Working independently, the Senior Server Engineer is responsible for the execution of the server infrastructure and administration of Active Directories. his senior-level professional is a seasoned individual that works on complex development assignments and delivers solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Sharing expertise and insight with other engineers
- Motivating staff and fostering collaboration
- Own backend services related to the identity and e-commerce needs of the entire company
- Translate requirements into technical designs and product roadmaps
- Lead the development effort and help the team turn designs into reality
- Ensure your services can handle the load generated by users
- Interface with external groups to provide integration support, strategy and direction
- Help set team standards around documentation, programming best practices and overall code quality
- Demonstrate a strong bias towards service, quality and customer satisfaction; applying information on past experiences and assists others in applying these lessons to solve problems.
- Monitors server performance, virtualization performance and provides utilization projections. Monitors backup system performance and reliability. Monitors messaging performance and performs troubleshooting of errors.
- Performs diagnostic analysis, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of networks and servers. Identifies inefficiencies in deployment/build process and provides solutions. Server setup, installation and configuration.
- Configures and maintains HA configurations of various types. Defines the hosts in the backup system and establishes schedules. Allocates Servers based on application needs using the appropriate protocols and tiers.
- Server capacity planning, forecasts server growth, consults vendors, plans and executes server installation. Collaborates with programmers and database administrators to optimize server performance.
- Uses communication skills to listen to, identify & address customer needs while building a relationship and rapport with customers.
- Builds positive working relationships with team members, managers & all departments.
- Ensure the appropriate level of documentation to support the operation.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external clients.
- Completes IT Governance & IT project job assignments to ensure achievement of established project milestones
- Prioritizes and responds promptly based on severity levels to needs of the customer. Proactively or timely recognizes opportunities for service recovery and acts to resolve issues.
- Provide technical assistance in server planning, engineering and architecture.
- Provide recommendations on changes and design enhancements to improve reliability, security, processes, and performance.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging server tools and technologies.
- Research, evaluate and recommend system technologies to support business requirements.
- Develop and manage a robust data backup and retention strategy
- Coaches and mentors’ Level I and II
- Other duties as assigned