Systems Engineer P1 

 

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation.  For more information, please visit solera.com.  

The role:
We are seeking a technically skilled & highly motivated individual to work within our growing Global IT Organization. This role requires a range of experience supporting Windows servers running customer-facing and internal applications.

What You’ll Do:

Effectively deploy, configure, and maintain Windows servers in a Data Center environment.Be accountable for server health, uptime, and performance.Routinely patch, remediate and secure operating systems in alignment with security policies.Create and maintain standardized OS images and employ automation to rapidly deploy virtual machines.Assist project teams in technical design, strategy, planning and implementation of server and software rollouts.Provide daily operational task support including change requests, resolving trouble tickets, server monitoring and problem triage.Produce and maintain server documentation.Adopt DevOps practices to drive the use of automation to simplify routine tasks.

Key Skills

Windows server installation, configuration, and administration (Windows Server 2012 > current)Scripting and other automation (i.e. PowerShell)Performance tuning and troubleshootingVMWare, Networking, and storage fundamentals.Good, clean documentation skillsWorking within a team to drive improvements, stability, and security.

Desirable Skills

Windows Server and IIS administrationWindows Remote Desktop ServicesOS security and server hardeningSoftware deployment tools (Octopus, Jenkins, Git, etc)SCCM or similarMonitoring tools (Icinga, New Relic, Opsview, Zabbix, etc)Disaster Recovery methodologies and implementation

Experience

Desirable 1 year of experience in supporting Microsoft technologies within a production setting.Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.Working experience in a multi-platform, multi-data center IT environment.Experience executing tasks using scripting languages like PowerShell, Ansible, etc.Experience creating and maintaining good documentation.Experience in ISO compliance.

Personal Characteristics

Excellent interpersonal and communication skillsWillingness to identify, implement and drive improvements.Proactive, enthusiastic, and output driven.Flexibility with regards to working outside normal business hours as required.