Senior Server Engineer
City of Concord
- Concord, NC
- $95,502 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manages the City’s server environment, including physical, virtual and cloud-based systems.
- Engineers and administers high availability Microsoft Clusters with Storage Area Networks (SANs).
- Provides enterprise Active Directory planning, engineering and maintenance, including on-premise and Azure.
- Performs migration of on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
- Maintains, monitors, manages and performs resource planning for the Virtual Machine (VM) environment using industry virtualization tools.
- Deploys new VM servers, upgrades and patches vSphere hosts and clusters.
- Installs, maintains and monitors server backup systems (physical, virtual and cloud based).
- Participates in Business Continuity Plan (BCP)/Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and testing.
- Provides support of network infrastructure to ensure successful performance and secure operation of the enterprise network.
- Develops usage and security metrics to allow for the detection of abnormal activities.
- Administers overall network and server security including penetration and vulnerability testing.
- Performs security audits from internal and external parties.
- Investigates security incidents, researches and implements solutions.
- Identifies and remediates server and endpoint vulnerabilities.
- Manages O365 Exchange Online including email filtering platforms.
- Performs other similar duties and projects as required.
- Virtualization with VMware
- Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage and Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
- Active Directory: Group Policy, Trusts, Sites and Services, Domain Name System (DNS), Distributed File System (DFS), and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Windows Server and Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)
- Exchange Online, Office 365, Hybrid solutions and migration, email filters
- Hosted and Cloud solutions (Azure and AWS)
- Backup solutions and Disaster Recovery
- Exhaustive knowledge of the City’s enterprise network
- Networking methods, materials and equipment
- Network protocols, control and monitoring software
- Administering Microsoft Server products, including SQL Server and IIS
- PC systems hardware, software, and peripheral equipment
- Department and City policies & procedures
- All relevant IT licenses and certifications considered.
- Valid North Carolina Driver’s License
- Positions in this class require: vision, hearing, fine dexterity, sitting, talking, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, foot controls, balancing, crouching, twisting.
- Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time.
- Microsoft Windows 2012/2016/2019/2022
- Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Exchange and Structured Query Language (SQL) Server
- VMware VSphere 6.5 and above
- High availability MS Clusters on Dell EMC SANs
- Backup technologies (on-premise and cloud)
- Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM)/IT Asset Management (ITAM) tools (software deployment, inventory, patch management)
- Knowledge of security best practices and policies
- Managing & prioritizing multiple tasks
- Organizational & management skills
- Interpersonal & communications skills
- Decision making
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or Computer Engineering/Science from an accredited college or university with at least three (3) years of relevant experience; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
- Municipal government experience preferred.
- Microsoft Windows 2012/2016/2019/2022
- Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Exchange and Structured Query Language (SQL) Server
- VMware VSphere 6.5 and above
- High availability MS Clusters on Dell EMC SANs
- Backup technologies (on-premise and cloud)
- Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM)/IT Asset Management (ITAM) tools (software deployment, inventory, patch management)
- Knowledge of security best practices and policies
- Managing & prioritizing multiple tasks
- Organizational & management skills
- Interpersonal & communications skills
- Decision making
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or Computer Engineering/Science from an accredited college or university with at least three (3) years of relevant experience; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
- Municipal government experience preferred.