Description

Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our IT team in Buffalo, NY. 

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From your PASSION to ours:

This position is part of a team that contributes to all system projects from conception through maintenance. The systems engineer is responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, and supporting datacenter and branch systems solutions as well as EUC solutions. 

From your EXPERTISE to ours:

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Design, implementation, monitoring, and administration of system related solutions. This includes technology such as server solutions (traditional 3-tier and HCI), NAS/SAN, backup, SaaS integrations, monitoring and maintenance platforms (update/patch deployment). 
• Troubleshooting of complex systems issues and collaboration with adjacent teams on issues in Security or Network as needed.
• Management of technical projects with both internal and vendor supplied resources. In some cases, this may include needs assessment, business benefit analysis, equipment selection, low level design, and task scheduling.
• Reporting of environment operational status by gathering and prioritizing information.
• Maintenance and improvement of solution efficiencies and security through continuous monitoring, research, and structured upgrades. 
• Contribution to suitability, stability, and performance by assisting in definition of policy and “best practices”, monitoring, and reporting on adherence.
• Creation and maintenance of documentation on systems and processes for both internal department use and user education.
• Completion of related tasks as needed to satisfy departmental and company mission.
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education 

• Candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree in a computer systems related field or possess equivalent experience in IT.
• CNA and/or MSCE are a plus.

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Windows Server administration or Network administration is required. 

Skills/Abilities

Applicants are expected to have a knowledge base on IT systems including:

Strong skill required

• Microsoft operating systems
• Domain services: MS Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
• Virtual EUC (e.g. Citrix XenApp, RDP)
• Server hardware architecture and design - traditional 3-tier and CI/HCI (e.g. VRTX and VXRail)
• Office 365 Administration
• VMWare including VSAN
• Backup and recovery strategy (vendor VEEAM)

Familiarity a plus

• Storage Area Networks (Dell Compellent, NetApp, EMC)
• CMP (incl Morpheus)
• Basic knowledge of switching and routing
• Lotus Domino