Apex Systems has an opening for a Digital & IT Sr. Analyst (on the Compute & Storage side) for an onsite role (4 days onsite) in the Cary, NC OR Erie, PA area to be responsible for designing, planning, installing, and supporting the global compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery infrastructure solutions. Leadership skills, project management skills and expert level technical skills will be paramount to success as this forward-thinking individual will work with various technical and non-technical groups to drive global migration projects to completion.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the planning, implementation, support, and maintenance of infrastructure solutions specific to compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Daily environmental health monitoring, proactively remediating any identified issues.
• Resolution of reported incidents and fulfillment of requests pertaining to the compute infrastructure.
• Implement changes utilizing ITIL based change management procedures.
• Lead efforts toward the automation and instrumentation of daily/weekly/monthly maintenance on infrastructure hardware end points to ensure optimal performance.
• Build pre-defined technical solutions that will enhance performance, increase redundancy, and add flexibility to the existing infrastructure.
• Lead the replacement of compute/storage infrastructure in key locations.
• Assist in deploying a backup solution across sites.
• Assist in defining, testing, and deploying a disaster recovery solution for all critical applications.
• Create and maintain concise and accurate technical documentation.
• Manage multiple small to medium initiatives simultaneously.
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and stakeholder involvement.
• Scheduled on-call support for after-hours and weekends on a rotating basis

Technical Experience:

5-7 years of senior level experience managing Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environments. (Dell VxRail, Nutanix AHV, Cisco Hyperflex, etc.)

5-7 years of senior level Virtualization experience (VMware or Microsoft Hypervisor)

Comprehensive background in managing Windows servers in an enterprise environment - Strong technical knowledge of Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022

Practical experience managing computer/server objects in Active Directory

Demonstrated experience with cloud based compute solutions such as Azure, AWS, Google

Experience deploying MS SQL

Practical Linux experience

Experienced in backup technologies such as Commvault, Symantec NetBackup, Rubrik, Veeam, or Cloud Backup technologies (Azure)

Experience planning and implementing disaster recovery solutions.

Demonstrated experience with server monitoring solutions.

Solid understanding of Network layers

Experience developing PowerShell scripts

Comfortable working in a geographically diverse team

ITIL Foundations or Intermediate level certification strongly preferred,

ServiceNow experience is a plus.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Computing Sciences, Information System or related areas