The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for resolving escalated service issues, coaching other engineers to resolutions, engineering and implementing complex projects, and maintaining and overseeing the on premise, co-located and cloud-based compute and storage infrastructure utilized across the Meredith Corporation enterprise.<\/p>\n
This is a key position within the IT department and will be called upon to resolve the highest-level technical issues. The incumbent works in a team environment and lends experience and mentorship to teammates.<\/p>\n
The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for obtaining and maintaining technical training and any certifications necessary for continued growth and success.<\/p>\n
Essential Job Functions<\/p>\n
Weight %\u00a0Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results<\/p>\n
50%<\/p>\n
Supports, resolves, monitors and troubleshoots hardware and software problems.<\/p>\n
Leads systems integration projects delivering on time, cost effective solutions that meet functional specifications.<\/p>\n
Performs and coordinates effective installations of servers (physical and virtual) and advanced operating systems.<\/p>\n
Evaluates and installs new software releases, system upgrades, and patches.<\/p>\n
Plans and performs appropriate procedures, documentation, inventory assessment, and other tasks related to IT.<\/p>\n
Maintains, monitors, analyzes system components and makes recommendations regarding system and application health.<\/p>\n
30%<\/p>\n
Works with a team to automate management tasks, streamline processes, and perform standard administrative functions as needed.<\/p>\n
Provides customer training and support on high-level technical problems without assistance.<\/p>\n
10%<\/p>\n
Plays a lead role in developing, implementing, and maintaining disaster recovery plans.<\/p>\n
Performs inventory and provides accounting for Meredith Corporation\u2019s systems including installed software and server operating systems.<\/p>\n
Conducts software and hardware evaluations, provides technical analysis and implements systems to meet Meredith Corporation\u2019s IT goals.<\/p>\n
Maintains a strategic IT plan to meet the requirements of Meredith Corporation\u2019s overall growth plan to be reviewed on a regular basis with Management and adjusted as necessary.<\/p>\n
10%<\/p>\n
Undertakes and manages the research and improvement of Meredith Corporation\u2019s Systems.<\/p>\n
Maintains vendor relationships.<\/p>\n
Maximizes system availability and performance through fault-tolerant configuration, efficient architecture and proactive server monitoring.<\/p>\n
100%<\/p>\n
Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements | All must be met to be considered.<\/p>\n
Education:<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent training and\/or experience.<\/p>\n
Experience:<\/p>\n
Three to five years of experience with enterprise class Storage devices, UNIX, Linux, and Windows operating systems integration and management in the corporate environment.<\/p>\n
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:<\/p>\n
Must be proficient in Linux and Windows operating systems and virtual server operating environments.<\/p>\n
Advanced proficiency in the following:<\/p>\n
Enterprise Storage appliances (NetApp, Hitachi, etc.)
\nSAN switching (Cisco, Brocade, etc.)
\nServer operating systems (e.g. RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows)
\nVirtualization technologies (e.g. Vmware ESX, Nutanix)
\nSource code management\/deploy tools (e.g. git, Apache Ant, Jenkins, GitHub, VSTS, CloudFormation)
\nEnterprise performance and event monitoring systems (e.g. Zabbix, Nagios, NewRelic, Splunk)
\nServer security\/hardening (e.g. CIS Benchmarks)
\nAudit Remediation (e.g. PCI, SOX)
\nCloud-based computing (e.g. Azure, Amazon Web Services)
\nStrong understanding of TCP\/IP, DNS, routing, switching and other related networking technologies.<\/p>\n
Thorough knowledge of server and system administration best practices.<\/p>\n
Strong knowledge of client\/server architecture.<\/p>\n
Ability to develop IT policies and procedures.<\/p>\n
Ability to maintain professionalism, good attitude and appropriate behavior with all Meredith personnel and clients.<\/p>\n
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