Senior Data Center Engineer

Job Description:

• Provide support for current and future Global IT
• Adherence to the administration of SMC Global IT security policies, procedures, best practices and established standards
• Participate in and optimize IT infrastructure implementations, forecasting and maintenance
• Support of the design, development and management of network servers, virtualization, storage and monitoring systems
• Provide management with ways to improve administration, monitoring, reporting and standard operating procedures
• Design, plan, install. review and evaluate data center infrastructure
• Deployment of servers and virtual environments including but not limited to VM/Ware, various Windows server versions and Linux
• Troubleshoot data center systems including any reported data center issues and recommend improvements required to enhance performance
• Identify and help create documentation and diagrams for the global data center knowledge base
• Manage current infrastructure equipment inventory levels to keep equipment up to date with current OS levels and required Enterprise functionalities
• Provide tactical and strategic input for overall data center planning and related projects to include utilization of technology for cost savings or enhanced productivity in SMC
• Experience modifying and developing scripting or programming language
• Work with customers to assist with data center capacity and high availability requirements
• Maintain a current level of technical knowledge and/or certification in data center technologies

Job Requirements:

• Associate degree or work experience
• Preferably at least 7 years of experience with a mixture of the following:

1. Practical experience with VCF, VMware vSphere 7 (6.5+) (including multiple sites/clusters, host profiles, customizations), vMotion, VMware ESXi, vCenter, vROPS, Horizon, IDPA, NSX,NSX-T, VDI deployment, configuration and maintenance in production environments
2. Administration of VMware virtual environment using vSphere spanning multiple data centers and networks
3. Experience with Dell VxRail, Data Domain, Avamar, EMC and IDPA storage platforms
4. A minimum of 4 years' experience deploying, managing, migrating and upgrading Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server, Active Directory, GPOs, SCCM, O365 and security policies
5. Experience deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining Windows Server 2012 and beyond
6. Experience deploying and managing MFA and security solutions such as Okta and PAM (Privileged Access Management)
7. Basic networking knowledge (VLANs, firewalls, load balancers, NAT, DNS, LANs/WANs)
8. Experience with common network services, SNMP, Syslog, DNS, NTP, DHCP, AD, etc
9. Experience with public cloud providers such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google

• Analysis of data center performance using standard tools, to provide root cause analysis, recommendations, guidance and expertise in maintaining the highest level of performance
• Perform complex troubleshooting, backup, archiving and recovery tasks
• Experience conducting routine maintenance for all systems as needed for security and feature updates
• Assist in architecture design, implementation, commissioning and build out of new facilities
• Industry certifications with Microsoft and/or VMware preferred
• Ability to travel abroad
• Candidates with Japanese language skills are welcome to apply as the role may involve interaction with Japanese speaking clients, partners or colleagues