System Engineer

Role – Sr Cloud Engineer

Location – Plano TX (Hybrid)

Duration – Long term contract to Hire(W2 Contract)

Interview - WebEx/Video Interview

End Client - CarMax

What you will do – Essential Responsibilities

• Work with the architect team regarding design, implementation, and management of IT infrastructure projects, focusing on server management, virtualization technologies, and storage solutions.
• Manage and optimize Nutanix AHV and Azure Stack HCI, including configuration, maintenance, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrate expertise in Hyper-V virtualization, including Virtual Machine Manager, and ensure efficient operation of virtual environments.
• Manage and optimize Dell infrastructure, including Dell PowerFlex Hardware, Dell Data Domain, dHCI Storage, and Nutanix AHV infrastructure.
• Administer Windows OS clustering and utilize Windows Admin Center for system management.
• Conduct performance and capacity planning to anticipate infrastructure growth needs and ensure high availability.
• Automate routine and complex tasks using PowerShell to increase efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Document infrastructure configurations, changes, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and compliance with industry standards.
• Participate in On-Call rotation as required.

Purpose of the role

It takes a passion for technology to develop and iterate on innovative solutions to problems. Working collaboratively and creatively as part of the hybrid-cloud infrastructure team, you will partner with others in product and technology to contribute to the patterns, guidance and design for building and deploying hybrid-cloud infrastructure to support our customer facing applications. You should have strong communications skills, a strong sense of ownership, a passion for customer service, and the technical understanding of how the cloud platform can contribute to the overall successful of our infrastructure development.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 5 years of work experience or
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 3 years of work experience.

Specific Qualifications and Requirements

• Proven expertise in managing both physical and virtual server environments.
• Deep knowledge of Nutanix AHV and Hyper-V virtualization technologies.
• Strong experience in managing Dell infrastructure.
• Proficient in Windows OS Clustering and administration.
• Skilled in performance and capacity planning.
• Expertise in scripting and automating tasks using PowerShell.
• Experience with Linux OS, particularly RHEL.
• Knowledge of Ansible AWX.
• Experience with Veeam Backup Platform (v12 ).