Infrastructure Engineer III - 12875_5-4459

This job was posted by : For moreinformation, please see: **The InfrastructureEngineer III role is responsible for the operations of secure and highlyavailable computing platforms, servers, and networks. This role isresponsible for installing, maintaining, upgrading, and continuouslyimproving the Company\'s operating environment while maintaining theongoing reliability, performance, and support of the infrastructure.This includes monitoring the operating environments, responding toincidents, problems and planning for growth.****Infrastructure Engineers deploy the release of new technologies aswell as design, install, configure, maintain, and perform testing ofPC/server operating systems, networks, and related utilities andhardware. Additionally, this role\'s responsibilities includetroubleshooting problems as reported by users, supporting Web access andelectronic messaging services, and maintaining a secure systemsenvironment.**Participate, partner, and collaborate with SME\'s, databaseadministrators, internal and external vendors to understand theirrequirements and provide viable solution using industry standards.Troubleshoot and provide proactive support for production andnon-production application servers, ensuring full compliance of theService Level Agreements (SLA).Work with little to no supervision, assign work to, mentor and engagework of less senior staff.Responsible for providing project details, standard operatingprocedures, setting standards and policies around middlewareadministration.Work requires the customary and regular exercise of discretion andindependent judgment.Analyze complex local and wide area network systems, including planning,designing, evaluating, selecting operating systems and protocol suites,and configuring communication media with concentrators, bridges andother devices.Resolves difficult interoperability problems to obtain operation acrossall platforms including e-mail, files transfer, multimedia,teleconferencing and the like.Configures systems to user environments. Supports acquisition ofhardware and software as well as subcontractor services.May act as a technical project leader or provide work leadership forlower-level employees.Participates in and may lead groups/committees related to processes,standards, and best practices.Investigates and analyzes resource utilization and prepares reports.Optimizes the network infrastructure to maintain the highest possiblelevel of performance and security.Plans for the replacement of obsolete resources that make up theenterprise network infrastructure.Recommends new software and hardware that provide new features/functionsand prepares documentation to support recommendation of newsoftware/hardware.Conducts appropriate, routine tests to ensure the proper workingcondition and security of developed and purchased software/hardware.Coordinates and schedules initial installation of new equipment orreinstallation of relocated equipment.Maintains an up-to-date technical and practical knowledge andunderstanding of system testing and analysis.Build, support and maintain the VDI environment, including standardizedtemplates, application delivery methods, enterprise antivirus, personamanagement infrastructure, host servers and zero clients.Conducts appropriate, routine tests to ensure the proper workingcondition and security of developed and purchased software/hardware.Coordinates and schedules initial installation of new equipment orreinstallation of relocated equipment.Recommends improvements and changes to methods and procedures.Maintains an up-to-date technical and practical knowledge andunderstanding of system testing and analysis.Troubleshoots and resolves complex issues that involve the coreop rating system or desktop components, performing root cause analysisfor service interruption and implementing preventative measures.Establish technical direction of solution development across a widevariety of platforms.Design and architect the enterprise network, security systems, serversand storage infrastructure, both virtual and physical, applying bestpractices and established standards.Design and architect standard operating procedures and policies relatedto the network, security systems, server and storage infrastructure.Design and architect the Microsoft and Linux infrastructure for theenterprise.Design and architect methods to the protect company data and systemsthrough the use of security solutions, backups, redundancy and disasterrecovery solutions.Investigates and analyzes resource utilization and prepares reports andmetrics, making appropriate changes to optimize the infrastructure andprovide the highest possible level of performance and security.Coordinate direction of infrastructure architecture with technicalexperts in other disciplines within the IT department.Develops and implements strategic vision for network / systems.Participates in setting strategic direction and technical design fornetwork, security syst