Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Technologies (Tier 2) - US - Calian Corp.
Houston, TX
About the Job
We’re hiring! Calian is growing and looking for talented individuals to join our team. Our diverse and inclusive team's capabilities are leveraged to solve complex problems using cutting-edge technologies.
Whether remote or in the office, Calian offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well-being and your loved ones. You will experience a company that believes in small teams for maximum impact; seeks well-rounded talent to ensure a full perspective on our customers’ experience, understands that this is a marathon, not a sprint; that continuously and purposefully builds an inclusive culture that empowers everyone to do their best work and be the best version of themselves.
We seek a Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Technologies who will support the Microsoft core business application and operating systems.
Responsibilities
- Support of disaster recovery solutions
- Essential technical support at the network level: WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, and security
- Basic remote access solution implementation and support: VPN, ConnectWise Automate, and other tools
- Monitor the remote monitoring and management system alerts and notifications, and respond accordingly through service tickets
- System documentation maintenance and review in ConnectWise
- Communication with customers as required: keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of impending changes or agreed outages
- Improve customer service, perception, and satisfaction
- Fast turnaround of customer requests
- Work with the CSRs to ensure requests are routed to the proper resource to resolve quickly and efficiently
- Escalate service requests that require engineer-level support
- Responsible for entering time and expenses in ConnectWise as it occurs
- Enter all work as service tickets into ConnectWise
- Perform other duties as required and/or assigned
- Employee must be able to perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable
Technical Requirements – Working knowledge or SME of a majority of the following:
- Exchange 2013 and newer
- Migrate on-premise Exchange environments to Office 365
- Office 365 and Hybrid Exchange Server Configuration
- Skype for Business 2013 and newer
- OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Environments
- IronPort ESA and Mimecast
- Active Directory 2012 and newer
- Key services, including but not limited to; DNS, DHCP, File Services
- Azure Solutions and Services
- Demonstrated knowledge in the support of servers and operating systems Windows 2008 - Windows 2012 R2 and above
- Veem or other Backup and Replication technologies
- Networking (IP, DHCP, DNS, data center switching)
- Windows PowerShell scripting experience
- ConnectWise Control, Automate and Manage is a plus
- Monitoring and Management Platforms is a plus
- VMware (Center, ESXI, and Horizon View) is a plus
- Enterprise storage systems is a plus
Qualifications
- Advanced understanding of operating systems, business applications, printing systems, and network systems
- Professional demeanor
- Relentless focus on delighting customers, treating colleagues regardless of position with the utmost respect
- Able to interact confidently with C-level executives at client sites
- Organized, able to manage and complete multiple projects simultaneously
- Detail Oriented, able to apply consistency throughout the work product
- Able to work with outside vendors to troubleshoot issues and tackle problems
- Efficient, effective at producing required results in a short amount of time
- Strong communication, both written and orally (consistent, efficient, and effective)
- Follow directions yet applies judgment and can be flexible
- Independent, with the ability to effectively work unsupervised
- Pro-active, able to note things that need to be done without being prompted and proactively address them
- Minimal travel required
Preferred Minimum Experience/Education
- 4+ years of in-depth experience maintaining and supporting technology solutions that utilize technical skills described above
- 4+ years of in-depth experience supporting and troubleshooting a multi-server windows Domain network environment
- Experience working directly with technical engineers and practice managers as well as nontechnical end-users
EEO Statement
Calian Corp. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.