Senior Systems Engineer

We are seeking a strong Senior Systems Engineer to build out technical services in Microsoft Azure and some technical work in on-premise data centers.

(90%) Engineer will build, deploy or fine-tune Microsoft Azure services for internal customers around the globe. The main duties include understanding user requirements, designing technical components and deploying solutions in the Azure cloud space.

(10%) Using VMWare ESXi: Engineer will build new Windows server and Windows 10 systems in some corporate on-premise data centers. Secondly, engineer will help migrate selected Azure-based Windows Server platforms to VMWare ESXi.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a variety of Azure-based solutions using cloud automation frameworks (Terraform, Github)
• Build Windows Servers and Windows 10 systems on VMWare ESXi (on-premise)
• Understand functional requirements, implement solutions and ensure solutions conform to best practice design. Solutions must adhere to company security requirements.
• Ability to prioritize work—balancing IT operations work with strategic engineering work
• Strong communication and team-working skills.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule and handle critical/priority incidents when paged
• Must be a self-starter, have a pro-active and cooperative attitude.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a globally-distributed environment—with onshore and off-shore teams.
• Operational support for GoAnywhere managed file transfer platform (MFT)

Requirements

Qualification:

• Microsoft Azure. 90-95% of daily work will be in Azure.

• Deployment of services using Terraform/Github

• Microsoft Powershell

• Deployment of virtual machines on top of VMWare ESXi. Approximately 5-10% of daily work will be in VMWare.

• AWS experience is a plus. (Note: Main day-to-day operating environment is Azure)

• GoAnywhere MFT experience is a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Experience working in an IT operations group. At least 7+ years in IT operations/engineering with at least 5+ years’ experience in Azure
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure and deployment of services using Terraform/Github. Components may include (but not limited to) Azure Windows Server VMs, resource groups, recovery services vault/Azure site recovery, storage accounts and key vaults. Ability to also support existing production Azure VM server environment. Azure Active Directory (AAD), DNS, SSL and SPN configuration also required.
• Strong programming skills using Microsoft Powershell
• VMWare ESXi knowledge and the ability to build Windows, Win10 VMs on top of VMWare (on-premises)
• Share and participate in the team’s 24x7 on-call requirements. This includes supporting major incidents and customers in multiple time zones.
• Requirements for this position include incident alignment that falls to US Eastern Standard Time. Engineer will be required to work a shift between 9am and 5pm EST Monday-Friday approximately and facilitate critical incidents as needed.
• Strong communication, teamwork skills– As a member of a cross-domain team, ability to work alongside other technical engineers and communicate effectively on a variety of topics to senior-level management.
• Strong attention to detail – Ability to take customer requirements, offer solutions and build solutions according to company standards.
• Have a general understanding of Azure networking (e.g. VNETs, routing, peering, firewall rules)
• Ability to use Jira to work through itemized backlog and sprint work; ServiceNow (tickets); Solarwinds Orion (troubleshooting)
• Ability to use automation frameworks to deliver cloud-based resources
• Ability to learn and manage GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT)
• Ability to learn and manage AWS services