SR Level Midrange Server Engineer - DR32609

Position Description

Senior level midrange server engineer to design, implement and support midrange server solutions throughout the enterprise.
Responsibilities include:
- Produce detailed designs and cost estimates for midrange server solutions, adhering to domain architecture standards
- Develop and implement strategy and execution plan for server consolidation and virtualization
- Engage on Business Unit projects to elicit storage requirements, specifications and project scope
- Research and implement server management tools and utilities
- Develop and document midrange server operations and monitoring processes and procedures
- Research and test midrange products and tools to maintain currency and enhance functionality
- Provide Level 3 diagnosis and advanced troubleshooting when required
- Perform short-term and long-term server capacity planning
- Prepare budgetary presentations for senior management

Position Requirements

- 8 years experience working in complex midrange environments, including SPARC, IBM P-series and x86 architectures
- Extensive product knowledge of SUN and IBM P-series servers, AIX, Solaris and Windows operating systems, Veritas Volume Manager, and various multi-pathing utilities
- Familiarity with storage platforms including Brocade and McData SAN switches, IBM, Hitachi and NetApp storage and tape arrays, and NetBackup backup software
- Extensive experience researching, designing and implementing industry-standard server management tools and utilities
- Strong technical background in data center technologies including IP networking, physical cabling and facilities management
- Strong analytical, design, engineering, planning and problem solving skills
- Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in a related discipline is required

Preferred Skills

- Certifications in one or more of the required technologies
- Strong networking and security related skills, including familiarity with TCP/IP, NFS, Samba, DNS/BIND, NIS, LDAP, NTP, SSH
- Familiarity with Project Management methodologies and tools

If you feel you are an ideal candidate for this opportunity, email your resume to b (see below)