Systems Engineer

Illuminate USA•Pataskala, OH

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Illuminate USA is a standalone joint venture based in Central Ohio that manufactures solar panels at its 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Pataskala. The company has grown to more than 1,600 associates and is building a large solar panel manufacturing operation in the Western Hemisphere. The Systems Engineer maintains and modifies the IT operating environment to meet factory and management specifications. The role administers IT systems, including installation, upgrades, troubleshooting, and documentation, in a manufacturing environment. The position works closely with a Senior Systems Engineer and other technical teams and participates in system implementations, operations, and disaster recovery activities.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
3 to 6 years of experience in system operations or a related technical field.
Working knowledge of infrastructure architectures, including physical and virtual servers, storage devices, backup and recovery environments, disaster recovery ideologies and implementation, and the networking stack for communications.
Experience with Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) hybrid, and Microsoft Azure.
Experience administering Linux, Oracle Databases, Veritas NetBackup, EMC SAN, and VMware.
Sound working knowledge of Microsoft 365, including Teams, Intune, Defender products, and OneDrive.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of Azure services, configuration, implementation, and migration.
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) Certification.
VMware Certified Professional.
Veritas Certified Professional.

Responsibilities

Install, implement, and maintain operating systems, software packages, database management packages, and data communication packages in a multi-user distributed server environment.
Participate in teams evaluating, testing, and installing enterprise systems.
Provide technical assistance to people designing and implementing enterprise server hardware and software systems, including operating, database management, and data communications systems.
Assist server operations and support personnel, as well as vendor hardware and software specialists, in isolating and resolving hardware and software problems.
Monitor server system performance and improve operational efficiency through software changes or hardware reconfiguration.
Perform system implementations and participate in planning, requirements gathering, and process review.
Work with the Senior Systems Engineer on system configuration, testing, and data importation.
Develop comprehensive build, operation, and recovery manuals and guidelines.
Participate in annual Disaster Recovery exercises by leading recovery efforts for the area of responsibility.
Assist other teams with their recovery processes as required.
Comply with cybersecurity policies, standards, and processes in accordance with the Cybersecurity Plan.
Perform other duties as assigned.