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TEKsystems Sr Systems Engineer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Description:

The Sr. systems engineer leads implementations of the datacenter, server and storage environments for all centralized and/or facility equipment, and provides operational and engineering support, including image archive and disaster recovery. The system engineer designs, documents, and implements server, desktop, storage, and other datacenter technologies and processes and ensures division and facility-based systems adhere to security, user access and configuration policies. This position works very closely with other corporate, division and facility technical personnel to coordinate the implementation and ongoing support of systems physically hosted at the division data center and facility locations. The systems engineer also provides support for problem management escalations which cannot be resolved by the service desk or L2 technical analysts, and coordinates installation of new equipment, technologies, and processes for projects.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Serves as engineering resource and subject matter expert to L2 and Architecture teams and project managers.

  • Collaborates with operations Administrators to resolve incidents and requests.

  • Designs and implements technology and processes according to principles established by architecture team.

  • Performs engineering analysis of issues escalated through problem management.

  • Develop, test, and deploy release packages to production including collaboration with operations and Service Desk resources ensuring that production releases are operationalized, documented, and supportable.

  • Provides local leadership, subject matter knowledge, coordination, and communication for projects, including defining scope, and ensuring deliverables are met.

  • Participates, as needed, in division/facility technical implementation projects

  • Creates business case proposals, analysis of technologies, financials, and proposed project plans.

  • Participates in strategic planning, creation, and maintenance of standards, policies, and procedures.

  • Proactively addresses changes in business requirements by leveraging existing infrastructure investments and providing scalable options.

  • Coordinates a team assigned to accomplish specific technical tasks.

  • Manages data collection, reporting, and trending for critical devices and components.

  • Where necessary, provides 24x7 on-call support based on IT staff rotation and carries a phone as warranted, to assist with escalated incidents and requests.

  • Leads the build of technology operational models and workflows for the business.

  • Provides strategic contingency planning from the perspective of technology service line.

  • Provides vendor management, service level definition and service level management for vendors of technologies and/or services.

  • Actively forecasts workload, prioritize, and allocate resources.

  • Installs and supports server, storage, and desktop technologies for centralized division and/or facility equipment (including operating system maintenance, application maintenance, image archive, disaster recovery) Provides operational applications support

  • Mentors and trains Systems Administrators and Technical Services personnel, as needed.

  • Effectively works with enterprise and business IT personnel to ensure that priorities and standards are achieved.

  • Coordinates and participates in regular meetings and workshops with technical staff to ensure timely transfer of knowledge which impacts storage architecture and security policies.

  • Adheres to and supports client IT standards, policies, and procedures.

  • Maintains and protects confidentiality with regard to all aspects of patient care and employee information.

  • Adheres to Code of Conduct and Mission & Value Statement.

Important areas to focus on are:

• Enterprise Storage and Hypervisor experience (ideally Pure, NetApp, and VMWare)

• Scripting languages including Powershell to automate processes

• Extensive experience documenting processes and mentoring staff

• Thorough understanding of ITIL

• Ability to be agile - preferably someone who has some experience working in a smaller environment that allowed for the development of a diverse skill set

Skills:

Systems engineering, Cloud, Powershell, Vmware, Storage

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

7 years’ experience in a technical role directly working in an enterprise datacenter environment, preferably in a healthcare related organization.

Experience Level:

Expert Level

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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