IT Sr. Systems Engineer

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A law firm in Columbus, Ohio is seeking a Sr Security Engineer to design and maintain its IT infrastructure, including both on-premise and cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have over seven years of experience in systems engineering, demonstrating expertise in virtualization and cloud technologies, strong customer service skills, and the ability to work varied hours, including travel to different office locations. This position offers a dynamic work environment focused on maintaining high performance and availability for the firm's IT systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering or cloud administration.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Excellent customer service and effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure for hybrid environments.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and cloud providers.
• Design and maintain IT infrastructure hardware and software.

Skills

Datacenter virtualization

Hybrid cloud infrastructure

Network switching

Storage management

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V/SCVMM

Microsoft Azure

Windows administration

Identity and access management

Education

Relevant certifications in IT

Tools

Microsoft 365

Active Directory

IIS

Job description

Position Summary

Do you thrive on designing, building, configuring and maintaining secure IT infrastructure? Do you want to be responsible for a firm's IT system and serve as the primary Tier III troubleshooting point of contact? The Sr Security Engineer will plan, implement and maintain both on‑premise and cloud infrastructure for Benesch's hybrid environment. The role requires travel to all Benesch offices and datacenters as needed and works with the Sr Core Infrastructure Services Manager to deploy hybrid cloud solutions.

Essential Functions

1. Oversees the physical datacenter experience with virtualization/private cloud infrastructure.
2. Manages racking design and organization, cable management, redundancy, and growth planning.
3. Manages the relationships with external vendors and cloud providers.
4. Supports the premise to cloud migration, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud management.
5. Monitors, manages and forecasts changing requirements in prem and cloud infrastructure, generating and tracking KPIs for system performance and availability.
6. Designs, configures, and maintains IT infrastructure hardware, cloud, and software, including but not limited to Active Directory/GPOs, network infrastructure, VMware and HyperV clusters, Microsoft 365, Azure, and other infrastructure applications such as Config management, Monitoring, VPN, RDP, etc.
7. Partner with the security team on projects/requests for hardening, remediation, complying with client requirements, ISO requirements, and security controls assessments.
8. Assists in system monitoring, reviewing infrastructure and application logs, and verifying configured technical controls.
9. Server/system configuration management and IP address management – Build, manage, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot configuration management systems including all related components and systems firm‑wide.
10. Participates in the coordination, installation, testing, and technical support of local and wide area wired and wireless networks.
11. Assists with deployment of new desktop and server operating systems and applications.
12. Assists with distribution of updates and patches across systems.
13. Assists with enterprise line of business application support. Provides Tier III support/troubleshooting.
14. Evaluates, tests, recommends, and implements specific software and network solutions.
15. Technical Documentation – Develop and maintain complete and accurate documentation of network layout, server hardware and software configurations, firewall and router configurations.
16. Research, install, analyze, test and evaluate applications, systems, policies, methodologies, processes, and procedures to ensure that the Firm's Server infrastructure and facilities meet the Firm's expectations and Service Level Agreements for availability, performance, growth, and functionality. Maintains documentation for network processes and procedures.
17. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The Sr Security Engineer should have over seven years of experience in systems engineering or cloud administration, along with strong interpersonal and analytical skills. The role requires excellent customer service, effective communication, and the flexibility to occasionally work evenings, weekends, and travel as needed. Candidates must be highly skilled in datacenter virtualization, hybrid cloud infrastructure, network switching, storage management, and virtualization clusters, with expertise in VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V/SCVMM, and SAN configuration. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Azure, Windows administration (including Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Kerberos, Certificate Authority, and IIS), Microsoft 365, Azure technologies, and identity and access management is essential. Certifications in relevant technologies are preferred, and the position may involve up to 10% travel to other office locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Benesch is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (where applicant is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations), medical condition, protected veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.