Akkodis is seeking an Sr Systems Engineer – Infrastructure for a Direct Hire job with a client located in California (100% Remote).
Pay Range: $120,000 to $170,000; The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
Location: Anywhere they have an office. Must be willing to go onsite as needed.
Professional services experience is required.
About Role:
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, compute, 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.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and manage Firm 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.
- Acts as mentor to other IT internal team members in the areas of network and system operations across the Firm.
- 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; and other duties as assigned.
Proficiencies:
- Expert proficiency in network and storage design and maintenance (SAN - Storage Area Network, NAS - Network Attached Storage).
- 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, Active Directory).
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge in IP networks (LAN / WAN, MPLS, VPN, VLAN, WiFi) design, engineering and management.
- Ability to manage enterprise-wide technology infrastructure.
- Ability to manage multiple infrastructure components.
- Demonstrated knowledge of ITIL (certification preferred) & ITSM (ServiceNow preferred).
- Working knowledge of Agile, Kanban or similar project methodologies.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Server & 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.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and/or advanced degrees in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or related field (preferred).
- Minimum of 7 years expert experience working with storage solutions (vSAN, NetApp, VAST Data preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years in the capacity of System Engineer over Microsoft server systems.
- Minimum 5 years of experience designing, building, securing and managing virtualization technologies based on the VMWare stack (ESXi, vCenter).
- Minimum of 7 years of systems analysis.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with storage technologies.
If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, please contact Amit Kumar Singh at amit.singh@akkodisgroup.com .
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefits offerings include but are not limited to: (INCLUDE YOUR CLIENT’S BENEFITS HERE. THE FOLLOWING ARE ONLY FOR REFERENCE)
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, Long Term Care, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Concierge and Advocacy
- Voluntary 401k Plan and Profit Sharing
- 10 Paid Holidays per year and a generous PTO program
- Family Support including Pediatric Mental Health and Parental Support, Paid Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, and Breast Milk Shipping
- Back-up Child Care, Elder Care, and Tutoring
- Wellness Programs (Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health, and Well-Being Events)
- Retirement Plan Consulting
- Anniversary Bonus Program
- Professional Development Programs
- Transportation Allowance and Commuter Benefits
- International Travel Insurance
- Auto/Home/Legal Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Employee discounts
- And more!
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit https://www.akkodis.com/en/privacy-policy.
