Maximize your potential, own your impact. We are Charter Next Generation (CNG). We are curious. We are courageous. We are competitive. We are North America’s leading independent producer of high-performance, specialty film, and flexible packaging solutions for a greener tomorrow. Join us and our 2,000 employee-owners now as we passionately pursue sustainable solutions to create a better world.

This career opportunity is located at our CNG facility in Milton, WI.

What we offer - Our hardworking team deserves benefits that work for them:

Total Rewards:

• Significant earning potential in year 1
• Progressive pay with skills development
• Additional earnings through employee ownership program
• Benefits day 1
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement 
• 401k with 5% company match at 90 days of employment
• Vacation upon day of hire

People & Culture:

• Sustainability leader
• Innovative & dynamic environment
• Safety & quality driven
• Purpose-driven & Values-based
• Community partners
• Earth stewardship

As a IT Systems Engineer your responsibilities will be:

• Manage existing infrastructure environment to provide 24/7 operating capability.
• Assist team members on various IT-related projects or day-to-day tasks.
• Diagnose complex hardware and software problems and implement corrective solutions.
• Plan, implement and document Windows server installations, migrations, and upgrades.
• Maintain physical servers running in hypervisor clusters with SAN-backed storage.
• Maintain physical servers running standalone hypervisors with direct attached storage (DAS).
• Maintain a Windows RDS server farm.
• Setup and maintain Veeam backups utilizing NAS, cloud and tape repositories.
• Assist with administration of Active Directory, Group Policies, DHCP, DNS (internal and external), Microsoft 365, and Azure AD.
• Work with infrastructure team to track vulnerabilities, apply remediations and patches to network and server assets.
• Contribute to IT knowledgebase with detailed documentation of design and configuration information. 
• Working knowledge of infrastructure components such as LANs, WANs, VPNs, Wi-Fi networks, routers/firewalls, switches, and battery backups is essential.
• Assist in annual disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Prompt response to system outages or service problems. May require off-hours work.

A strong IT Systems Engineer will possess:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience as a network/server administrator/engineer position for 5 years
• High level Proficiency in Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, Server, email and Domain management.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 in an Exchange Hybrid Environment.
• Experience with building and supporting RDS server farms on Windows Server 2012r2 or newer. FSLogix experience a plus.
• Working knowledge of two-tiered PKI in a Microsoft Windows environment with ADCS.
• Experience with Microsoft NPS server.
• Experience with 802.1x Wi-Fi utilizing EAP-TLS and PEAP-MSCHAPv2.
• Experience with industry standard infrastructure components such as HPE/Dell/Cisco UCS servers, Fortinet firewalls, Cisco switches, Meraki/Ruckus Wireless Access Points, Dell SANs, Cisco/Avaya phone systems, and Veeam backup.
• Experience with Virtualization Platforms VMWare vSphere and Hyper-V.
• Understanding of Security Fundamentals.

Safety at CNG: 

• Ensure that safety and health concerns are given primary consideration in all activities
• Follows company guidelines and actively participates in all safety processes
• Carry out job/area specific housekeeping duties and maintain a high standard of professionalism
• Look for, report, and correct any near misses/unsafe conditions or behaviors as soon as possible
• Identify needed changes and make recommendations - find a better way

Physical Work and Work Environment:

 Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Team members are also required to frequently talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

Are our values a match for you?

• Committed – We act with integrity and respect for one another.
• Collaborative – We are better when we work together.
• Caring – We strive to be socially conscious in all we do.
• Courageous – We take risks to achieve better outcomes.
• Curious – We encourage new thinking to reimagine what’s possible.
• Competitive – We play to win.

Want to learn more about CNG? Click here to learn from our employees! https://www.youtube.com/@charternextgeneration

If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and resume. Become part of our CNG team today!

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