Staff Engineer Virtualization

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Staff Virtualization Engineer
As a Staff Virtualization Engineer, you are responsible for implementing and administration of all virtualization and storage systems. You will lead the installation and configure tasks as well as perform upgrades and maintenance. You are responsible for implementing highly available systems and resolving incidents in a timely manner.
Are you the teammate we are looking for?
Who you are:
Engineering is the function that applies principles and techniques of engineering, mathematics, and computer/data science to the design, development, and testing of applications. The Product & Technology engineering family consists of software development, testing, database, devops, virtualization & network.

• Enthusiastic about architecting the best hardware and software systems available and providing the ultimate customer experience
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process
• A trusted advisor in your craft. Your peers consistently rely on your input and analysis.
• Interested in staying current by applying new technologies
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology
• During the first six months, you will:
• Recommend optimized solutions to support current and long-range planning
• Collaborates with other leaders in the selection and recommendation of tools and technologies to improve efficiencies ultimately increasing customer satisfaction.
• Make architectural decisions to better the Paylocity infrastructure platform and supporting technologies
• Become the technical subject matter expert for the team
• Take on a leading role on a major epics/subsystems/system design
• Regularly mentor or coach multiple engineers
• Make good, informed decisions around technical debt and tradeoffs
• Continuously improve processes, such as reviewing change controls, and best practices for the team
• Work closely with other teams to enable moving infrastructure workloads to the cloud
• Find ways to deliver requested scope faster, and tackles tech debt proactively

Required Experience:

• Experience scripting with PowerShell / PowerCLI to automate tasks or simplify deployments
• Advanced knowledge of network concepts, topologies, protocols, and Infrastructure including, but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS and how they operate on a client/server network.
• Expertise in VMware technologies (vSphere, vRealize, SRM, NSX)
• Extensive knowledge of complex enterprise server and storage systems, preferably Cisco UCS and Pure Storage.
• Experiencing designing SAN Fabrics on Brocade or Cisco
• Knowledge and experience with data protection platforms (Ex. Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam, etc.)
• Experience with Cloud technologies and infrastructure as well as operating in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment
• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years' experience
• Must be adaptable to change and have a willingness to learn
• Must have a strong sense of curiosity
• Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks
• Must be able to work effectively in an agile and team environment
• Must be effective and creative in problem solving

Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.
Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]
This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $83,642 - $181,531/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers .