1246 - Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Sigma Defense is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer willing to tackle complex technical issues in a collaborative environment. Supporting the organization to accomplish mission requirements and future proofing components, software, and policies. The candidate will be responsible for designing, integrating, optimizing, and maintaining a unique infrastructure across multiple data centers. They frequently collaborate with various section engineers to assist in building and configuring customer environments across multiple data centers. The individual for whom we are looking will have a strong technical acumen with a professional understanding of Virtual Cloud Foundation VCF, VMware ESX, Microsoft SQL database and related technologies.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled : Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

• 10 - 15 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with architecting and implementing storage, virtualization, and hyper converged systems along with data protection and recovery strategies.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in an enterprise environment involving VMware maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Expert knowledge on Data Resiliency : Redundancy Factor and High availability.
• Should have strong knowledge on VMware vSphere Networking, VLAN, Port Groups, Virtual Switches and their properties.
• Proven understanding of data center management and orchestration, as well as enterprise application environments.
• Monitor and suggest improvements to network performance, capacity, scalability, and security.
• Professional Service project experience with migration, upgrades, implementation, and patch management in the desired technology areas.
• Solid understanding of migration strategies for transferring workloads between data centers.
• Proven knowledge and experience with basic scripting on PowerShell.
• Experience creating design documents and diagrams to support the system design.
• Skilled in documenting all build and configuration procedures.
• Ability to run systemwide security, compliance, and vulnerability scans and mitigate findings.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic, adhere to deadlines, and the ability to work both independently and as a team.
• Experience with SQL server replication topologies.
• Should have the ability to work in a dynamic fast paced environment that requires team interaction and coordination across multiple information technology teams.
• Should have excellent communication skills to include technical writing and the ability to work in a collaborative team.
• Ability and willingness to continue to expand knowledge and experience; be detail oriented; and prioritize and complete assigned tasks within required deadlines.
• Exceptional problem solving and decision-making capabilities to include troubleshooting technical issues, resolving project issues and challenges, understanding user requirements, and developing creative solutions for process improvement.
• Experience with Cisco virtual and physical network, and security concepts and practices.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

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Salary Range : $115,000 - $135,000 annually.

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