Senior Microsoft Systems Engineer

$106,400 - $200,200/Yr

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Woodbridge, VA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Woodbridge, VA

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About the position

The Senior System Engineer will engineer, implement, test, and document systems and components commensurate with their experience under the limited supervision of more engineering staff in support of a systems engineering effort. This role involves working with core platforms and services, as well as other technologies supported by the organization. The engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and serviceability of systems, while also mentoring junior staff and managing vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze process and system specifications to ensure delivery requirements are met.
• Design, implement, customize, maintain, and administer operating systems and system software products.
• Recommend enhancements and updates/patches to operating systems, system software products, and hardware.
• Ensure the Company's Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) metrics are sustained and improved.
• Implement and update monitoring tools.
• Monitor operating system performance to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Recommend new monitoring approaches and tools; develop and present related documentation, presentations, and discussions.
• Document test plans, as well as create/revise and execute scripts.
• Test and analyze equipment and infrastructure setup.
• Oversee implementation of security guidelines to prevent unauthorized access to servers and report any violations.
• Perform field level hardware repairs and upgrades.
• Interface with other team members and teams to ensure technology solutions and staff align with customer expectations and overall technology vision and goals.
• Document and communicate status in a timely manner including metric reporting.
• Champion the collaborative resolution of defects; work across the organization to deliver solutions that meet joint requirements.
• Lead/Co-lead internal process improvement initiatives; provide feedback on processes by offering suggestions.
• Evaluate industry trends, standards, and new technologies to recommend change.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff in project-level tasks.
• Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.
• Ensure all work products meet/exceed FINRA standards.
• Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting.
• Manage vendor relationships and related budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
• Past senior level systems administrator experience in a production data center environment.
• Knowledge of industry leading monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Knowledge of at least one operating system and at least one contemporary scripting language.
• Knowledge of communication and network technologies.
• Exposure to common operational practices like metrics reporting, change management, incident management, problem management, and communication ITIL & ISO:9000 framework experience/certification preferred.
• Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships that improve the quality of work products.
• Well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities.
• Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Microsoft M365 including Exchange Online.
• Familiarity with Entra ID including Conditional Access, SAML, SCIM.
• Experience with M365 CoPilot and leveraging M365 security controls.
• Knowledge of Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services.
• Experience with Network File Servers including Distributed File System Namespaces.
• Familiarity with PKI Certificate Services, including SCEP and OCSP.
• Experience with BYOD for iOS and Android.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits.
• Adoption assistance, backup family care, and surrogacy benefits.
• Employee assistance and wellness programs.
• Generous time-off program including 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days, and 9 sick days.
• Two volunteer service days.
• Paid holidays and various types of paid leave including military leave and bereavement leave.