Principal Systems Engineer

Gartner, Inc

(Trumbull, Connecticut)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About Gartner, Inc

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the Systems Infrastructure team and execute upon tactical and strategic directions to provide the IT operating platform that is essential to run Gartner’s business, applications, and data management
  • Collaborate with worldwide managers and staff to ensure consistent application of the tactical and strategic directions of Gartner.
  • Ensure 24x7 availability for critical systems; participate in the strategic planning of the enterprise infrastructure; troubleshoot and resolve performance or hardware issues; perform day-to-day administrative tasks, participate in 24x7 escalations for critical systems errors/issues/outages
  • Develop and implement Systems Infrastructure plans, including; standards, documentation, processes, procedures and best practices for improving Gartner’s IT infrastructure
  • Contribute to the evaluation, selection, design, development, implementation, and administration of Gartner’s global infrastructure platforms and support tools
  • Execute strategy in providing systems automation and efficiency, 24/7 server and data availability, system health monitoring, inventory management
  • Drive efficiencies in Gartner’s investment in infrastructure; Servers, Storage, Backups, etc.
  • Stay up to date on changes in the systems infrastructure industry to provide continuous improvement in process, procedures, tools, technologies, and capabilities
  • Participate with the selection of technology solutions to improve Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, reliability, availability within the Gartner enterprise.
  • Make recommendations for the next generation technology
Ideal Candidate
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • 10 or more years of information technology experience, at least 6 years in a relevant IT infrastructure leadership role.
  • Good judgment, prompt decision-making ability, responsibility and accountability
  • Experience leading an IT Infrastructure team
  • Ability to guide or mentor other members of the IT Infrastructure team in server and storage technologies
  • In-depth knowledge of Storage Area Networks and underlying storage systems; HP Storage preferred, Replication methods, and Brocade SAN Switches
  • Functional Knowledge of Operating systems including; Windows Server, Linux and Unix
  • X86 Server hardware, management, and monitoring systems
  • Deployment and automation practices for Server and Storage
  • Working knowledge of Hypervisor / Virtual System technologies; VMWare, MS HyperV, KVM, etc
  • Working knowledge Network architecture and network/application protocols
  • Fundamentals of Database systems design
  • Data Protection Strategies
  • Participation in on-call rotation as needed
  • Commitment to teamwork as both a contributor and a leader
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with customers, technical and business teams
  • Understanding of SOX requirements.

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Skills Desired
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  • Data Management
  • Good Judgment
  • Hardware
  • Linux
  • Network Architecture
  • Servers
  • Strategic Planning
  • Unix
  • Windows
  • Data Protection
  • Disaster Recovery
  • KVM
  • Computer Science
  • Administrative Tasks
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Critical Systems
  • SOX
  • Storage Technologies
  • x86
  • Hypervisor
  • Systems Automation

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