JOB DESCRIPTION
Why Us?
Many organizations talk about making a difference in the world. At Farm Credit Bank of Texas, it's more than talk. That's because we have a central role financing the ag producers and businesses that supply the world with food, fiber and so much more. And while you're playing your part helping feed the world, we contribute to your personal success, too, with competitive compensation and a generous health-and-wellness benefits package. You can grow your skills using our online catalog of thousands of training options while working in a modern hybrid workplace located below the bluffs of the Colorado River just northwest of downtown Austin.
Position Description:
We are searching for a Senior Systems Engineer. This position is responsible for the overall coordination and control of all infrastructure systems required to keep the business operational for the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) and Tenth District Associations (Associations). The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for architecture, design, security, implementation, management and troubleshooting of infrastructure solutions. They will assist in driving the technology roadmap of the team and ensuring all systems run as efficiently as possible.
The Senior Systems Engineer monitors and helps stabilize services in production, sets and maintains acceptable performance and availability thresholds, and writes code that automates repetitive tasks. Development efforts will focus on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure-as-code, and optimizing through automation.
Day-to Day-Duties and Responsibilities:
Cultivating an understanding of, and developing a proficiency with, the bank's IT infrastructure and operations along with contributing to process automation, monitoring, alerting, and documentation.
• Design, implementation and support of Microsoft network management solutions - Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DFS, and certificate services.
• Design, implementation and support of server virtualization platforms - VMWare and Azure.
• Design, implementation and support of SAN administration - Pure Storage.
• Design, implementation and support of blade servers, chassis and fabric - Cisco UCS.
• Design, implementation and support of Backup\ estore software and methodology - Rubrik.
• Design, implementation and support of enterprise level electronic communication systems including M365, Exchange, email archiving, message encryption and instant messaging.
• Design, implementation and support of Disaster Recovery strategies and high availability solutions.
• Design, implementation and support of automation platforms - Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible and Azure DevOps.
• Design, implementation and support of monitoring and alerting platforms - Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and Splunk.
• Security best practices in a Microsoft Windows environment including NTFS permissions, system patching\hardening and anti-malware solutions.
• Design, implementation and support of datacenter systems such as environmental controls and power management.
What You Bring to the Team:
It's an important role that covers many skills. We're seeking applicants with an Associate's Degree, Technical School, or equivalent and five (5) or more years' experience as a Systems Administrator or Systems Engineer or a minimum of seven (7) years' experience as a Systems Administrator or Systems Engineer. Must hold two certifications in at least one discipline (Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco or storage), or hold one certification in one discipline plus three (3) additional years' experience.
We are a dynamic operational team with responsibilities ranging from physical datacenter management to building fully automated and source-controlled solutions. The right individual is one that's excited to work on the full spectrum of enterprise IT technologies. We are always improving our systems while simultaneously working with other departments to offer help where possible. You should bring:
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