Sr. Network / Infrastructure Engineer

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Baltimore, MD

CONNECTION

<p><strong>At Connection, our purpose is simple: we connect people with technology. From hardware&mdash;PCs, printers, servers, and more&mdash;to cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity, and professional IT services, we design, build, and support the IT solutions that thousands of companies, schools, and government agencies rely on every day. We like to think of ourselves as the IT Department for our customers&rsquo; IT Department. Our company started out almost 40 years ago with two employees and a phone line. Today we&rsquo;re a Fortune 1000 IT solutions partner operating in 174 countries around the world&mdash;still driven by that startup mentality and guided by our original purpose.</strong></p> https://www.connection.com/

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Full Time

Overview: <p>Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for an Sr. Infrastructure Engineer in Baltimore, MD.&nbsp;This is a full-time Direct Hire opportunity with our client in the healthcare industry. This position is onsite, however,&nbsp;<strong>Hybrid</strong>&nbsp;work while possible.</p> <p>The candidate will be&nbsp;responsible for&nbsp;ensuring that all aspects of the physical and virtual IT infrastructure operating in a highly efficient and effective manner to provide timely and secure access to critical systems and data.&nbsp;The ideal candidate will be to fully responsible for operating and maintaining the onsite data center as hosted solutions and virtual co-location facilities.</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Install, maintain, upgrade, and continuously improve the organization&rsquo;s operating environment.</li> <li>Operation and maintenance of the onsite data center as hosted solutions and virtual co-location facilities.</li> <li>Systems Administration to ensure basic information technology security principles are adhered to across the organization. Oversight of patching workstations, servers, and other infrastructure components.</li> <li>Maintain the ongoing reliability, performance, and support of the infrastructure. This includes monitoring operating environments, responding to incidents, and planning for growth, and ensuring best practices are in effect.</li> <li>Ensure that storage, archive, backup and recovery procedures are functioning correctly.</li> <li>Identify and participate in projects to improve the environment on an ongoing basis.</li> <li>Assist in creating and maintaining relevant documentation related to the network and surrounding architecture.</li> <li>Network Administration including performance tuning, designing enterprise wired and wireless solutions, troubleshooting advanced network problems, and escalating problems when appropriate.</li> <li>Prevent and/or remedy any security network incidents, unauthorized activities, malware infestations and potential security vulnerabilities.</li> <li>Provide recommendations where appropriate to IT Director and CIO on infrastructure improvement opportunities.</li> <li>Interact with vendors independently to work collaboratively on projects or to resolve system issues.</li> <li>Assist with set-up and staging of relevant equipment as needed.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems.</li> <li>Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of IP network core and advanced concepts, virtual and physical servers, and storage systems.</li> <li>Must possess a strong working knowledge of LAN and WAN network solutions/devices, Next- gen firewalls/IPS, Active Directory components, VMware virtualization solutions, enterprise SAN/NAS technology.</li> <li>Experience creating and maintaining patch management and deploying security updates across the Enterprise.</li> <li>Manages routine backups of systems and associated data with expert level proficiency.</li> <li>Experienced with drafting and maintaining DR/BCP plans and performing routine plan tests to ensure readiness.</li> <li>Strong Cisco skills with 7 or more years of experience.</li> <li>Expert knowledge of Microsoft AD, MS Azure, O365 (Microsoft 365), and associated licensing.</li> <li>Experience configuring and maintaining Cisco and Microsoft logging platforms.</li> <li>Manage Engine Service Desk and Desktop Central experience is a plus.</li> <li>Familiarity with Netwrix auditing and management tools.</li> <li>Proficient with Group Policy management.</li> <li>Citrix and VMware knowledge is a plus, but not required.</li> <li>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE (CCNP or CCIE preferred.</li> </ul>