Systems Engineer jobs in State College, PA

 Summary:  The Senior Systems Engineer will be a highly skilled and experienced professional responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of Pyramid’s computer systems and networks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain the organization's computer systems and networks, including servers, storage systems, and network infrastructure.
• Design, configure and administer Microsoft Active Directory and Azure AD and related cloud compute environment
• Configure and maintain ADFS / Okta / IDP tools and environment
• Monitor and optimize the performance of computer systems and networks to ensure high availability and stability including storage/SAN environments.
• Identify and resolve technical issues in a timely and efficient manner, including troubleshooting hardware and software problems.
• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity.
• Manage and maintain the organization's security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and security information and event management systems.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technology trends and advancements in the field and make recommendations for upgrades and improvements.
• Collaborate with other IT professionals and stakeholders to identify business requirements and develop technical solutions that meet those requirements.
• Manage and mentor junior IT systems engineers, providing guidance and training as needed.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of large-scale IT projects.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Required Qualifications

Education, Licensure, & Experience

• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field or comparable work experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience with advanced systems engineering

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Strong technical skills, including expertise in operating systems, virtualization, storage, and networking technologies, are essential for success in this role.
• Excellent problem-solving, and leadership skills are required to effectively collaborate with other stakeholders
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability with 3^rd party cloud security and identity solutions including Okta.
• Experience with Microsoft Cloud Platform Security - users, groups and roles
• Virtualization computing environments including HyperV and VMWare
• Interest in learning and taking on increasingly complex tasks
• Knowledge of application deployment process is a plus including PowerShell and modern deployment tools
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 environment
• Cisco Meraki Knowledge is a plus
• UCaaS knowledge is a plus

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required at moderate levels to walk, stoop, twist, kneel, or crouch. The employee must lift and/ or move up to 20 pounds.

Specific vision levels required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Remote

Pyramid CORE Values:

We are committed and proud to live our CORE values and use them to inspire those around us. Our employees are expected to align with these values, behaviors and standards. We are held accountable for upholding these CORE Values: INTEGRITY is striving to be honest, transparent and ethical when dealing with clients, staff and the community. DEDICATION is demonstrating an unwavering commitment to always provide exceptional care and support to those we serve is needed daily. COLLABORATION is a steadfast, team-focused approach; working together to achieve excellence. PASSION is genuine, compelling and relentless desire to improve lives and support Pyramid Healthcare’s mission.  Positive attitude and team before self-mindset required.