Systems Engineer P1

Systems Engineer P1 Who We Are The role: What You’ll Do: - Effectively deploy, configure, and maintain Windows servers in a Data Center environment. - Be accountable for server health, uptime, and performance. - Routinely patch, remediate and secure operating systems in alignment with security policies. - Create and maintain standardized OS images and employ automation to rapidly deploy virtual machines. - Assist project teams in technical design, strategy, planning and implementation of server and software rollouts. - Provide daily operational task support including change requests, resolving trouble tickets, server monitoring and problem triage. - Produce and maintain server documentation. - Adopt DevOps practices to drive the use of automation to simplify routine tasks. Key Skills - Windows server installation, configuration, and administration (Windows Server 2012 > current) - Scripting and other automation (i.e. PowerShell) - Performance tuning and troubleshooting - VMWare, Networking, and storage fundamentals. - Good, clean documentation skills - Working within a team to drive improvements, stability, and security. Desirable Skills - Windows Server and IIS administration - Windows Remote Desktop Services - OS security and server hardening - Software deployment tools (Octopus, Jenkins, Git, etc) - SCCM or similar - Monitoring tools (Icinga, New Relic, Opsview, Zabbix, etc) - Disaster Recovery methodologies and implementation Experience - Desirable 1 year of experience in supporting Microsoft technologies within a production setting. - Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience. - Working experience in a multi-platform, multi-data center IT environment. - Experience executing tasks using scripting languages like PowerShell, Ansible, etc. - Experience creating and maintaining good documentation. - Experience in ISO compliance. Personal Characteristics - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Willingness to identify, implement and drive improvements. - Proactive, enthusiastic, and output driven. - Flexibility with regards to working outside normal business hours as required.