Server Engineering Team Lead - Enterprise Infra & Automation

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi; Flowood (MS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi seeks a strategic Team Lead, Server Engineering to plan, design and manage enterprise server infrastructure, including Windows/Linux systems, SAN, virtualization, and cloud technologies. You will guide the team, craft project plans, and drive analytics for system enhancements.

The role requires 8+ years of server infrastructure experience, strong leadership, and the ability to operate as a 24x7 escalation point.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in computer science, math, related field or equivalent experience.
• Eight years’ experience supporting server related infrastructure and software.
• Eight years’ experience with Microsoft Windows Server operating systems.
• Expert knowledge in Windows and Linux operating systems with an inherent knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory.
• Ability to plan and design infrastructure from an enterprise architecture perspective with comprehensive understanding of network, security and cloud technologies.
• Ability to automate tasks via PowerShell or other tools and identify additional opportunities for automation.
• Skilled at gathering data relevant to technologies utilized by the team, interpreting findings and producing analytical reports.
• Capacity to act as 24x7 escalation point for alerts/problems and availability to provide 24x7 support in after-hours, weekend and holiday support.

Responsibilities

• Assigns tasks/projects to team members, providing technical guidance as needed and appropriate training as required.
• Develop project plans to prioritize tasks and resources, provide accountability associated with projects to ensure projects are well planned and communicated.
• Leverage the technical expertise of the team to develop recommendations for system enhancements to improve the technological environment.
• Manages the performance of assigned technology environments, monitoring the systems to identify any issues while assisting with problem diagnosis, resolving issues and installing preventative software.
• Leads semi-annual business recovery testing along with researching and planning activities related to business recovery testing improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical reporting

Problem solving

Automation

Education

Bachelor of Science in computer science or related field

Tools

PowerShell

Job description

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi seeks a strategic Team Lead, Server Engineering to plan, design and manage enterprise server infrastructure, including Windows/Linux systems, SAN, virtualization, and cloud technologies. You will guide the team, craft project plans, and drive analytics for system enhancements.

The role requires 8+ years of server infrastructure experience, strong leadership, and the ability to operate as a 24x7 escalation point.