Senior System Engineer Job Description

Senior System Engineer Job Description

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Senior system engineer provides architecture and engineering expertise for network, video, voice, compute, Data Center and other Infrastructure related technologies to deliver solutions and products to Enterprise Operational Baseline.

Senior System Engineer Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Administer and troubleshoot OS-level issues in a VM environment, hardware problems on physical servers (Dell, Cisco)
Detail documentation of any changes to the environment, develop new documentation for existing systems
Ensure that the design conforms to high availability architecture of the production infrastructure
Support, maintain and continually improve SAN/NAS and virtualization infrastructure in a rapidly growing, geographically distributed environment
Lead and manage infrastructure projects and initiatives as assigned
Ensure the design and implementation of new or incremental infrastructure adheres to corporate high availability and security standards
Document and train other staff members on the operation of new infrastructure
Perform Tier 2 and 3 incident management in development and production environments
Research and prototype new tools and technologies to meet both, new business requirements and evolving technical requirements such as automated software development and delivery pipeline, DevOps integration, automated deployment
Primary responsibilities include implementation and support for Internet based solutions developed for these business units

Senior System Engineer Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Senior System Engineer

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: II, IAT, MCSA, RHCE, ITIL, CCNA, IASAE, RF, UX, HP

Education for Senior System Engineer

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the senior system engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Technical, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Engineering Science, Science, Computer Engineering, Education

Skills for Senior System Engineer

Desired skills for senior system engineer include:

Data center infrastructure
App technologies
Video
Voice
DNS
Oracle
SQL
Trends
Linux
Storage Analysis and Monitoring Tools

Desired experience for senior system engineer includes:

Expert knowledge in virtualization design, implementation, troubleshooting, high availability, performance tuning and virtual development environments
Solid knowledge of Python and shell scripting
Unix - Hardware administration and problem determination experience on IBM P-Series hardware (P550, P570, P750, P770
Driving the early phase loop of the development life-cycle
Microsoft certification, knowledge of ITIL/MOF practices
Active Directory set up, configuration and troubleshooting as well proven record of AD upgrade

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Senior System Engineer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior system engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior system engineer
  • Maintain Maximo asset/component lists, equipment labeling, and key drawings
  • Support RPL Management Core Team maintain a culture of technical excellence and leadership
  • Troubleshooting for system repairs
  • Building maintenance and modifications
  • Review of working documents (i.e., job planning packages, facility modification permits, and engineering change notices)
  • Provide verification that the minimum operational status of the building systems is maintained
  • Architcting highly complex, global solutions across the appropriate environments to meet business requirements or enhance performance
  • Identifying, designing and/or developing tools for operating and managing the infrastructure
  • Understanding and translating business requirements into technical requirements
  • Leading and supporting centralized monitoring solutions for IT infrastructure
Qualifications for senior system engineer
  • 8+ years of experience in virtualization design, build and administration with focus on VMWare, ZEN
  • 8+ years of experience in SAN/NAS design, build and administration with focus on EMC/Isilon, Netapp, and storage appliances
  • 8+ years of experience in Microsoft AD design, build, implementation and troubleshooting
  • Expert knowledge of SAN/NAS design, implementation, clustering, replication, high availability, multi-pathing and performance tuning
  • Expert knowledge in backup/restore operations with focus on network storage appliances
  • IBM / HP server and storage hardware, software and firmware, a solid understanding of server security fundamentals and server deployment methodologies and best practices
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Senior System Engineer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a senior system engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior system engineer
  • Use Operating system knowledge ( Unix, Linux , Windows ) and server hardware knowledge ( HP or Dell machines ) to triage and remediate problems in the environment
  • In collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, proactively identifies opportunities to adopt emerging industry trends in area of responsibility
  • Supports partner development & enablement, partnered sales opportunities
  • Design and deliver effective engineering solutions to address operational goals centered around Cloud, Data Center, and Application Availability
  • Engineer back office products including Active Directory, ADFS, Exchange 2010/2013, SCOM/SCORCH and Office365/Azure/Azure AD with technical leadership and expertise
  • Lead Service Design and implementations with resources assigned by the Team Lead
  • Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot services based on core Microsoft technologies including Active Directory, Exchange, and other associated tools
  • Help to resolve Service Delivery related performance issues
  • Assist in the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Service Offerings
  • Serve as technical liaison for projects along with serving as technical mentor to train team members in various technologies
Qualifications for senior system engineer
  • Experience developing and supporting operational processes and procedures to maximize the availability and efficiency of enterprise server environments
  • Passion for providing outstanding support for inbound incident tickets, foresight to keep things running smoothly by utilizing monitoring systems such as SCOM
  • Assist with managing the capture/proposal team integrated data environment (IDE)
  • Broad technology experience in terrestrial ISR/CEMA related systems/capabilities
  • Strong technical background and experience with modular open system architectures (hardware and software)
  • 5+ years Shell, Perl, Ruby and/or Python scripting experience
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Senior System Engineer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a senior system engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior system engineer
  • Coordinate teams of varying sizes assembled from multiple technical and non-technical teams (local and internationally), to solve problems and run technical projects as assisting project leader for VCS part
  • The implementation of Netapp Metro Clustering
  • VMWare 6.5 in a Stretched Compute Farm
  • UCS FlexPod Setup and Administration
  • UCS Director Automation implementation
  • Analyze and update existing standards to improve stability, security, performance
  • Interface with end users to assess their needs and expectations of assigned systems
  • System Management.Determine customer needs for server hardware and software
  • Evaluation.Evaluate new server software utilities to assist team
  • Test/demo performance on product key features, such as power consumption, throughout
Qualifications for senior system engineer
  • Configuring storage
  • Extensive build, replication, and configuration management experience
  • BS, EE, CS, or equivalent work experience
  • Storage, Storage Networking, and LAN/WAN certifications are highly preferred
  • Analysis/problem solving solves unique problems through evaluative judgment/precedent
  • Contribution to ATT Technology Key contributor on complex projects/initiatives
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Senior System Engineer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a senior system engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior system engineer
  • Discipline in detailed documentation and reporting of projects plan, project status and issue logs
  • Timely escalation of critical situations and any likely project risk that can impact project delivery scheduled to Manager and 3rd Level support team
  • Able to communicate and work cordially in global team with teammate from different culture and in time zone
  • Ensure all incidents and changes are in compliance to ITIL and operation policy
  • Ensure that all servers going into productions are locked down and meet operational acceptance criteria
  • Works closely with data center operations and helpdesk personnel to make sure all systems and applications are working properly such as databases, networks, and PC’s
  • Provides engineering support and monitors all key operational system metrics and provide monthly reporting of those metrics to management
  • Consistently works to enhance system performance and systems availability
  • Provides input to the periodic updates to the Corporate Disaster Recovery Plan to ensure plan is up to date and consistent with current practices, system configurations, and operational procedures
  • Assists in coordination of support from vendors when systems experience problems
Qualifications for senior system engineer
  • Successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering Exam or Professional Engineering License
  • Demonstrated familiarity with coal gasification and associated equipment
  • Demonstrated ability to create, review and comment on equipment specifications and drawings
  • Demonstrated familiarity with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel, API, OSHA, ASTM and ANSI Code requirements
  • Experience in the utility and/or process industries is preferred
  • Familiarity with PdM/CBM practices, including vibration, flow, thermal, tribology, electrical
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Senior System Engineer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior system engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior system engineer
  • Performs a variety of system engineering tasks, either independently or under supervision, which are broad in nature and are concerned with the design and implementation including personnel, hardware, software and support facilities and equipment to support product development and acquisition, and/or operational and technical operational modeling
  • Supervises a team of contractor engineers through project completion
  • Plans and performs research, design, development, and other assignments to meet system engineering or modeling requirements
  • Plans and coordinates scheduling, configuration management, modeling and simulation, risk management, verification and validation, and requirements management from inception to post-fielding, as required
  • Performs a variety of technical and administrative tasks required to complete the tasks described in the task order SOW
  • May provide input in the budget process
  • Work closely with various business Engineering and Production teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and provide stellar customer support
  • Actively engage with Development QA and Technical Operations teams Product/Business teams
  • Work as part of a DevOps cultured team focusing on architecting, building, and supporting the web and mobile applications for large scale production environments
  • Diagnose simple to complex system problems
Qualifications for senior system engineer
  • Proficient understanding of thermodynamic principles, heat and mass balances, and steam properties
  • Able to author test plans for use by peers and junior SE's
  • Understands wireless technologies standards and protocols (3GPP, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, antennas, amplifiers, base stations, propagation, interference, spectrum)
  • AS degree in Engineering, Information Systems or related technical field
  • Design, manage and validate functions of embedded devices, mobile devices, and digital media devices
  • Define product and feature (hardware, software, processes) requirements to ensure operational success

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