Senior Systems Engineer

K2 Services • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer participates in project plans, schedules, and methodology in the operation and maintenance of multiple system environments. This position responds to system management alerts to handle system/operations exceptions, within the assigned enterprise systems of product offerings. This position also supports triage and change management activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Five plus years of experience in a systems engineering role.
• Understanding of systems, storage, applications, networking components and how they combine to provide optimal solutions.
• Working knowledge of Windows servers, DNS/DHCP and Active Directory.
• Working knowledge of scripting (PowerShell, Terraform, etc.).
• Knowledge of virtual environments (Hyper-V preferred) and Azure cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure infrastructure to support project needs.
• Diagnose system problems using dumps, traces, or other diagnostics aids.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, modules, and other documentation used by various teams to ensure operational success.
• Recommend and change system parameters or configuration variables to improve overall system performance.
• Work closely with other IT groups to deliver solutions to client.
• Script and automate processes where needed using a variety of tools and languages.
• Assist in daily support of the systems/products assigned, through early detection and pursuit or changes in system responses or operation.
• Document, manage and implementation of changes and service requests.
• Creation, execution, documentation, and closure of tasks, changes, and requests.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees