Senior Systems Engineer

J.E. Dunn Construction Group Inc P•Kansas City, MO

20d

About The Position

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success. By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years. Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.Role SummaryThe Senior Systems Engineer will design, install, administer, support, and maintain information tech systems. This position will be responsible for providing specifications, analyzing, and recommending solutions to problems, and providing specifications for new products and services. This position will be an expert on their area including troubleshooting, design and implementation of assigned disciplines, which could include Security, Network, Infrastructure, and applications/database. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn. Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes decisions on non-routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor, and refers all exceptions to supervisor. Career Path: Various

Requirements

Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner
Communication skills, verbal and written - Intermediate
Proficiency in MS Office - Intermediate
Ability to solve technical issues - Intermediate
Thorough knowledge of networking and telecommunications
Listening skills
Organizational skills
Ability to quickly and effectively solve complex problems
Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project
Ability to deliver quality through attention to detail
Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally
8+ Years systems engineering experience (Required)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (Preferred)
In lieu of the above requirements, relevant experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

Researches new technologies by attending seminars, reading blogs, or taking classes, and implement or recommend the implementation of new technologies.
Subject matter expert for a variety of IT related systems or applications.
Train end users or peer on particular applications, services, devices, or concepts.
Evaluates systems applicability to company’s environment.
Arranges system implementations, including design, project management, vendor management, testing, documentation, launch, and turnover to operations.
Manages systems lifecycle, including upgrades and decommissioning.
Troubleshoots issues and serves as escalation point for IT department.
Coordinates with vendor and company personnel to facilitate purchases.
Evaluates and solves complex systems issues.
Makes recommendations and helps implement tactical technology solutions to ensure project success.
Provides administration and support for multiple technical environments.
Maintains hardware and build standards to include fault tolerance, high availability, maximum performance, and disaster recovery.
Supports and maintains large databases containing critical business data.
Works to optimize performance, stability, and up-time for existing database systems.
Writes and maintains scripts for monitoring, capacity planning, backups, and recovery.
Collaborates with Engineering and other IT team members to define requirements and implement new database systems to meet the growing needs of the business.
Acts as escalation contact and subject matter expert for systems and solutions.
Motivating and mentoring team members on technical and methodology characteristics.
Lead technical resource for design and implementation projects.
Develop operating procedures for systems and solutions.
Train and engage operations and support personnel on production solutions.
Advise on trends and emerging technology solutions, relevant to business growth.
Engineer valued solutions that enable and protect our business.
Inspires a sense of team in the work environment. Utilizes communication and conflict resolution skills to help foster teamwork and collaboration. Demonstrates a positive and professional attitude, maintaining composure under pressure.