Systems Engineer II

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Starting Salary: $69,696.59 annually; $1,340.31 weekly

General Description:

Responsible for performing technical work, planning, implementing, analyzing, designing, and maintaining virtual infrastructure, computer hardware, operating system software, data storage, and database management systems in a complex multi-system environment. Mentors other Systems Engineers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, mathematics, or related field AND
• Two (2) years of experience in systems or database administration.
• A comparable amount of education and experience may substitute for the minimum requirements.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license.

Selection Process: The selection process will include a review of each qualified applicant’s education and experience and a formal interview in accordance with VSO policies and procedures.

Background Screening: This position will require an extensive background investigation.

Essential Functions:

• Designs, implements, and maintains VMware Horizon VDI environment.
• Designs, implements, and maintains VMware vSphere and Hyper-V Server Environment.
• Prepares detailed technical analyses, recommendations, project plans, and cost projections for network projects.
• Maintains high level of technical knowledge of network hardware and software.
• Defines and allocates disk storage for file and database systems on servers and storage area networks (SAN).
• Trains operational staff and automates routine operational and maintenance tasks.
• Develops, documents, and enhances system administration procedures.
• Prepares detailed technical analysis, recommendations, project plans, and cost projections for server and SAN projects.
• Maintains high level of technical knowledge of server hardware, virtual environments, SANs, operating system software, and database management software.
• Designs and implements high-availability hardware and software systems.
• Analyzes user requirements, developers’ needs, and technical constraints.
• Implement solutions across multiple operations systems.
• Integrates new technologies into the existing data center environment.
• Establishes Service Level Agreements with customers.
• Communicates with customers regarding ongoing technical issues affecting performance.
• Mentors and guides other System Engineers.
• Assists in development of strategic plans for growth and resiliency.
• Identifies key success factors and identifies necessary resource.
• Verifies the integrity and availability of datacenter hardware.
• Determines root cause of issues and communicate with the appropriate parties.
• Notifies management of the need for escalation.
• Thoroughly documents incidents, remediation activities, and resolutions.
• Develops and maintains technical documentation, including system diagrams, configuration records, and standard operation procedures.
• Performs system monitoring; verifies the integrity and availability of systems.
• Tunes system performance tuning and optimizes resource utilization.
• Performs backup operations, ensuring successful and recoverable backups.
• Manages inventory and physical storage and security of backup media.
• Performs operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
• Performs hardware and software upgrades and migrations.
• Performs system installation and recovery operation on a 24x7x365 basis.
• Performs decommissioning of systems.
• Provides technical expertise and assistance to other Information Technology staff.
• Interfaces with vendor technical representatives.
• Must adhere to Federal, State, County and Local ordinances.
• Attends work on a regular and consistent basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Status: Civilian

Blood and Viral Pathogen Risk: Minimal Risk

Environmental Conditions:

• General office settings with most duties being performed while sitting at a desk, table, or workstation.
• Must be able to work under stressful conditions.
• Must be able to relocate to other county locations based upon operational needs.
• Must be able to remain available to work when a public emergency or disaster occurs.

Skills and Abilities:

• Skilled in design, implementation, and administration of VMware vSphere ESXi environments.
• Skilled in design, implementation, and administration of VMware Horizon VDI environments.
• Skilled in design and implementation of computer server environments; including security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, routine maintenance, and automation of batch processing.
• Skilled in the evaluation and recommendation of computer hardware and software.
• Skilled in planning, coordinating, and scheduling projects.
• Skilled in system analysis and tuning.
• Skilled in system administration of physical and/or virtual servers running Windows, Linux, or Solaris operating systems.
• Skilled in the identification and resolution of complex problems with server and SAN platforms.
• Skilled in the…