Senior Server Engineer
About The Position
The Windows Server Engineer will architect and provide expert-level support and strategy for the production Windows server environment. The role includes proactive performance monitoring, day-to-day infrastructure and application support, administration, and maintenance of Windows servers. The engineer will support a trading environment and participate in planning and implementing projects across business lines, while maintaining reliability, availability, resiliency, and compliance with group standards and security practices. The position supports the Windows environment in the Americas Region and provides first-, second-, and third-level production support. Responsibilities include monitoring virtual-environment capacity and performance, building and supporting Microsoft failover and stretch clusters, managing disaster recovery and business continuity, applying system upgrades and security patches, and coordinating with application teams, vendors, and global internal teams. The role requires weekend work and participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience preferred.
- Expert knowledge of Windows operating systems, including Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, and 2012, and enterprise components and technologies such as domains, DNS, registries, DHCP, and WINS.
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft clustering technologies and strategies, including server clustering, network load balancing, and component load balancing.
- Strong knowledge of Active Directory.
- Good knowledge of VMware vSphere and associated products such as vCenter and SRM.
- Strong knowledge of performance management and capacity planning.
- Strong knowledge of SAN/EMC storage, including different SRDF types.
- Strong knowledge of installing Windows Server 2022 and above on industry-standard hardware, including HP, IBM, and Dell systems and blade servers.
- Good working knowledge of networking functions, including TCP/IP and SNMP, subnetting, and routing.
- Knowledge of relational databases such as Sybase, Oracle, and SQL, and MQ Series.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Project management and documentation skills.
- Service-oriented, positive, committed, and enthusiastic team player.
- Proficient in English.
- Availability to work weekends and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Hyper-V.
- Knowledge of IIS and .NET.
- Knowledge of F5.
- Working knowledge of Dynatrace monitoring.
Responsibilities
- Support a trading environment consisting of Windows 2016, 2019, and 2022 servers and participate in planning and implementing new projects.
- Proactively monitor the virtual environment for capacity, stress, risk, and workload, and take necessary remediation steps.
- Build and support Microsoft failover clusters and work with stretch clusters.
- Maintain the Windows environment in the Americas Region across all business lines.
- Coordinate with vendors and internal global teams to ensure the environment conforms to current standards.
- Manage business continuity in relation to disaster recovery.
- Maintain high system reliability, availability, and resiliency.
- Provide first-, second-, and third-level support for production environments.
- Perform proactive system performance monitoring and capacity management using tools including Geneos and Dynatrace, and hardware from HP, Dell, and IBM.
- Perform system upgrades and mandatory security and operating-system patching.
- Work with application support teams to gather requirements, design, and deploy standard systems.
- Implement projects for all business lines.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support on a team rotation.
- Perform morning checks on critical applications using existing tools or scripts.
- Follow company policies and procedures for change and incident management.
- Ensure systems are deployed consistently with group standards and best practices.
- Take ownership of production incidents and problems and work with the team to resolve them.
- Follow group security practices within the environment.
- Maintain an accurate and current system inventory.
- Work weekends as required.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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