Engineer II - Platforms

LOCATION: West Chester PA

JOB Responsibilities:
This position is primarily responsible for the support of the production Microsoft environment and execution of but not restricted to Automating Software installs, building and defining new base OS template/configurations and fitting them into our deployment framework, identifying and automating previous manual server OS configurations and other areas impacting successful delivery of National IP High Speed Data (HSD), Bedrock Provisioning Platform and Comcast Digital Voice (CDV) services.

Major Duties:

• System Operations 24x7 on call rotation for production support break/fix issues
• Assist senior members of the team and take direction from them on projects and emerging industry technologies and practices.
• Assist in defining Server Standards and Best Practices and implementing them as engineered bundled solutions using automation tools.
• Engineer solutions and target hardware and base OS architecture configurations for new projects being deployed to production.
• Work with internal applications teams to review new applications and define requirements and standards to be introduced into production.
• Assist with documentation of Microsoft system level procedures, configurations and standards.
• Assist with automating process and maintenance of systems deployment and management technologies
• Identify current bottlenecks and breakdowns in process and streamlining OS provisioning solutions.
• Engineer and write Shell Scripts to automate standard server processes and bringing new Servers/services to production more efficiently.
• Identify and support Enterprise grade solutions and sustainment of Storage, Backup and Server Automation.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements Minimum Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems or 6+ years work or industry related experience.
• Possession of industry recognized certifications (MCSE, etc) is a plus

EXPERIENCE:

• At least 2 years experience programming in Microsoft Windows Shell Scripting.
• At least 6 years experience in Telecommunications, Operations, or Engineering field supporting production Microsoft environments with 24x7 escalations
• Experience writing test scripts and working with test tools and applications
• Solid understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite (eg ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, UDP, and SNMP)
• Experience and familiarity with HP and Dell server families
• Familiar with the use of primarily Microsoft Windows operation systems including experience with common TCP/IP testing tools (nslookup, ping, and traceroute)
• Creative, self-motivated team player willing to take the lead to develop cutting-edge network audit solutions
• Web Scripting/coding considered a big plus HTML, XML, PHP, PERL, etc
• Proven analytical, problem solving and organizational ability
• Excellent oral/written communication and inter-personal skills