Platform Systems Engineer

An independent contributing IT Professional providing engineer level technical and group support within the Platform Systems Engineer family developing and applying technical proficiency in two or more IT disciplines that support Cook Children's platform infrastructure. This includes technology disciplines in Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, Nutanix, and Ivanti suite of products along with a proficient level of Windows server and desktop engineering and administration. Capacity planning, research emerging technologies, budgeting, private and public cloud infrastructure, making design decisions, and supporting Epic Client design and delivery. This position requires being a project resource for the Platform Team and Information Services projects. The Engineer position will be assisting and interacting with many customers requiring good communication, customer service and problem resolution skills. This role provides consulting services to Information Services teams and/or customers regarding technologies and the application of specific technology standards. The Engineer position assists Platform staff and other Information Services Professionals. Jobs in this family are responsible for developing, testing, maintaining, installing, and/or deploying technologies including systems, networks, data architectures, capacity planning, performance management, security, configuration management, and disaster recovery. In addition, a Platform Systems Engineer contributes to the establishment, development, and promotion of standard architectures, as well as hardware and software components that are used in the data center, cloud and user environments.

Qualifications:

• Position requires a bachelor's degree and 2 years of direct IT experience or an Associate's Degree and 4 years of direct IT experience or 6 years of direct IT experience and high school diploma or equivalent.
• BA/BS degree in IS or Business preferred.

Highly Preferred:

• Application Packaging Experience - Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM, SCCM), Etc.
• Scripting and Programing Experience - Batch, PowerShell, Visual Basic, Etc.
• Operating System Modeling and Patching - Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM, SCCM), Ivanti Endpoint Manager, Etc.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification:

Acquired one or more of the below Information Technology certifications is required - • Microsoft: MCSE, MCITP, MCP, MCDST or MCTS • Microsoft Azure: Administrator, Solutions Architect, Virtual Desktop • AWS: SysOps Administrator, Solutions Architect • Google: Cloud Engineer, Cloud Architect • Citrix: CCA-V, CCP-V or CCE-V • VMware: VCA, VCP or VCAP • CompTIA: A+, Server+, Network+ or Cloud+