Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Sr. IT Infrastructure Engineer 

Reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager and in close association with the Network Infrastructure team, the Sr. IT Infrastructure Engineer will provide advanced technical skills in PI’s storage and compute infrastructure: 

• Document, stabilize, maintain and optimize the storage and server infrastructure world-wide
• Architect and scope required hardware, software, storage and network environments for existing and future requirements and projects.
• Prepare detailed project proposals and budgets and oversee and manage implementation.
• Assist in identifying and vetting key vendors and technologies to improve efficiency and drive down costs.
• Comfortable and capable explaining technology and business requirements to internal cross-functional stakeholders and vendors alike.
• Follow and enhance IT Governance activities, including SOX audits and CSF/ISO certifications
• Available and comfortable for infrequent travel (including international) to remote data centers and points of service.

Responsibilities and Activities 

This role will provide hands on Infrastructure support, on-call L2 support and support for escalated issues from other IT team members as well as other cross-functional departments. You will resolve implementation and integration issues and communicate system requirements to meet business objectives. 

Extensive hands on experience and expertise with the majority of our server and storage technology stack including: 

• Commvault Enterprise Backup
• Rubrik Cloud Data Management
• EMC VNX and EMC Isilon
• Dell VRTX
• Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure
• Dell Power Vault (Direct attach and iSCSI)
• Windows Server (all versions) familiarity
• Microsoft Exchange, Exchange Online
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Azure/Office 365
• Amazon Web Services Infrastructure
• Enterprise monitoring platforms such as PRTG

Additional Desired Capabilities: 

• Understand how technologies are integrated to produce efficient and effective business outcomes for all stakeholders is a key requirement.
• Proven ability to develop and improve the Infrastructure’s security posture at all layers.
• Successfully designed and delivered multiple Infrastructure projects for an International company.
• Knowledge of industry Best Practices
• How to rationalize and communicate Costs vs. Benefits and stick to the agreed on budget
• Effectively communicate, cooperate and collaborate across the both organization and our vendors

Experience:   

The candidate has at least 8 Years of growing hands on IT skills and responsibility in specifying, implementing, monitoring and operating complex IT infrastructures, preferably in a multi-national company. The candidate will be highly knowledgeable with enterprise grade storage, backup, and compute systems, large Isilon installations, Nutanix HCI, Dell VRTX, and stand-alone hosts running Windows and Linux guests on a Cisco network. 

Education:   

• A 4-year technical degree or equivalent experience with ongoing technical classes and training.
• Certification in any of the above technologies a plus.