Position: Sr. System Engineer
Location: Marlboro, MA Area
Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company:
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:
The Senior Systems Engineer will contribute to the overall engineering,
design, build and provide high level support of all existing and new Windows
Server infrastructure. As a senior member of the team, the successful
candidate will need to work closely with our internal clients to develop
consensus and find solutions to problems facing their business constituents.

Detailed Responsibilities:
- Monitor windows environment for anomalies and errors, reporting
and escalation of issues.

- Provide the required daily support, maintenance, and management of
the platforms.

- Provide Level III support and repair, as well as escalation to the
Business Application Group and/or Operations.

- Manager enterprise applications responsible for server builds,
patch management, virtual machine management, virus scanning, etc.

- Develop and maintain high standards in establishing procedures and
policies to address routine jobs and certain resolution protocols.

- Meet or exceed SLA obligations consistently and on an ongoing
basis, allow for accurate metrics to measure response time, meet BCP
requirements for offsite access, and reduce the time needed to address
hardware/software failures.

Keys to This Position:
1. This candidate will be very strong technically with ESX.  In-depth
Knowledge of VMware architecture and hands on experience with V-motion, ESX
Ranger and other virtual management software.  VMware and ESX are required.
The most recent version of ESX is 3.x

2.  We are looking for a Very Senior Windows Systems Engineer that has
strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills.   We are presently using
Windows 2003 server and will be migrating to Windows 2008.  The candidate
needs to have 2003 server (2008 would be a plus).

3.  The candidate should have strong experience working in a mission
critical environment.  Financial Services is strongly preferred.

4.  Experience handling an on call rotation (every 8 weeks) and
understanding how to handle crisis situations.

5.  Ideally the candidate should come from an environment similar to client’
s, (900 Windows Servers globally).  The candidate should have minimally
managed 300 servers.

6.  Strong Active Directory and Microsoft Clustering skills are a big plus.

Required Skills and Competencies:
- 8+ years of managing a Windows Server environment (Windows 2003
Server required)

- In-depth Knowledge of VMware architecture and hands on experience
with V-motion, ESX Ranger and other virtual management software

- Extensive experience with Microsoft Clustering

- Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve independently

- The ability to design and build an Active Directory infrastructure

- Hands on management of an Active Directory infrastructure

- Proficiency in DNS, DHCP and other naming services

- Server management with an emphasis on HP servers

- In-depth Knowledge of disk management with SAN, NAS and local
storage with an emphasis on disk layout and performance

- Strong systems engineering skills with an emphasis on enterprise
scale architecture

- LINUX skills are highly desired.

- Understanding of High Availability, Business Continuity, and
Disaster Recovery concepts as they relate to Open Systems architecture.

- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with Information
Services professionals

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills

- Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented
environment

- Ability to work independently and without constant supervision

- Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

- Ability and willingness to work effectively in a business-critical
production environment

-  BS in Computer Science or related experience

Contact Information:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email  - replywrightassociates AT verizon DOT net
Website - www.wrightassociates.org