Platform Engineer

Ursus; Foster City (CA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Platform Engineer for their IT Platform Operations team in Foster City, CA. This role involves maintaining Microsoft Windows/Linux environments, managing AD services, and ensuring optimal performance of virtual desktop systems. Candidates should possess extensive experience in enterprise systems management, scripting, and cloud technologies. This opportunity comes with competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K with company matching.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Commuter benefits

401K with company matching

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in an enterprise environment.
• Proficiency in managing and troubleshooting Windows environments.
• Experience with scripting in PowerShell or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Microsoft Windows Servers and Active Directory services.
• Develop automation workflows and enhance customer self-service.
• Support Horizon VDI environment and validate new features.

Skills

Managing Windows environments

Troubleshooting

Scripting in PowerShell/Bash

Knowledge of virtual desktop environments

AWS management

Education

8+ years of enterprise experience or equivalent

Tools

VMware

vSphere

ESXi

Job description

JOB TITLE: Platform Engineer
LOCATION: Foster City, CA (onsite)
PAY RANGE: $87.00 - $97.86/hr
DURATION: 6 months

TOP 3 SKILLS:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in an enterprise environment or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience
• Demonstrated proficiency managing and troubleshooting Windows based environments
• Knowledgeable in virtual desktop environments, preferably with previous exposure to VMware/Omnissa Horizon in an production environment

JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Platform Engineer to join our IT Platform Operations team. This team is responsible for administering our Microsoft Windows/Linux based environments. The Platform Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the corporate AD services as well as various Microsoft Windows based servers, including Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure. The Platform Engineer will also assist with the on premise hardware hosting corporate workloads running on VMware Cloud Foundation, VCF, so familiarity with vSphere/vSAN and experience managing ESXi hosts is a must. Scripting and automating common tasks will be a common occurrence. Our virtual desktop environment leverages vSphere with NVIDIA vGPU, so expertise in desktop virtualization with NVIDIA vGPU is also a plus.
The Platform Engineer will work closely with other members of the Platform team and Platform Administrators, Endpoint Engineers, and IT Client Services team to implement and manage various internally hosted Virtual Machines and related resources. In addition, this person will collaborate with other teams within the organization, outside of IT, as well as other team members to identify, track, and report on opportunities for system optimization, methods to drive efficiency, identify and reduce error rates, and empirically document customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Microsoft Windows Servers to include Active Directory Domain Controllers and provide recommendations/solutions to secure and optimize their configuration
• Develop automation workflows to enhance capabilities and enhance customer self-service
• Work with engineering users and application support to support the Horizon VDI environment and validate new use cases/features within the environment
• Deploy resources both on-prem and on AWS

Qualifications

• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in an enterprise environment or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience
• Demonstrated proficiency managing and troubleshooting Windows based environments
• Knowledgeable in virtual desktop environments, preferably with previous exposure to VMware/Omnissa Horizon in an production environment
• Proven ability to script/code with PowerShell and/or Bash
• Experienced in the management of vSphere/ESXI environments and a working knowledge of AWS

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with the VMware Aria Suite (formerly known as vRealize) and VMware Cloud Foundation
• Documentation experience using G-Suite apps or similar products
• Adaptable to changing circumstances and operational needs
• Experience coding in Python
• Experience in the evaluation and integration of new technologies into existing environments

BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

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