Infrastructure Engineer

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Scope of Job: Knows and applies commonly used networking and server administration concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience, instructions and pre-established guidelines to plan and accomplish goals that require a certain degree of evaluation, originality, latitude, and independent judgment.
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Job Summary: Designs, plans, maintains, and supports corporate server and datacenter infrastructure. Requires travel among NAL locations based on project or operational requirements, as job focus is company-wide.
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
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Administers and supports various server operating systems including Linux, Windows and VMWare
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Installs, configures, patches and troubleshoots physical and virtual servers
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Develops specifications for new server hardware and infrastructure designs
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Makes decisions/recommendations and provides input on server equipment purchases and usage
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Designs, documents, analyzes, and configures physical and virtual production server environment
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Performs moves, adds and changes of physical equipment, as required
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Follow change procedures and work in a fast paced environment
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Develops, maintains, and oversees compliance with server security policies
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Monitors server environment and plans for expansion, consolidation, and redesign
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Administers and supports the company’s data backup and replication systems
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Leads special projects in areas of expertise, as required
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Stays current with industry best practices and technological advances
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Participates in on-call program, which requires independent judgment and autonomous interpretation of processes and procedures to resolve problems
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Assists with end user and endpoint device support, especially hands-on support as required
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Performs other duties as assigned
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Requirements:
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Meets one of the following education and experience requirements:
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, plus 2 to 4 years of related work experience; OR
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Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, plus 4 to 6 years of related work experience
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One or more server OS certifications (MCP, MCSE and/or CLE)
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Experience in network or server administration
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Experience and advanced knowledge with the following:
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Storage Area Networks – Vdisks, VSANs, LUNs, etc.
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Backup and recovery solutions – Backup Exec, CommVault, etc.
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Server and network operating systems – Windows, Linux, OES
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Virtualization with VMWare ESXi
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Networking switch configuration - Cisco and Juniper