The Company

 
 Hitachi Vantara combines technology, intellectual property and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises improve their customers’ experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower the costs of business. Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by combining IT, operational technology (OT) and domain expertise. Come join our team and our employee-focused culture and help drive our customers’ data to meaningful customer outcomes.

Job purpose

Systems Engineer is a key role for infrastructure projects and maintenance. This role provides support for GDDC infrastructure and Operations Teams.

This role is responsible to liaise with internal and external parties to solve problems for infrastructure, provide technical advice to management and ensure the GDDC infrastructure is healthy.

 

Responsibilities

·       Represent the Compute team during the intake of new services or projects related to the Windows Server OS 2008/2012/2016.

·       Develop automation, using Windows PowerShell, for the deployment and configuration of Windows Server systems.

·       Build and maintain management systems to support the overall health and lifecycle of the Windows server infrastructure including custom tools and commercial products such as WSUS.

·       Understanding of Advanced Network Architecture (e.g. Active Directory, DHCP, Load Balancer, Firewall, VPN, Domain Controller configurations).

·       Expert in Windows System Administration, Remote connectivity tools, Active Directory services.

·       Responsible for maintaining documentation for the Windows servers footprint to include physical and virtual across all environments and Capacity management.

·       Maintaining the Windows patching schedule and executing patch and version updates, monitoring server’s capacity, server performance, and performing server recaps.

·       Knowledge in ESXi/vSphere host Upgrade

·       Should have good knowledge on certificate management.

·       Maintain systems security and compliance with ISO-27001 and PCI-DSS.

·       Acts as a subject-matter expert to multiple tasks and/or programs.

·       Reviews completion and implementation of system additions and/or enhancements and makes recommendations to management and/or clients.

·       Plans and directs upgrades of operating systems and designs systems enhancements.

·       Identifies, analyzes, resolves system problems and work on Root Cause Analysis.

·       Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.

·       Participate in the design, implementation, documentation of current Infra

·       Strong written and spoken English language skills.

 

Profile

Technical Skill Set

Essential

Familiar with Windows, TCP/IP networking, and VMware vSphere.

Experience in: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Active Directory, Windows Group Policy, Capacity planning.

 PowerShell and batch scripting for Windows platform.

Familiarity with Hitachi Vantara products (enterprise storage, blade servers, and rack-mount servers).

 

Desirable

Experience with vRealize Suite tools, such as vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Log Insight, and vRealize Automation.

Experience with Microsoft management / automation tools, such as System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).

Should have auditing knowledge e.g. ISO-27001 and PCI-DSS.

 

Competencies

·       Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

·       8-12 years’ experience in systems operation and production support.

·       ITIL Foundation

·       MCSE or VCP certification is desirable.