IT Operations Engineer at Fisher Investments

It's an exciting time to join Fisher Investments; we're investing in the future of our firm's technology and information security. Our business is growing internationally, which emphasizes the need to build an unparalleled team that promotes future global growth through strategic solutions and progress. We are important to supporting our firm's diverse businesses, and we're excited to continue solidifying that foundation as we add more experienced technologists to our Technology team.

The Opportunity:

As an IT Operations Engineer, you will report to the Infrastructure Systems Team Lead. You will work hands-on to manage our on-prem VMWare environment and will help improve our platforms. You will partner with engineers to ensure VMware hosts and guests are stable, secure, and compliant. You will learn and support automation efforts for both environments including the migration of systems from VMWare to Azure. This is a highly collaborative role and will require you to develop partnerships with teams inside and outside of technology.

The ability to work a flexible off-hours schedule for planned and unplanned maintenance is required.

The Day-to-Day:

• Oversee Infrastructure resources: VMware hosts, VM guests and other components
• Coordinate with Sr. Engineers to ensure that technology delivery meets policy, regulatory, architectural, and security standards
• Help deploy infrastructure including compute, OS, hypervisor, network, storage, database and security and the associated services across on premise and cloud backend
• Work with IT leaders and Project Managers to assist with resource planning, vendor assessment, and other tasks to provide technical expertise
• Provide technical escalation points for production support during normal business and off-hours

Your Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure & Operations
• 2+ years of experience in VMware management
• 1+ years of experience with Windows server patching and patch troubleshooting
• Experience with Ivanti patch management software
• Experience with scripting languages like PowerShell and Python
• Experience with operations and engineering delivery of multiple infrastructure technologies including systems, network, storage, compute, and digital workspace
• Familiarity with IaC and DevOps Automation concepts and a hunger to learn and implement IaC configurations
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Server technology stack including Active Directory, MS SQL, and Windows
• Knowledge of infrastructure concepts including compute, OS, hypervisor, network, storage, database, and security
• Associates degree or higher in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Compensation:

• $90,000 - $120,000 base salary per year in the state of WA - New hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range depending on experience
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• $10,000 fertility, hormonal health and family-forming benefit
• Opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change. Based on tenure and performance eligibility, you will have the opportunity to work from home up to 75 days per year

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