Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Kforce Inc in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client in Kansas City, MO that is looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for an onsite direct hire opportunity.

Summary:
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will ensure the operational stability and integrity of server, virtualization, storage, and cloud services. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing virtualization, storage, server environments, and managing data backups across the organization. In addition, the Lead Infrastructure Engineer will install, monitor, maintain, support, and optimize all virtualization, storage, and cloud resources. This person will also examine and fix issues with hardware and software quickly and correctly and offer training to end-users when necessary. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will also oversee a team of four Infrastructure and Network Engineers.

Responsibilities:

• All aspects of equipment, programs, settings, backups, size, structure, lifespan, quality, and reliability of the server and storage environments in North America; This includes but is not limited to, servers, blades, SAN, NAS, DAS, virtualization, and local and replicated backups


• Lead the Infrastructure Engineers and assist with making quick decisions and balancing workloads


• Lead and collaborate across brands, both nationally and globally, to achieve a secure and robust environment that meets local and global business and regulatory needs


• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for infrastructure administration


• Track server and storage performance, create performance reports, and develop strategies for maintaining server and storage infrastructure


• Keep in touch with the organization's stakeholders, department heads, and end users through regular written and face-to-face interactions about relevant infrastructure activities


• Assume Incident Management responsibility during severity one server incidents

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field and/or a combination of related work experience


• 4+ years of experience of work experience in a multi-site, multi-organization configuration in the capacity of a senior or lead infrastructure engineer


• Knowledge of current IT Infrastructure best practices


• Knowledge of and experience with servers, application management, storage, virtualization, and backup support experience


• Knowledge of and experience with provisioning, managing, and supporting hybrid cloud environments


• Knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity awareness, security response, and security patching processes.


• Proven experience with server/storage capacity planning, server/storage security principles, and general server/storage management best practices


• Demonstrated leadership in driving a culture of continuous infrastructure improvement and Innovation


• Ability to convey ideas clearly and communicate effectively with stakeholders and management

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience and success with:

• Local & Azure AD


• SCCM, Intune, and Group Policies


• DHCP, DNS, Microsoft AD


• Managing network devices (e.g., switches, firewalls, routers, Wi-Fi)


• Competence with testing tools and procedures for measuring and diagnosing server, storage, and virtualization performance


• Knowledge of data privacy practices and laws

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless
and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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