The PPD Platform Engineering team is responsible for the cross-platform technologies that provide technical delivery of applications and services used in day-to-day operations. The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for areas of infrastructure and platform service delivery, which includes data storage, business continuity management, Active Directory, server virtualization, disaster recovery strategy, and other related infrastructure needs. This is a technical position which encompasses management of backup policy, Active Directory needs, storage architecture administration, server engineering, infrastructure planning, design, and implementation as we as network security. This role is critical within the Philadelphia Police Department's IT infrastructure, thus sound technical knowledge in these subject areas as well as consistent reliability is required. Professional skills along with the ability to work within a team are also necessary. Additionally, the successful applicant will be required to submit to a fingerprint background check per CJIS policy. The applicant will also be part of on-call rotation once the probation period as has been successfully completed.Essential Functions
    Providing primary engineering support and administration of storage and server infrastructures
    Administrating enterprise storage (SAN and NAS), including performance tuning, activity monitoring, capacity planning, and firmware management (DellEMC and HP)
    Acting lead on on-prem virtualization and cloud infrastructures
    Acting lead on tier 3 systems incident assessment and problem management
    Actively participate in ITIL compliant change management process
    Managing backup infrastructure including schedules, retentions, and quality assurance
    Planning and implementing software and firmware upgrades
    Designing, modifying, and deploying server templates for server deployment automation
    Being engaged in applications deployment projects and migration activities
    Participating in server monitoring, including performance and security assessments
    Active Directory implementation, administration, and maintenance activities
    Acting technical liaison between vendors, public safety partners, City IT Enterprise, and the Police department for infrastructure projects, efforts, and activities
    Participate in in peer mentoring exorcises for team development
    Address infrastructure needs as circumstances ariseCompetencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
    Strong background in VMWare technologies on administration and management including:
o    VMware vCenter and vSphere
o    Site Recovery Manager
o    ARIA Automation Orchestrator (Formerly vRealize Operations) 
o    vRealize Network Insight
    Working knowledge of data protection technologies including backup, recovery, archiving, scheduling operations
    Managing and configuration of desktop and server operating systems: 
o    Windows 10, and 11
o    Windows Server 2016 and above
o    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and above
o    Formatting and executing basic OS commands
o    Navigating through directory structures
o    Maintenance of OS images and templates
    Active Directory Administration including:
o    Group Policy
o    Forest-level configuration
o    User and group management
o    AzureAD and O365 integration
    Performing file management task including quotas, network shares, and data report monitoring
    Testing systems for vulnerabilities in hardware and software
    Knowledge of scripting technologies for automation
o    VB Script, Powershell, BASH, DOS, Python, or similar
    Design, configuration, and implementation of hyperconverged infrastructures such as DellEMC VXrail  or Nutanix
    Configuring and deploying SQL server environments including Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB
    Familiarity with networks components including DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, and VLANs
    Strong knowledge with industry standard security protocols such as SSL, TLS, IPSec, Secure HTTPS, PGP, and S/MIME, DNSSEC, SSH, etc.
    Firm understanding of cloud-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and devops frameworks