System Engineer I

All education provided on your application must be supported by attaching a scanned copy of your high school diploma, transcription or college/university transcript.
 
Work Year Calendar and Hours
 

• 12-month position (260 days / year), 8 hours per day
• Daily work hours: TBD

 
For more information about employee benefits please go to: www.fcps.org/benefits
 
Salary
 

• Technology Salary Scale Grade T23: $50.35 per hour; starting

 
Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act this position is non-exempt from overtime. Actual salary placement will be in accordance with the salary procedures of the Frederick County Public School System. Please see linked salary scale for the full range.
 
Role
The Systems Engineer I designs, architects and implements complex hardware deployments, software installations/upgrades and significant operational initiatives including highly available web services, Storage Area Networks, SQL databases, Microsoft Active Directory Infrastructure, messaging systems, and other application services.
 
Essential Functions
 
Reporting directly to the Supervisor of IT Infrastructure and Security, the Systems Engineer I performs the following duties:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of data center assigned staff and resources including scheduling upgrades and maintenance that minimally impact core business and instructional functions.  This will include performing off hour upgrades, installing patches, service packs, troubleshooting, etc.
• Perform project management responsibilities including budgeting, RFP development, Disaster Recovery planning, etc.
• Perform Multi-tiered incident, change management and problem resolution.
• Securely design and implement key IT infrastructure including scalable web services, Storage Area Networks, internet/intranet services, SQL databases, server virtualization, messaging systems, Active Directory, File Print, and other servers and services.
• Maintain Public Key Infrastructure.  Implements and maintains Information Systems security as mandated by state, county, and internal requirements.  Performs routine system audits and vulnerability assessments, verifies IS security compliance.
• Monitor faults, performance, and capacity issues; prepares remediation reports and documentation.
• Proactively researches, analyzes, identifies, and resolves trends of utilization or errors.
• Program, design, and implement applications and scripts to facilitate and automate operational tasks such as disaster recovery, backups, reporting, import/export of user and student information, account maintenance, Active Directory administrative, etc.
• Continuously identifies opportunities for process and quality improvement and implements applicable technologies and/or process changes.
• Architect and implement highly available infrastructure including design and test of clustered/fail-over services, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, load balancing, etc.
• Architect and implement systems management and proactive monitoring tools.
• Integrity verification, performance tuning, backup, restore, and maintenance of enterprise SQL databases.
• Implement and oversee large, complex backup systems using OST, NDMP, data deduplication, replication and snapshots technologies.  Protect all systems and end user data:  schedule and maintain onsite and offsite backups, review backup logs, develop and maintain backup procedures, documenting recovery plans and implement new backup technologies.
• Document all system administration processes and installation procedures.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Other Functions
 

• Remain technically current and competent by learning new technologies and obtaining certifications as requested by management.
• Oversees software/hardware maintenance contracts and manages network services agreements.
• Manage purchasing of Information Systems infrastructure.
• Performs other duties as required.