovery plan for operating systems, databases, networks, servers, and software applications

Keep current and plan for emerging security threats, advisories alerts and issues

Excellent knowledge of market trends and new developments

Ability to travel to remote office to help support environment, as needed

Acquisition & Deployment

Interact and negotiate with vendors, and contractors to secure system-related products and services

Recommend, schedule, and perform server and network improvements, upgrades, and / or purchases

Deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems

Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions

Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts

Propose and create system specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmer and development teams

Design, Document and Conduct regular server audits, system backup and recovery procedures, and regular recovery tests in accordance with the company’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies

Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, groupware, and other applications

Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.

Operational Management

Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; and processes develop and implement automation strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems

Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; and processes develop and implement automation strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems

Ensure Systems and Software compliance, compatibility and interoperability of all on premise and public cloud computing systems deployed and used by the organization.

Requirements

At least 8 years’ experience with working in systems integration and IT architecture planning, design and development

Extensive knowledge of data center architectures, converged infrastructure consolidation, security, service orchestration

In-depth strong hands-on administration & troubleshooting experience knowledge of IT infrastructure stack, not limited to, Server OS and Clusters on Win 2012 / 2016 / 2019, Hyper-V, MS SQL 2012 / 2014 / 2019, Multi-Site Active Directory, Powershell Automation, Hyper-V Replication, Cisco LAN / WAN / WLAN technology, CISCO Firepower / ASA, AWS, Windows Backups, Linux, Apache, and MS Infrastructure Services, hardware and software RAID, Block, NAS SAN storage solutions, Pure, HP, EMC, Server and other Hardware Rack, Stack, Firmware upgrades

IaaS delivery to on premise and on Public cloud platforms

ITIL, Agile, Scrum frameworks, methodologies, processes and supporting tools

Familiarity with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Network Architecture

Translate business requirements using complex methods / models to determine appropriate architectural solutions

Possession of excellent analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skill