Systems & Network Engineer

About the Organization Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. Stack's Bowers Galleries is dedicated to fulfilling the total buying and selling needs of the numismatic community. Our nine-decade legacy of achieving dynamic results and record-breaking prices guides our unwavering commitment to serve novice and expert collectors and enthusiasts, as well as industry professionals.

Through our unparalleled list of services, incomparable customer support, and industry leading technology, Stack's Bowers Galleries provides every client the opportunity to achieve their numismatic goals through live and Internet auctions, retail and wholesale buying and selling, financial backing, and numismatic expertise.

Category Information Technology

Description

Are you interested in joining a small, dynamic IT team that supports live and internet numismatic auctions on a global scale? Stacks Bowers Galleries, a subsidiary of  We are seeking a Systems & Network Engineer to join our Platforms & Engineering team, reporting directly to the Sr. Director of IT. This is an in-office position based at our Costa Mesa headquarters.

This role is responsible for high level end-to-end IT support across the organization from desktop support through enterprise VoIP, LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi networking, hybrid cloud infrastructure (predominantly Azure), and security operations supporting remote offices in Denmark, Hong Kong, SFO, Philly, Boston, New York, and other locations around the world. Because auctions and business operations run continuously across time zones, this is a role requiring on-call availability.

This role will also support Griffin Studios; a state-of-the-art broadcast studio located within our Costa Mesa corporate office powering live and internet sales broadcasts worldwide.

• Provide comprehensive technical support for live and internet auctions, both onsite and remotely, supporting critical auction operations including Griffin Studio Auctions (Stacks Bowers) and Apex Streams auctions (Costa Mesa & Vegas).
• Onsite Auctions:
  Maintain uptime and studio network to support operations from our corporate facility, ensuring seamless execution of live broadcasts.
• Remote Sales:
  Configure ad-hoc networks and streaming setups at offsite venues to ensure smooth audio/video transmission and system functionality.

• Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Support and maintain the Nutanix Acropolis AOS (AHV) platform for production servers, including cluster health, capacity planning, upgrades, and troubleshooting to minimize physical server footprint.
• Azure Architecture: Design, deploy, and manage complex Azure environments: networking (VNets, peering, Express Route/VPN gateways), Front Door, Identity (Azure AD/Entra ), storage, backup, and disaster recovery across a multi-region, multi-office footprint.
• Linux & Containerization: Working experience with Linux systems administration and containerization technologies such as Docker and Portainer.
• AWS: Manage AWS storage (S3 buckets) as repositories for immutable Veeam Backups, archival and data storage; note that Azure is the organization's primary cloud platform and hosts the vast majority of production workloads.
• Infrastructure as Code: Use Terraform to provision, version, and manage cloud and on-prem infrastructure in a consistent, repeatable, and auditable manner.
• Version Control &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Use Git Hub to manage infrastructure-as-code, scripts, automation, and technical documentation, following change-control best practices.
• Single Sign-On (SSO): Implement, configure, and maintain SSO/identity federation (Azure AD/Entra , SAML, OAuth) across enterprise applications to streamline secure access.

• Monitor, analyze, and perform corrective actions on-premise, in the cloud, and across network or VoIP services to ensure production continuity.
• Administer Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, VPN RAS, Veeam Backup, Barracuda Email Spam, and 8x8 VoIP systems.
• Networking: Deep expertise of LAN, WAN, and Wi-Fi design, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting, including routing, switching, firewall configuration and policy management, and site-to-site and client VPN tunnels.
• Implement and support IT infrastructure systems, including hardware, software, and…