What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer, IT position at Acra Lending?
At Acra Lending our employees enjoy an opportunity to work with great people. We celebrate several events throughout the year accompanied by raffles and giveaways for employees nationwide. We are especially proud to give back to our community and truly enjoy one another's company. Every Friday we start our day in the office with bagels and donuts followed by a pizza lunch.
Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.
We are looking for candidates to join our team who are passionate about their vocation. Who are committed to making a contribution and are looking to gain experience in order to grow in their career. Our headquarters are located on a beautiful campus in Irvine, California and if you work out of our Irvine office we can also provide a free gym membership.
The Senior Systems Engineer will play a strategic and technical leadership role in designing, implementing, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing our IT infrastructure across offices, data centers, and cloud environments. This position will ensure the seamless operation and security of our critical business applications and infrastructure while driving innovation through the adoption of modern technologies and engineering best practices.
In this role, you will act as a proactive problem solver, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance. You will collaborate with coworkers and other teams to design robust solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, and mentor junior team members to strengthen the organization’s technical capabilities. Clear communication and the ability to present complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders are critical.
Your goal will be to deliver a resilient, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure that supports the organization’s business objectives with minimal downtime and operational interruptions.
This position is fully on-site in Irvine, CA
Pay Range : $130,000-140,000 Salary. Our pay range is based upon experience, education, location and qualifications
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to other team members via knowledge transfer and mentoring.
- Hands on experience Windows systems administration, encompassing Active Directory (AD), DHCP, DNS, and more.
- Experience with maintenance of network infrastructure, including firewall and switch administration.
- AWS and Azure cloud migrations, management and system administration.
- LAMP / LEMP stack system administration.
- Lead hardware upgrades, software updates, security patches, and other essential deployments.
- Ensure we have system monitoring and alerting for all critical infrastructure in all environments.
- Backup procedures to safeguard data security, ensure resource availability, maintain data integrity, and meticulously log and review application activities.
- Spearhead Windows Server and LAMP stack automation using PowerShell, Python, and similar technologies.
- Deploy and maintain infrastructure for both off-the-shelf and custom-built software solutions.
- Drive IT infrastructure automation through scheduled tasks and other advanced techniques.
- Exhibit strong technical acumen and exceptional interpersonal communication skills.
- Oversee Microsoft 365 Admin Center (including Online Exchange) Administration.
- Manage Microsoft Azure AD and AWS environments.
- Lead Identity Provider (IDP) administration, with expertise in Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions.
- Troubleshoot system / application / network issues and promptly address outages.
- Thoroughly document processes and workflow procedures.
- Regularly apply OS patches and upgrades.
- Responsible for planning and implementation of disaster recovery (DR) environment setup / configuration and annual testing.
- Recommend, configure and add new services using administrative tools and utilities.
- Own Okta and Active Directory system administration.
- Own RingCentral and telephony system administration.
- Coordinate and support operational DBAs in the maintenance and management of our system databases.
- Provide DevOps support to our development and data management teams.
Qualifications, Education and Experience
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills and Competencies
Benefits
Our benefit offerings include : Medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, EAP counseling services, FSA & HSA, company sponsored life insurance for employee, voluntary life insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, voluntary short-term and long-term disability, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, legal assistance, pet insurance, living will and trust preparation discounts, commuter program, annual walking challenge, employee appreciation events and monthly sales awards.
Salary : $130,000 - $140,000
