Systems Engineer

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmer and development teams.
• Design and perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the company's disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Integrate servers, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated software into enterprise systems.
• 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.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
• Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems.
• Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
• Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems.
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of servers, storage, applications and peripheral devices.
• Manage physical and virtual servers and their associated operating systems, patches and software.
• 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.
• Serve as an escalation point for server, storage and application issues; provide timely response to escalations.
• Plan and implement server upgrades, maintenance fixes, and vendor-supplied patches.
• Work with other Network and Systems Engineers to recommend and execute modifications to server environment in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with other engineers to assess near and long-term server/storage capacity needs.
• Collaborate with engineering staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Work with team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Work as part of a team on the design and review of new server systems, applications, and hardware.
• Participate in key process improvements as they relate to the client/server environment.
• Collaborate with System and Network Engineering and other application owners to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of corporate servers to meet business demands.
• Conduct research on servers services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the industry.

• Five plus years experience in the areas of System Engineering such as System/Server/Storage Administration (servers, SANs, virtualization, AD, Exchange)
• Proficiency with Windows Server server operating systems and utilities is required.
• Knowledge of virtualization including VMWare is required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange.
• Experience with WINS, DNS and DHCP in a corporate environment is required.
• Skills with both HP and Dell servers and storage.
• Skill managing EMC and NetApp SANs is preferred.
• Skill with Web Servers (IIS) and FTP servers is necessary.
• Some experience with UNIX/Linux is a plus.
• General proficiency with Windows desktop OS and MS Office suite of products is required.
• Knowledge of server monitoring and troubleshooting tools.

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from recognized college or university and/or five plus years related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, and technical documentation.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present and communicate information to management and other Firm personnel.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization and/or specific direction exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be able to provide clear leadership and guidance to Network Operations staff and management with respect to implementing, managing, and supporting the systems for which you are responsible.
• This position requires the ability to adapt to flexible work hours to meet the needs of the Firm.