IT Sr. Systems Engineer

Santa Cruz County Bank • Santa Cruz, CA

78d • $135,000 - $165,000

About The Position

West Coast Community Bank is seeking a highly skilled IT Senior Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and support enterprise infrastructure. This role is critical to ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our systems across on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in virtualization, storage, cloud architecture, and backup solutions, along with a proactive approach to problem-solving and collaboration. As a lead member of the IT team, you will play a key role in maintaining high availability systems, supporting business continuity, and driving technology initiatives that align with our strategic goals. This is a hands-on position requiring technical excellence, strong documentation skills, and a commitment to compliance and security best practices.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or Information Systems or 7+ years' equivalent experience is desired
• Expertise in virtualization, storage, cloud architecture, and backup solutions
• Strong documentation skills
• Commitment to compliance and security best practices

Nice To Haves

• Adaptability
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Initiative
• Innovation
• Motivator
• Organization
• Professionalism
• Results Orientated

Responsibilities

• Expert in on-prem Microsoft Hyper Visor Virtualization; Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, Maintenance and Support in a N+1 High-Availability environment running in a primary and co-location data center
• Expert in on-prem SAN Enterprise Storage Solutions; Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, Maintenance and Support in a N+1 High-Availability
• Expert in Microsoft Azure; Provisioning, Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, Maintenance, Security, Support
• Expert with Microsoft Active Directory (on premise and Azure), Microsoft Server, Exchange 365, Office 365, Mimecast
• Expert in backup and recovery solutions, on-prem, on-cloud, and immutable
• Proficiency with Microsoft System Control Center; Configuration, Patching Automation, Imaging
• Strong IT engineering security acumen; best practice standards (i.e., NIST, FFIEC, etc.), hardening procedures, defense-in-depth
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures which include system diagrams, system overviews, knowledgebase entries, service level agreements, maintenance windows, and support contact information
• Works with other IT personnel and, if necessary, consultants and/or vendors to design, implement, or support new and/or existing technology changes
• Collaborates with outside vendors to resolve more complex hardware and/or software issues
• Works with the CIO, ISO, and IT Management to ensure the IT Disaster Recovery ('DR') Plan is aligned with the Bank's Business Continuity Plan and participates in planning and execution of annual DR tests
• Ensures purchasing of IT assets is in alignment with the Bank's purchasing policy, the Bank's approval authority matrix, is included in the approved annual IT Budget, and are charged to the correct Bank cost center

Benefits

• 401k
• health insurance
• paid holidays
• flexible scheduling

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree