Systems Manager

Immediate need for a talented Systems Manager. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Milwaukee, WI (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-72327
Pay Range: $80 - $90/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• List essential job functions; describe in terms of actions (verbs) and desired outcomes in order of most important first.
• Team leader with deep technical experience in system design, system operations, alert management, and
• monitoring, and related services.
• Responsible for the management of a team of engineers, providing performance reviews, continual
• feedback, goals, coaching, and career development
• Oversee the creation of system standards, policies, procedures, and configurations
• Follows and incorporates the ITIL methodology
• Collaborate with security team to implement highly secure solutions in an enterprise environment
• Select best in class tools for system performance, management, and support
• Be final decisive voice when decisions need to be made within the team
• Escalation point of contact for all major system issues
• Ensure all Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) are completed accurately and timely
• Manage and partner with managed service providers
• Participates in change control committee, providing input into all changes/additions to the system
• environment to ensure minimal disruption to production
• Resolves any scheduled maintenance or major outage issues escalated from direct reports
• Awareness of and compliance with client safety practices
• Interfaces with the Group in Paris to align with global standards
• Stays up to date with the latest systems and cloud technologies, trends, and best practices
• Eager and willing to move on from current as new and better technologies emerge

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key skills; Minimum of 10 years of System Engineering work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of direct management experience
• Technical knowledge of system solutions including server, virtualization, backup, recovery, and cloud
• Windows, Linux, Vmware, Citrix, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform experience preferred
• MUST-Strong vendor management experience required.
• MUST-They also need to be able to challenge the engineers' solution designs.
• They are responsible for the design, implementation, management, support, and continual improvement of
• Windows Servers, Linux Servers, DNS, DHCP, Storage, Active Directory, Virtualization, Backup, Restoration, Cloud environments, and related services.
• Experience weighing costs, developing business cases, defining short and long term strategies,
• Strong vendor management experience required.
• Ability to build a strong, cohesive and collaborative team
• Must have strong customer service and ability to speak with all levels in the organization
• Ability to develop the strategic direction and vision for the enterprise
• Exceptional communication and motivational skills
• Budget forecast and reporting experience
• Ability to manage multiple projects with high priorities
• Required Certification / Licenses / Training:
• AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Windows, and Linux certifications and training preferred-Management training ITIL Certified
• Along with the job description, the following are critical attributes:
• Attention to detail - Candidate needs to be detail oriented.
• They must be able to take notes on tasks from meetings and then follow up and complete those tasks.
• Urgency - this is a busy, fast paced environment.
• The candidate must work with urgency to get projects moving, tasks completed, status updates communicated, etc.
• Strong management skills - changes to the team may be needed.
• The right candidate must be able to identify needs, evaluate staff, and present changes to build a stronger organization.
• The candidate must be able to manage different personalities and motivate the team to succeed.
• Strong technical experience.
• The candidate must be able to speak to the technologies the team manages.
• They must be able to defend technology choices and direction.
• They also need to be able to challenge the engineers' solution designs

Our client is a leading Utilities Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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