Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

We currently have an opening for a Senior Systems Engineer. This position will be located in Burbank, CA.

Summary:

This position is responsible for all information technology infrastructure and shared services, including all data centers, physical and virtual (VMWare) servers, storage and backup infrastructure. Focus on Active Directory, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP and Powershell scripts used for automation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL:
• Manages the DELUXE Enterprise Infrastructure and works closely with business and IT leaders, vendors and suppliers.
• Provides support and oversight for software and hardware projects as well as new and existing application software.
• Innovate technologies used for system components and recommends modifications and/or upgrades when necessary to keep systems operating according to defined service level agreements and operating level agreements.
• Coordinate and collaborate with network engineering, business application, and database administration functions to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of corporate servers to meet business demands.
• Provide recommendations to management for improved security and performance for company's information systems. Innovate strategies for client/server implementations.
• Provide mentoring and leadership for Systems Engineers and Systems Technicians. Key player in all phases of development: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing and releasing, customer deployment and support.
• Participate in On-Call rotation

OTHER:
• All job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant Information Technology field of study, such as computer/software engineering, project management or equivalent.
• A minimum of 5+ years' experience with increasing responsibility.
• Experience with Azure AD, Single Sign On and Multi-factor Authentication.
• Experience with Azure Conditional Access.
• Overall Microsoft 365 Applications and Migrations.
• Ability to project manage and understand project management principals.
• Knowledge of current and emerging industry technologies.
• Ability to adapt to changes, and resolving conflict.
• Must be creative & innovative.
• Availability 24/7 for issue resolution on production systems.
• Experience with General SAN storage technologies and Fiber Channel switches (Brocade).
• Advanced knowledge of the following: Windows 2016, Windows 2012 and Windows 2008.
• Experience with server performance tuning and monitoring tools.
• Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policies, LDAP, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP, and PowerShell scripting.
• Ability to conduct research into server issues and products as required. Including technologies such as VMware, Windows Server and HP blade infrastructures.
• Git and Jenkins experience a plus.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented collaborative environment.
• Five years' experience and working knowledge of designing and sustaining a network environment, TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, DNS.
• Web hosting environment experience a plus.
• SolarWinds Monitoring tools experience a plus.
• SNMP Protocol Experience a plus.
• Firewall management and problem remediation a plus.
• Experience with Firewall ACL, Rules and Policies a plus.

OR -
• An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.

CORE COMPETENCIES
• COMMUNICATION: building and maintaining relationships, mentoring, presentation capabilities. Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• MANAGING/PROBLEM SOLVING: supports and manages change efforts, innovative approaches in problem solving, plans direction for work group to tie in with organizational goals, takes responsibility for outcomes, models desired behavior. Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing and prioritizing.
• ETHICS AND INTEGRITY: perceived fairness; tolerance; honesty; consistent in application of policies and procedures. Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• COMPLEX COMMUNICATION: sequences concepts logically; clarifies complex information; gains understanding of complex material; explains in a manner that makes technical information understandable to non-technical individuals.
• CUSTOMER FOCUS: communicates courteously and proactively, learns customer's short-and long-term needs, sees issues from customer's perspective.
• JUDGMENT: makes appropriate and sound decisions after weighing alternatives; follows policies and procedures; thoughtful consideration for other's opinions; logical.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1e5eg-3-133-159-224-42 in your application.