Systems Engineer/Admin/IT Lab Manager

Pay rate is $ 53/hr Title – IT Technician and Lab Manager(under product engineering) Work Location –, Milwaukee, WI Tentative start date – asap Tentative end date – 1 year contract Work shift (days/times) – 1st Shift Travel Required (% of travel) – 0 Is this a temp to perm position – Yes, possible depending on performance Essential Responsibilities * Provide oversight and ownership to multiple labs used to perform customer demos and day-to-day engineering development * Active participation in daily meetings on status and periodic planning meetings * Physically moving and re-arranging lab equipment, including low voltage wiring, computer systems, simulators, and other test equipment * Tool and software license management * Install, maintain and troubleshoot large Local Area Networks and network monitoring tools * Configure networks for fast, secure, reliable operation * Support engineering teams within the entire software development lifecycle including design, software implementation, verification, and maintenance activities * Plan, implement, configure, scale and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi installations * Install, configure and update 3rd party and GE HealthCare equipment in engineering, verification and other test environments * Plan for, purchase and maintain an inventory of equipment necessary to support engineering labs *Qualifications/Requirements* * A minimum of a two-year associate degree in computer technology or related field * Self-starter, energizing, results-oriented, and able to multi-task; tenacious and organized * You enjoy technology, working with various OSes, networking, tinkering, improving things, and learning new stuff * Ability to troubleshoot network issues that could be due to hardware, software or network faults * Good analytic and problem-solving skills * General understanding of networking technologies and topologies (e.
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Layer 2-4, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPSec, HSRP, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, NTP, VLANs, NAT, WAN, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS) and remote access connectivity requirements; some familiarity with 10g, 25g, 40g, and 100g networking expected * Experience installing/configuring/using infrastructure monitoring tools such as: ElastiFlow, Nagios Core, Zabbix, SolarWinds, etc.
* Ability to lift objects up to 80 pounds * Desire to work with Unix/Linux variants (i.
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CentOS, Ubuntu, SuSE, Apple OSX) * You must be willing to work in our Milwaukee, WI facility full-time *Desired Characteristics* * Familiarity with VMware ESXi 7 or above, administration, clustering, vCenter and virtual networking * VMWare Certified Professional * Experience with visualization tools such as: Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, etc.
* CompTIA A+, Network+, and/or Linux+ certifications * Demonstrated effective problem-solving capabilities * Proven ability to work effectively within and across various teams * Experience with scripting languages such as: Groovy, shell scripting (Bash, Powershell), Python or Ruby * Familiarity with the Agile SW Development process * Ability to work with Storage Area Network (SAN), NAS, iSCSI, TrueNAS, QSAN, Nfina *Daily tasks might include* * Server hardware maintenance and ESXi or SAN installation/configuration * Network port VLAN updates * Racking and cabling servers and related equipment * Relocating and reconfiguring lab equipment and associated network configuration * Revising/creating BASH/Powershell/Groovy scripts for VM maintenance * Suggesting improvement opportunities to process, design, tools, et al.
* Linux, Mac, Windows network performance troubleshooting and investigation -This contractor will need to be onsite 100% of the time, so please recruit local candidates to Milwaukee Metro Area(within 35 minutes drive) -Contractor should know and be able to lift objects up to 80 pounds - Person needs to be a self-starter and work independently Job Type: Contract Salary: $53.
00 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Schedule: * Day shift * Monday to Friday Application Question(s): * How many years of Server hardware maintenance exp? please specify the companies you worked for? * How many years of configure, scale and maintain VMware vSphere? please specify the companies you worked for? * How many years of configure, scale and maintain VMware ESXi ? please specify the companies you worked for? * How many years of Network monitoring tools exp? Please share which monitoring tools you used? * How many years of Maintain and troubleshoot Networks? please specify the company you worked for? * Unix/Linux variants experience? (i.
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CentOS, Ubuntu, SuSE, Apple OSX)How many years? please specify the company you worked for? * able to lift objects up to 80 pounds? YES/NO? * What is the best time to call you to discuss about this role? Education: * Associate (Required) Ability to Commute: * Milwaukee, WI (Required) Work Location: In person