Systems Engineer IV

An Engineer designs, develops, tests, installs, and maintains systems, applications, networks, and/or telecom and related processes to meet the functional objectives of the business. Assesses system, application, network, and/or telecom needs, provides modeling and simulation consulting to clarify client technology functionality, and evaluates and implement new advanced technologies. Ensures adherence to established technology standards and consults with senior leadership on technology solutions. Supports existing systems and is responsible for leading technical aspects of a project. Responsible for assigning resources and delegating tasks to meet project deliverables. Other roles that fit this definition within a different function may include: Data Center Engr, Network Engr, System Engr, and Telecom Engr. Specific team is identified by use of the Engineer Role in conjunction with the function they support.The Windows Engineer, Senior is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.Essential Job Responsibilities• Engineer Windows system solutions for various project and operational needs.• Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.• Contribute to and maintain system standards.• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media.• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various stakeholders. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted groups and individuals.• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.• Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.Required Qualifications• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent job related experience.• 5 or more years of experience in the following areas: vSphere, VMWare virtualization software including ESX 6, SAN Administration, Active Directory administration including GPO design and implementation & MS Windows-based servers.• Preferred Qualifications• ITIL Foundations certification preferredNO THIRD PARTIES NO SUB-CONTRACTORS NO 1099’s NO CORP to CORP Data Resource Technologies Inc. is an Information Technology Staffing Firm serving the markets of the United States of America; the greatest country in the world. We work with