Sr. Server Engineer

Req #:

Category:
Information Technology and Systems / Clinical Informatics

Status:
Full-Time

Shift: Day

Facility: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services

Department: IT&S Service Support

Pay Range: $ - $ per year

Location:

865 STONE STREET, RAHWAY, NJ 07065

Job Title:

Sr, Server Engineer

Location:

RWJ - Rahway

Department Name: IT&S Service Support

Req #:

Status:
Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $ - $ per year

Pay Transparency
The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

The Senior Server Engineer is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving enterprise server, virtualization, storage, and hybrid cloud infrastructure across assigned datacenters, data rooms, and related computing environments. This role requires advanced technical knowledge of Windows Server and desktop operating systems, VMware, Citrix, converged and hyper-converged compute platforms, enterprise storage, data protection, and cloud technology platforms including Microsoft Azure, AWS, and related hybrid cloud services.

The engineer will support secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure operations through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, automation, documentation, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management. This position also requires strong scripting and automation skills, sound understanding of information security best practices, and the ability to participate in scheduled and unscheduled after-hours maintenance, emergency response, and mandatory on-call rotation in a 24x7 computing environment. The Senior Server Engineer is expected to collaborate effectively with customers, vendors, application teams, peers, and leadership;

mentor other engineers; provide recommendations for operational improvements and innovation; and deliver excellent customer service with professionalism, compassion, empathy, and a consistent supportive attitude.

As a Sr. Server Engineer, a typical day

• Monitoring problem ticket queues and resolve tickets in a timely manner according to the defined SLAs
• Participating in monthly security patching for computing environment
• Troubleshooting with peers and customers on application related issues. Functions as an escalation point for application admins and second level support in troubleshooting complex system issues. Troubleshoot infrastructure and related technologies by reviewing logs and error messages
• Updating Operating Systems (Windows), and Assist with updating VMware Infrastructure (upgrades, hotfixes, security remediations)
• Assisting Vendors, Customers and Peers with remote access needs
• Following and executing defined runbooks and documentation for Disaster recovery events , System Decommissions, Infrastructure installs/Upgrades , Application patching
• Monitoring infrastructure via monitoring toolsets
• Create technical documentation and workflows
• Following defined Change Management policies and procedures
• Attending daily, weekly and monthly team meetings. Attend project or troubleshooting calls to address issues or tasks
• Participating in projects as assigned
• Supporting cloud technology platforms, including Microsoft Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud services, by assisting with provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting, access coordination, and operational support activities.

• Advanced knowledge of Windows Server, Linux/Unix, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and related enterprise infrastructure services.
• Strong experience supporting virtualized and hybrid infrastructure platforms, including VMware vSphere, VMware Horizon, Citrix, converged, and hyper-converged compute environments.
• Working knowledge of cloud technology platforms, including Microsoft Azure, AWS, hybrid cloud architecture, identity and access management, monitoring, security controls, and cost-aware operational support.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex server, cloud, virtualization, storage, application, and network-related issues using logs, monitoring tools, performance data, and root cause analysis methods.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation tools, such as Power Shell or related technologies, to improve operational efficiency, reporting, provisioning, patching, and repeatable infrastructure tasks.
• Knowledge of enterprise storage, backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and data protection concepts used to maintain resilient and available computing environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security best practices, vulnerability remediation, privileged access, patch management, change control, and regulatory or organizational compliance requirements.
• Ability to create, maintain, and follow technical documentation, diagrams, workflows, standards, operational runbooks, and knowledge articles.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, manage multiple assignments, support on-call…