Sr. Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer 

 *** This is a hybrid work schedule:  3 days to work onsite at corporate HQ in Redwood City, CA and 2 days to work from home  ***

Job Summary:

The Senior Systems Engineer will apply professional experience in the design, implementation, migration and management of on-prem and cloud systems including O365, AD, IIS, Virtualization, and Windows/Linux OS. Serve in an advisory role for technology roadmap, application changes, requested enhancements and recommends policies and procedures for system use and services.

Why Provident:

Provident Credit Union was established in 1950. We rank among the top 10% of credit unions in the US and was recently named the Best Credit Union in California by Forbes magazine for 2021. We believe having a culture that is accepting, supportive, diverse and inclusive makes us all better.  We are a winner of the Bay Area News Group Top Work Place 5 years in a row. Our mission is we Listen, Get Better and Do What’s Right for each other and our members.

Essential Functions:

• Management of O365 Email system, Teams, AD, DNS, DHCP and Windows Servers
• Monitoring systems performance monitoring, tuning and capacity planning.
• Administer hybrid cloud system infrastructure, including compute, storage, VMWare and Windows OS
• System updates, patching and backups to support published retention policy and disaster recovery requirements.
• Follow technology maintenance schedules based on business operations and requirements.
• Manage end user accounts, rights, group policy, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with best practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Follow change management procedures, schedule, install, troubleshoot, and support windows software and hardware upgrades and purchases.
• Design, configure, deploy and support systems utilizing the Azure stack focusing on high availability and fault tolerance.
• Practice asset management, including regularly scheduled maintenance of inventory, documentation and technical documentation.
• Participate in vendor negotiations, technical security reviews and relationship management.
• Find and implement opportunities for automation and efficiencies for daily operations.
• Test and update disaster recovery plan and ensure all systems and data are successfully backed up and sent off site as necessary.
• Suggests actions in order to mitigate risk in any activity that potentially impacts security of existing IT and information management.
• Contributes to the creation of information security policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
• Actively lead or participate on and/or with project teams created to meet short and long-term strategic goals.
• Evaluates new technologies and processes that improve the overall security of the infrastructure.
• Serves as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems.
• Continually develop professional skills to be knowledgeable of new technologies, best practices, regulatory and compliance issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or equivalent combination of education is required
• 8 Years experience supporting and maintaining windows servers, O365, Storage, Virtualization, and Active Directory on premise and Azure Cloud
• Working experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Effective Team Player.
• Ability to effectively multi-task and complete assignments.
• Excellent server operating systems and hardware equipment knowledge.
• Strong server administration skills, windows server, Exchange/O365 email knowledge.
• Skilled in testing and administration of SAN platforms, Backup and VMware systems.
• Extensive application support experience with Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, PKI, DNS, DHCP
• Knowledge of local and wide area network administration including VLAN’s and VPN’s.
• Knowledge of scripting skills with a focus on automation.

Licenses and Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) is required.

Benefits you will enjoy:

• Fully paid health insurance premiums for employees
• Quality medical, dental and vision care coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 150% matching employer contributions
• Strong commitment to investing in your career and educational advancement by offering up to 100% Tuition reimbursement for approved courses
• Annual bonus/profit sharing
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Provident membership
• Wellness programs: Yoga, Tai Chi, in-house gym
• Rate discount on home, auto loans and personal loans
• Walking distance to restaurants
• Close proximity to Cal Train station
• Opportunity to use company owned condo in Maui and Lake Tahoe

Compensation:

Pay Grade is T5.  This position is eligible for profit sharing bonus twice a year.

Targeted Base Pay  $113,049  -  $140,015

Provident is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Salary : $113,049 - $140,015