University of Rochester Advancement · 23 hours ago
Sr Systems Engineer
211 Bailey Road
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$86K/yr - $130K/yr
7+ years expThe University of Rochester is committed to fostering an inclusive community and is seeking a Sr Systems Engineer to manage and administer both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure services. This role involves leading the design, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure solutions while ensuring platform stability and performance.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Manages and administers on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure services including virtual infrastructure, operating systems, storage, maintenance and security patching, backup and disaster recovery preparedness, orchestration and automation and performance monitoring. Scripts, code and development are required to deliver solutions within both cloud and on premise solutions. Responsible for design, setup and maintenance of a continuous infrastructure integration stack, including source control, build servers, automated testing, automated monitoring and solution deployment
Leads analysis of use case requirements, designs solutions, and deploys on premise or cloud based infrastructure. Provides expertise in on-premise virtual infrastructure, specifically in clustered high availability environments. Provides assistance in integrating on-premise solutions with cloud solutions. Orchestrates and automates the deployment of solutions hosted on both cloud services and on premise infrastructure
Leads, advises on and completes proactive performance monitoring, analysis, alerting, reporting and tuning, proactive capacity analysis and provision solutions, maintenance activities, including deploying patches and ensuring that firmware and software are up to date, incident and problem analysis, resolution, and follow-up to ensure platform stability
Maintains an interoperability matrix to ensure cross-vendor compatibility. Creates, reviews, and maintains technical documentation, including solution designs and reference guides. Leads discussions of new products and services to enhance the delivery of infrastructure services; engages vendors as appropriate. Prepares necessary paperwork and documentation to ensure conformance to University standards and procedures
Leads, advises on and completes implementation and maintenance activities during business hours, as well as outside of business hours. Provides 24-hour on-call support when scheduled. Serves as a technical escalation point to others serving in on-call roles
Maintains a broad knowledge of technology, equipment, and/or systems
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or equivalent and 7 years of related experience required
Expertise with virtualization technology and cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure required
Knowledge of server hardware and storage array networks required
Excellent verbal and written communications skills and exemplary speaking and presentation skills, as well as the ability to interact with all levels of staff, as appropriate, to communicate, and to process communications from others on technical change required
Ability to provide on-call support as required, as well as ability to perform after-hours and weekend maintenance and implementation activities required
Ability to travel to and from Data Center facilities required
Preferred
Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience in a higher education or healthcare field preferred
Experience leading a team of Systems Engineers preferred
Strong scripting skills preferred
Expertise with server operating systems and orchestration and automation tools preferred
Company
University of Rochester Advancement
The University of Rochester, one of the nation’s top private research universities, has built a national caliber advancement program in support of the largest campaign in the University’s history.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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