Sr. Systems Engineer (On-site)
Northwest Administrators, Inc · Seattle, WA · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$9k–$12k/moFull-time
Join a close‑knit, supportive Technical Services team where you’ll provide outstanding customer support while serving as the technical authority for enterprise‑level virtualization, storage, data protection, identity, endpoint management, and hybrid cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, configure and maintain high‑availability vSphere environments, including vCenter administration.
- Manage networking, resource allocation, capacity planning and VM lifecycle management.
- Design, provision and troubleshoot enterprise SAN/NAS storage arrays.
- Own the enterprise backup and replication infrastructure (VEEAM); ensure backups are performed, monitored and maintained across all locations.
- Plan, document and execute recurring restore and disaster‑recovery testing.
- Maintain enterprise rack server infrastructure, including firmware upgrades, hardware health monitoring and out‑of‑band monitoring.
- Configure and install servers, storage, virtualization hosts, desktops, printers, network hardware, software and operating systems per defined standards.
- Manage, secure and scale hybrid infrastructure across on‑premise environments and Azure cloud platforms.
- Administer hybrid Exchange topologies, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams.
- Maintain Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, Entra ID tenant security, hybrid identity synchronization, single sign‑on integrations, and PKI/internal certificate authorities in coordination with the security team.
- Own the enterprise mobile device and endpoint management platform (Microsoft Intune).
- Support deployment, configuration and ongoing administration of Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI services.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- 7–10 years of enterprise systems administration and engineering experience, including senior or lead‑level responsibilities.
- Expertise in vSphere 7.x/8.x architecture.
- Extensive knowledge of virtualization, datacenter infrastructure, SAN/NAS storage, enterprise backup & recovery platforms, Microsoft 365, Exchange, PowerShell and Intune.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, software and networks; Windows desktop/server administration and Active Directory.
- Preferred: VMware VCP or VCAP certification.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a productive team member.
- Meticulous attention to detail with rapid problem assessment and analysis.
- Service‑minded approach to customer support.
Pay
Salary range: $8,960 – $12,120 per month (dependent upon experience and qualifications).
Benefits
- Medical, dental (including orthodontia), vision, prescription drug coverage.
- Disability, life and pet insurance.
- Generous 401(k) plan with employer base contribution and matching.
- Paid vacation (10 days), sick leave (10 days) and holidays (10 days).
- Collaborative team environment.
- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- Work‑life balance.
Schedule
On‑site position in the Seattle office.