Systems Engineer| Data

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Qualifications
Experience with tapeless backup / recovery systems and documenting these processes
Experience with Disaster Recovery planning and testing
Bachelor’s or Associate Degree in Computer Science, MIS or equivalent and continued field specific education
3-5 years practical experience in computer operations, applications and/or technical support or information security
A keen interest and aptitude for problem identification and resolution
Full understanding of operating system hardware, software, network components, security, and/or database management system
Ability to provide exact audit trials and recovery points during project life cycles to ensure maximum system stability
Ability to work cooperatively with technical and non-technical system users and industry vendors
Good listening ability as well as the ability to competently train others
Willingness to respond to problems with little notice as well as to adjusting off hours scheduling to meet company project installation dates
Depending on job responsibilities, may be required to reside within a 2-hour radius of the Acuity corporate headquarters
Responsibilities
The Enterprise Data team is responsible for maintaining the servers and applications related to the storage, processing, and reporting of data collected by Acuity
This teams supports the installations of Db2, Microsoft SQL, and PostgreSQL databases, along with Hadoop and its related services
Provide support and maintenance for distributed or open systems servers
Provide support and maintenance for all virtualization of servers
Provide support and maintenance for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems
Provide support and maintenance for data replication systems
Provide support and maintenance for 3rd party applications as necessary
Knowledge of progressive security as it pertains to the networking, operating systems, software, and hardware of assigned servers
Detailed understanding and experience with network protocols
Train local and remote users on operating system software packages and hardware operation
Test new software products and releases as well as hardware devices
Assist in establishing standards and trouble reporting procedures
Assist in system performance monitoring, reporting and tuning
Assist in the integration of multiple hardware platforms
Participate in the Disaster Recovery plan and rehearsals
Design new or revised architectures to include the software, hardware, and communications to support the total requirements and provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces
Remain abreast of company and industry directions
Regular and predictable attendance
Perform other duties as assigned
Be accountable and respond when reached out to for assistance during and outside of typical work hours, this may include participating in an off-hour call list
Job description
Acuity is seeking a Systems Engineer on our Enterprise Data team. The Enterprise Data team is responsible for maintaining the servers and applications related to the storage, processing, and reporting of data collected by Acuity. This teams supports the installations of Db2, Microsoft SQL, and PostgreSQL databases, along with Hadoop and its related services. This team works in conjunction with the Database Administration team to configure and maintain the databases that run on those platforms. This team also supports the applications that perform the ETL of our data as well as traditional and containerized reporting applications used throughout Acuity. This team provides support to our developers and data scientists as they use the applications.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Provide support and maintenance for distributed or open systems servers.
• Provide support and maintenance for all virtualization of servers.
• Provide support and maintenance for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
• Provide support and maintenance for data replication systems.
• Provide support and maintenance for 3rd party applications as necessary.
• Knowledge of progressive security as it pertains to the networking, operating systems, software, and hardware of assigned servers.
• Experience with tapeless backup / recovery systems and documenting these processes.
• Detailed understanding and experience with network protocols.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery planning and testing.
• Train local and remote users on operating system software packages and hardware operation.
• Test new software products and releases as well as hardware devices.
• Assist in establishing standards and trouble reporting procedures.
• Assist in system performance monitoring, reporting and tuning.
• Assist in the integration of multiple hardware platforms.
• Participate in the Disaster Recovery plan and rehearsals.
• Design new or revised architectures to include the software, hardware, and communications to support the total requirements and provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.
• Remain abreast of company and industry directions.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s or Associate Degree in Computer Science, MIS or equivalent and continued field specific education.

EXPERIENCE:

3-5 years practical experience in computer operations, applications and/or technical support or information security.

OTHER:
• A keen interest and aptitude for problem identification and resolution.
• Full understanding of operating system hardware, software, network components, security, and/or database management system.
• Ability to provide exact audit trials and recovery points during project life cycles to ensure maximum system stability.
• Ability to work cooperatively with technical and non-technical system users and industry vendors.
• Good listening ability as well as the ability to competently train others.
• Willingness to respond to problems with little notice as well as to adjusting off hours scheduling to meet company project installation dates.
• Depending on job responsibilities, may be required to reside within a 2-hour radius of the Acuity corporate headquarters.
• Be accountable and respond when reached out to for assistance during and outside of typical work hours, this may include participating in an off-hour call list.

This job is classified as exempt.

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