Systems Engineer - Compute & Storage at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Purpose

• The Systems Engineer - Compute & Storage, will primarily be responsible for the engineering, configuration, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of physical/virtual servers, storage, backups, and disaster recovery planning.
• The Systems Engineer - Compute & Storage, will also be responsible for developing roadmaps, designs and automation of the infrastructure leveraging on several APIs, automation tools while also creating self-service for routine operations to customers and stakeholders

Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning:

• Research, evaluate, and recommend hardware and software for servers, storage (SAN, NAS, SAS, SATA, SSD, etc), and backup solutions for varying applications and databases.
• Implement and participate in infrastructure disaster recovery plans & business continuity activities.
• Continuous development of scripts to automate repetitive administration tasks,
• Validate system upgrades and patches when required.
• Develop strategy for planning compute & storage capacity with roadmaps to ensure just-in-time (JIT) purchasing.
• Deliver quality documentation allowing smooth day-to-day operations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable infrastructure designs, cost models and forecasts.
• Compliance with standards for quality, performance, or productivity.

Operational Management:

• Participate in on-call support rotation and implement solutions with proficient skills (upgrades, new releases, incidents, patching, deployment etc), as required by the business.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve connection, reliability, or performance issues.
• Configure, manage, operate, and upgrade on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
• Perform daily system checks, verifying the integrity and availability of all involved infrastructure resources and key processes.
• Monitor and manage infrastructure with vCenter, vROPs, Cloudbolt, etc
• Ensure that service desk requests are delivered timely customers. This includes the execution of SOPs, Incidents/Problems tickets and Change requests alongside other business as usual.
• Ensure that performance, scalability, and security is maintained and optimized.
• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery wherever possible.
• Participate in disaster recovery plan and practicing recovery operations.
• Partner with key vendors to maintain an understanding of new technology and leading practices.

Formal Educational and Certification

• University Degree in the field of Computer Science or “STEM” major (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or related field.
• Certification in VMware, NetApp, Cloud, or similar technologies is a plus.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience with cloud and container technology.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in supporting Server environments (Windows, Linux), VMware environments, and in managing (designing, configuring, upgrading, etc.) storage solutions and backup solutions.
• 1 - 3 years of experience in managing public cloud-based solution and resources in multiple availability zones
• Experience with Dell, Lenovo, Cisco UCS, HP, Nutanix and NetApp technologies.
• Experience with NetApp storage technologies or alternatives like EMC, EqualLogic, or Nimble.
• Experience with backup tools like Commvault or Veeam.
• Experience monitoring production systems, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting.
• Scripting languages (Powershell, Python, Ansible, Terraform).

Personal Attributes:

• Teamwork
• Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong tactical skills, analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical requirement.
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.

Salary
Very Attractive