This position is responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the Avangrid Renewables Corporate Infrastructure and Associated Applications, with emphasis on current infrastructure around Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. The successful candidate will possess a high-level of technical expertise in infrastructure architecture, maintenance, and overall systems integration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and support stable network and server environment.
- Work closely with the application support team to enable solid OT infrastructure. Perform, coordinate, and manage tasks to ensure business success of the application environment.
- Light DBA efforts for SQL and Oracle environments.
- Design, implement, and maintain solid information security, paying special attention to regulatory issues as regards NERC CIPs.
- Create and perform best practices for server stability & patching, backups, test, development, and the like.
- Manage SAN/NAS storage across multiple disparate devices and protocol.
- Manage core vendor relationships.
- Work closely with both technical and non-technical staff to create a resilient and highly-available infrastructure for systems operations.
- Adhere to effective internal controls.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 5 years Windows system administration or MCSE.
- Minimum 5 years Microsoft Active Directory experience (Structure, GPOs, Health, etc).
- Minimum 1 year Information Security Experience or CISSP certification.
- Minimum 2 years network design experience.
- Minimum 1 year telecommunications experience.
- Solid OSI model comprehension.
- Minimum 5 years in a technical support role.
- Demonstrated history of exceptional customer service.
- Strong Microsoft product suite knowledge, with emphasis on Visio and/or other technical infrastructure documentation products.
- Strong history of managing complex efforts with demanding customers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with or knowledge of Disaster Recovery philosophies and methodologies, including practical experience.
- Experience with or knowledge of Business Continuity philosophies and methodologies, including practical experience.
- Minimum 1 year Linux system administration.
- Minimum 1 year Visual Basic Scripting Experience.
- Minimum 1 year VMWare ESX administration, over multiple SAN/WAN protocols, in clustered and non-clustered environments.
- Minimum 2 years VDI Experience.
- Minimum 2 years Backup System Experience (Symantec Netbackup/Backup Exec).
- Minimum 1 year RSA SecureID Experience.
- Minimum 1 year SQL Server Administration.
- Minimum 1 year Network Appliance configuration/support (Storage Infrastructure, Caching Appliances, Operations Management, SAN protocols, Snapmirror).
- Minimum 1 year System Center or other centralized management technologies.
- Minimum 1 year Symantec Antivirus using centralized management tools.
Additional Success Factors:
- Self-starter with demonstrated performance leading initiatives and building consensus at all levels of a matrixed global organization.
- Ability to foster and participate in a productive team environment by establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, customers, contractors, and vendors.
- Effectively provides and receives information orally in individual and group situations. Written expression is clear, concise, and conveys the desired message.
- Ability to efficiently manage multiple, concurrent, time-sensitive projects and priorities.
- Flexible, creative, and solution-focused outlook on problem solving.
Mobility Information: Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
AVANGRID’s employment practices and policies are geared to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At AVANGRID we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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