ASSOCIATE SYSTEMS ENGINEER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Aug 6, 2024 - The Associate Systems Engineer maintains asset compliance through regular updates and reports and manages projects independently. This role involves effective communication of changes and project progress, ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within budget constraints. The position requires strong leadership, clear oral and written communication skills, and the ability to interpret technical documentation.
Summary of Associate Systems Engineer Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Computer Engineering with 3 years of Experience
- Excellent analytical ability, strong troubleshooting skills
- Understanding of how to isolate and diagnose application or system problems
- Experience in running, supporting and managing high availability infrastructures
- Demonstrate self-initiative and self-motivation
- Intermediate Linux command line skills, ITIL certification
- Beginning to intermediate programming/scripting skills
- Basic understanding of Kubernetes, Azure, and OpenShift concepts
- System and application performance analysis
- Experience in Cluster management
2. BS in Electrical Engineering with 2 years of Experience
- Basic understanding of SQL statements
- Basic understanding of Virtualization concepts
- Basic understanding of Operational Support of Cloud-based services (i.e. IaaS, Paas)
- Exposure to project work/project management a plus
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products
- Operational support of virtual systems (i.e. VMWare), IaaS or PaaS
- Work with web-based systems (i.e. IIS, Apache, WebLogic)
- Scripting programming skills are desirable
- OpenShift/OpenStack, Kubernetes, Azure Fundamentals understanding desirable.
- Very good general IT knowledge
3. BS in Computer Science with 4 years of Experience
- Update and report on assets to ensure compliance.
- Experience in managing assigned projects with minimal supervision.
- Ability to communicate changes and progress
- Ability to complete projects on time and within budget.
- Requires minimal supervision and fill in for Hardware Engineer
- Ability to respond to requests for service and assistance to meet commitments.
- Good oral communication – Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
- Ability to written communications – Writes clearly and informative
- Able to read and interpret written information and technical documents/maps.
- Adept at leadership Skills and carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
4. BS in Information Technology with 3 years of Experience
- Excellent spoken / written English skills
- One or more years of Incident Handling in a Network Operations Center or like environment.
- Teamwork, self-initiative and collaborative troubleshooting skills
- Good working independently and as part of a team in a collaborative manner
- Ability to communicate actions and/or next steps
- Ability to work a flexible schedule based on the needs of a live production environment
- Ability to remove, lift and replace equipment in server racks
- Ability to perform programming tasks to represent particular customer-accepted models in an Operator-in-the-Loop (OITL) virtual simulation.
- Ability to work both independently without direct supervision
- Ability to distributed team to develop end products
5. BS in Systems Engineering with 5 years of Experience
- Computer system maintenance and support experience
- Experience with Administrate and Support Windows 10, Windows Server platforms
- Experience with Administrate and Support Redhat and Centos OS platforms
- Experience with Administrate and Support VM and Virtualized environments
- Experience with software deployment and centralized system management such as SCCM
- Demonstrated skills in the areas of analysis, organization, and escalation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills, with a cool levelheaded approach
- Strong desire to learn and cross-train in new technologies and passion to maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
6. BS in Information Technology with 6 years of Experience
- Fundamental working knowledge of hardware platforms – HP ProLiant, Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, IBM P-Series, Cisco Network/SAN switches and routers.
- Fundamental working knowledge of server hardware components – Processors, Memory, Disk Drives, RAID controllers, I/O Cards, and Mainboards.
- Fundamental working knowledge of Firmware, RAID configurations, Integrated Lights Out, hardware logs.
- Good working knowledge of copper and fiber optic infrastructure – Cat6, Twinax, Single-mode fiber, multi-mode fiber, rollover, serial.
- Fundamental understanding of TIA 942 standard.
- Working knowledge of Operating systems - Windows OS, Unix / Linux, VMWare ESX
- Working knowledge of networking topologies and network protocols including LAN/WAN technologies, TCP/IP, Switches and routers.
- Limited 24x7 on-call troubleshooting and repair
- Must be able to meet established TTR and SLAs.
- Experience in managing inventory of all assets and components in the data center
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