Systems engineer, datacenter cloud services [active directory & core services]
mxn 400,000 - 600,000
senior systems engineer, datacenter cloud services [active directory & core services] is a hands-on position subject matter expert in modern enterprise hybrid active directory and core services technology platforms (e.g. Active directory, azure entra id, privilege access management (pam) w/ delinea, hsm smartkey, key vault, global dns, dhcp, internal pki and azure cloud pki, root certificates authority, ssl certificates, public & private domain services, file & print, etc.); responsible for the envisioning, design, establishment of standards, driving future design strategy, solution development, overseeing implementations, configuration management, operations, and maintenance. Also responsible for performing and driving day-to-day technical and administrative activities, maintaining, and delivering optimal operational efficiency of kontoor’s global hybrid cloud infrastructure landscape environments, including both public & private cloud datacenters as well as server computing technologies across distributed locations.
responsibilities:
* architecture standards and strategy: serving as the technical subject matter expert/lead resource for current and future kontoor’s hybrid-active directory and core services technologies and other enterprise infrastructure related platforms and components such as on-premises active directory, azure entra id, privilege access management (pam), hsm, key vault, dns, dhcp, internal pki and cloud pki, certificates authority, public & private domain services, file & print to support multiple, parallel projects and global it initiative while maintaining reliability, performance, and ensuring best practices are implemented to support kontoor’s business.
* collaborate with application analysts, solution architects, and it system owners to provide oversight and consultation during technical design, build, test and operational phases including active issue management and resolution of kontoor’s global hybrid cloud infrastructure landscape (such as compute, storage, ha, security, data protection and disaster recovery capabilities). Peer review of technical solution designs to ensure consistency with kontoor’s global it standards and strategic alignments. Research trends in technologies; determines and proposes trends and technologies applicable to optimizing and advancing kontoor it and business capabilities.
* engineering and operations: in conjunction with global it infrastructure team – evaluate, engineer, plan, install, configure, deploy and administer solutions related to core services and hybrid-cloud infrastructure technology components especially related to on-premises active directory, azure entra id, privilege access management (pam), hsm, key vault, dns, dhcp, internal pki and cloud pki, certificates authority, public & private domain services, file & print; include maintaining n-1 platforms or systems upgrades and patching, systems refreshes and/or enhancements across existing and future enterprise landscape as required from lower environments (sandbox, dev, test, qa, pre-prod) to production and disaster recovery environment.
* in conjunction with other kontoor global it and managed services provider, perform/supervise/delegate day-to-day administration and operations activities (e.g., monitoring and troubleshooting of the enterprise collaboration, web services, and hybrid infrastructure systems, respond to system’s problems, systems tuning and capacity management, etc.) utilizing kontoor’s enterprise standards process, procedures and leveraging industry best practices. Work directly with internal global it groups and vendor resources to achieve project goals and provide ongoing support of the system.
* participate with troubleshooting, incident response, change control, testing and validate infrastructure changes or problems across the hybrid-cloud infrastructure and distributed environment.
* participate in off-hours support on-call rotation.
* provide regular communication to kontoor it management and leadership team on internal team initiatives, infrastructure related projects, and other work assignments.
* participate in design sessions of technical infrastructure & cloud processes, integrate solutions into existing infrastructure and continuous improvement of standards, processes, procedure across the function area of responsibility.
* review, validate, develop technical designs, prototypes, process designs, testing, training, and definition of support procedures for systems deployment in cloud/on-prem infrastructure(s).
* develop and maintain appropriate documentation for architecture, design, implementation, standard operating procedures, and testing activities.
* prepare formal project documentation, including specifications, requirements summaries, logical system design documents, state diagrams, and test scripts.
* stakeholder and vendor management: build, develop, and grow business relationships with users, within kontoor global it infrastructure/application/security and with partners and vendors. This includes working with internal and external infrastructure and networking teams to provide support for both current and future kontoor’s hybrid-cloud datacenter landscapes.
requirements:
* 8+ years progressive experience with hybrid-active directory and core services technologies design, implementation and supporting operations in large enterprise global hybrid-cloud datacenter using microsoft azure cloud infrastructure and core services technologies such as hybrid active directory w/ azure entra id (formerly azure ad), privilege access management (pam) using delinea, hsm smartkey, key vault, global dns, dhcp, internal pki and azure cloud pki, root ca (certificates authority), ssl certificates, public & private domain services, global file & global print services, etc.
* 8+ years experience microsoft windows hybrid domain infrastructure environment, including server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, office 365, exchange online, sharepoint, and major linux operating systems, suse and rhel. Suse & rhel supporting sap s4 hana preferred
* 8+ years experience hyper-converged infrastructure and datacenter virtualization, nutanix ahv, hyper-v cluster, azure stack and enterprise openshift. Nutanix ahv on dell xc-core server hardware preferred
* enterprise hybrid-cloud data backup, recovery and san storage technologies, commvault, cisco mds san and dell/emc powermax array experience preferred
* unix/linux/as400 domain infrastructure environment, including ibm power series hardware, aix v6.2 – v7.2, redhat enterprise & suse linux, ibm system i as400 systems
* enterprise database, analytic and reporting platforms – sql server (include ha clustering), azure sql services, azure datafactory (including ssis, ssrs, ssas, etl, power bi), oracle, mysql, mogodb, db2 and informix, etc.)
* enterprise modern end user computing platform technologies for virtual desktop, hosted desktop/applications, & application packaging/delivery such as intune, azure windows virtual desktop & fslogic experience preferred
* experience with infrastructure orchestration and automation (infrastructure-as-code, configuration-as-code) for provisioning and management of on-premises infrastructure, azure hosted infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service capabilities (azure) including virtual networks, virtual machines, and data services
* experience with agile it framework, ci/cd platforms and tools such as azure devops, pipeline, git, puppet, chef, or ansible
* experience with scripting and automating infrastructure and cloud platforms using scripting languages, tools and management of script libraries such as azure powershell, powershell, azure arm, python, bash, ansible tower, terraform cloud, broadcom (ca) automic
* advance level knowledge of networking, tcp/ip, routers, load balancers and xml gateway devices, including ipv4, ipv6, sftp, ssh, pki, tcp/ip, dns, etc.
* bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, industrial engineering, management information systems, or related field preferred, or a 10+ years combination of equivalent education and relevant experience
* certification in core services technology platforms (e.g., microsoft active directory, azure entra id, dns, dhcp, domain services, certificate authority, pki, cloud pki)
* combination of certifications in various datacenter technologies (e.g., enterprise applications, datacenter virtualization, san storage, data protection, microsoft windows server os, suse linux, rhel linux, ibm power platforms (as400/aix), infrastructure security, various operating systems & database platforms, etc.)
* itil certification and experience preferred
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