Sr. Systems Engineer
Who We Are:
Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.
Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!
Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!
Who We Want:
The Sr. Systems Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing server applications on Windows Server and LINUX platforms. In addition, they will manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Microsoft Exchange, PKI and Microsoft System Center functionality. Along with primary responsibilities of virtual environments and hardware SAN infrastructure. Key areas will also include problem solving and developing significant strategies around innovation for the business.
What You'll Do:
- Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
- Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
- Install and configure systems which support infrastructure and global business activities.
- Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures, along with system standards.
- Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
- Install and maintain security patches on the operational and development systems.
- Perform daily system monitoring on SAN, Virtual environment and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes. Including the reporting of KPI metrics on a weekly basis.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures.
- Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities
- Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
- Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization.
When and Where:
This will be a Monday through Friday position located at our Corporate Office in Walker, MI.
Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.
What You Need to Have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a computer-related or business field with a minimum of eight years IT industry experience and at least five years of system engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in hardware and software server platforms
- Experience with Microsoft System Center, VMWare, Hyper-V a plus
- Experience with Dell/EMC and HP server platforms a plus
- Ability to develop strategic hardware/software solutions to enable future business objectives
- Capable of troubleshooting common datacenter connectivity issues and hardware related failures
- Familiar with tools that can aid with profiling server resource usage and optimizing it
- Knowledge of ITIL process and procedures
- Must have excellent problem solving and analytical skills to resolve complex tactical, technical, and business related issues
- Must have superior verbal and written communication skills
- Must be a team player with excellent customer service skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task in a global manufacturing environment
What We Offer:
We’re excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off.
Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.
