Systems Engineer

Job Description
The PPD Platform Engineering team is responsible for the cross-platform technologies that provide technical delivery of applications and services used in day-to-day operations. The Systems Engineer is responsible for areas of infrastructure, which includes data storage, business continuity management, Active Directory, server virtualization, disaster recovery strategy, and other related infrastructure needs. This is a technical position which encompasses management of backup policy, Active Directory needs, storage architecture administration, server engineering, infrastructure planning, design, and implementation. This role is critical within the Philadelphia Police Department's IT infrastructure, thus sound technical knowledge in these subject areas as well as consistent reliability is required. Professional skills along with the ability to work within a team are also necessary.The applicant will also be part of on-call rotation once the probation period has been successfully completed.
Essential Functions
Providing primary engineering support and administration of storage and server infrastructures
Participating in incident management, root cause analysis, and resolution assessments
Performing SAN/NAS storage administration including performance tuning, monitoring, and capacity planning
Monitor log files, performance issues, and the environment for mission-critical systems
Managing virtualization environments including creation, migration, administration, and maintenance of virtual machines across sites
Administrating backup/data recovery platforms, policies, and schedules
Planning, testing, and deploying software and firmware upgrades for platforms
Leading application deployment and migration efforts
Administrating identity management platforms including Microsoft Active Directory and AzureAD
Providing technical subject matter expertise to evaluate project requirements for IT infrastructure
Participate in IT Security audits and remediations for governance compliance
Tracking data center inventory and assets for hardware lifecycle management
Additional duties as needed
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong background in VMWare technologies on administration and management including:
VMware vCenter and vSphere
ESXI
Working knowledge of data protection technologies including backup, recovery, archiving, scheduling operations
Managing and configuration of desktop and server operating systems:
Windows 10 and 11
Windows Server 2016 and above
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or similar distributions)
Active Directory Administration including:
Group Policy
User and group management
AzureAD and O365 integration
Strong skills in storage and file management including quotas, network shares, capacity planning, monitoring, and performance reporting
Knowledge of scripting technologies for automation or service optimization
VB Script, Powershell, BASH, Python, or similar
Working knowledge in design, configuration, and implementation of hyperconverged infrastructures such as DellEMC VXrail
Configuring and deploying SQL server environments including Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB
Familiarity with network components including DNS, DHCP, SNMP, RADIUS, routing/switching protocols, and VLANs
Strong knowledge with industry standard IT security protocols such as SSL, TLS, IPSec, HTTPS, PGP, Kerberos, DNSSEC, SSH, etc.