Engineering | Level 3 (USD)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Systems Engineer for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Boston, MA. This role will be remote.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for all aspects of administration, enhancement and problem resolution for the Enterprise's VMware and Data Protection environments.
- Will focus on maintaining a highly available and secure environment through best practices, documentation, process improvement and continuous learning.
- Other responsibilities include identifying problems and errors, incident management, reporting and dashboarding, and project based work.
- Must be able to work in unsupervised situations, provide excellent customer service, be extremely detailed and highly motivated while working in a team-based environment.
- Configuration, maintenance and administration of a secure VMware environment.
- Configuration, maintenance and administration of a secure data protection environment using various backup technologies.
- Troubleshooting and resolution of issues in the environment
- Provide guidance on performance tuning, optimization, and capacity planning for servers and applications.
- Provide comprehensive monitoring and alerting configurations with ability to view environment state via operational dashboards.
- Collaborate with application owners on application deployment and configuration
- Participate in on-call rotation for off-hours incidents
- Understanding of security and compliance controls
- Analyze and identify trends in reported issues and devise preventative solutions
- Participate in Continuous Process Improvement on team processes.
- Participate in cross team projects

Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Proven ability to automate with Powershell/PowerCLI
- Experience with VMware 7.0 or higher to include vCenter, vSphere and the vRealize Suite
- Experience with backup and storage technologies, especially Rubrik, CommVault, NetBackup, Veeam
- Experience with disaster recovery tools such as SRM and Zerto
- Experience with AWS
- Familiar with SOX and SOC controls
- The candidate must demonstrate strong infrastructure technical qualities. Preferably in a global environment, ideally within the Finance or other regulated industry
- Good Interpersonal Skills; Communication, flexibility, self-driven, team player
- Strong verbal and written skills and the ability to interact with global teams and customers

Preferred Skills:
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) preferred

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at ;br>
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy. Engineering | Level 3 (USD)