IBM iSeries Senior Systems Engineer *Hybrid*

The Judicial Department works to provide equal access to justice, contribute to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law across Colorado. Together our courts and probation departments are committed to impartial and timely dispute resolution; support for families, litigants, and victims; client rehabilitation; and meaningful community engagement.

General Statement Of Duties:

Job Code: R44023

Full Time Salary Range: $96,735.84 - $140,266.80

FLSA Status: Exempt

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The Senior Systems Engineer works with the private and public cloud infrastructure of the Colorado Judicial Department as a part of the Systems Engineering team.  This includes consulting, planning, designing, installing, configuring, administering, and maintaining on-premise x86 servers, SAN hardware, on-premise and cloud Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, SaaS products and other elements of the Department’s IT infrastructure.

Distinguishing Factors:

This classification is distinguished from lower level Systems Engineers by a greater need for independent judgment, decision-making, designing and planning to assist the Lead Systems Architect and the Systems Engineering team.  Work focuses on private and public cloud infrastructure.  Positions are within the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division.

Essential Functions:

Maintains the private and public cloud infrastructure.

Acts as a resource to internal ITS staff, judicial districts, other state agencies, and/or other organizational units as directed.  

Displays leadership and mentoring for employees at the Systems Engineer I and II levels.  

Provides expertise and assistance to other employees.

Assists with multi-tier architectures including web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.

Assists with scripting and workload automation processes.

Adheres to established change control procedures and assists development team during testing and deployment processes.

Provides Tier 3 support for relevant systems.

Develops and maintains relationships with vendors.

Assists with database administration for server implementations.

Assists with Java application server configuration.

Provides architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to other systems engineers.

Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts and recommends technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.

Assists with duties relating to Active Directory and Office 365 infrastructure, including administration of users and groups, DNS, and PKI.

Private cloud responsibilities include consulting on, planning, designing, installing, configuring, administering and maintaining x86 server and SAN hardware and related software, Fibre channel SAN infrastructure, VMware virtualization, backup infrastructure, and connectivity to other clouds and hosted services.

Assists in operational duties relating to Active Directory and Office 365 infrastructure, including administration of users and groups, DNS, and PKI.

Public cloud responsibilities include designing, deploying and migrating systems for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and archiving environments.

Works closely with Lead Systems Architect to identify, analyze and select cloud services for infrastructure architecture and business applications, and proposes plans for infrastructure investment.

Assists Lead Systems Architect to develop and manage cloud infrastructure capacity plan. 

Maintains the private and public cloud infrastructure.

Acts as a resource to internal ITS staff, judicial districts, other state agencies, and/or other organizational units as directed.  Displays leadership and mentoring for employees at the Systems Engineer I and II levels.  

Provides expertise and assistance to other employees.

Assists with multi-tier architectures including web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.

Assists with scripting and workload automation processes.

Adheres to established change control procedures and assists development team during testing and deployment processes.

Provides Tier 3 support for relevant systems.

Develops and maintains relationships with vendors.

Assists with database administration for server implementations.

Assists with Java application server configuration.

Provides architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to other systems engineers.

Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts and recommends technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.

Assists with duties relating to Active Directory and Office 365 infrastructure, including administration of users and groups, DNS, and PKI.

Private cloud responsibilities include consulting on, planning, designing, installing, configuring, administering and maintaining x86 server and SAN hardware and related software, Fibre channel SAN infrastructure, VMware virtualization, backup infrastructure, and connectivity to other clouds and hosted services.

Assists in operational duties relating to Active Directory and Office 365 infrastructure, including administration of users and groups, DNS, and PKI.

Public cloud responsibilities include designing, deploying and migrating systems for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and archiving environments.

Works closely with Lead Systems Architect to identify, analyze and select cloud services for infrastructure architecture and business applications, and proposes plans for infrastructure investment.

Assists Lead Systems Architect to develop and manage cloud infrastructure capacity plan.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

May have supervisory accountability in the absence of the Lead Systems Architect for other Systems Engineers, volunteers, or interns.  Plans, directs and coordinates activities for the Systems team.  Duties include scheduling and assigning of work, training in all facets of work, and quality control.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms and perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, depth perception, ability to adjust and focus, and the ability to see clearly at 20 feet or more.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, work in high precarious places and the risk of electrical shock.  Frequently handles emergency or crisis situations and may be subject to varying and unpredictable situations and work hours.  The employee is subject to frequent interruptions, multiple calls and inquiries, and may occasionally handle absentee replacement on short notice.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Desired Experience:

Experience as an Engineer on IBM Power 9 servers of higher

• Demonstrated working understanding of IBMi Operating Systems (V7R5M0 or Higher) and related products.

• Experience with software replication technologies (Assure MIMIX)

  • Diverse experience in Disaster Recovery concepts and switch events

  • Would also like experience with Connect CDC (formerly MIMIX Share)

• Monitor systems for performance and integrity

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong attention to detail

  • Maintain complete and current technical documentation

• Ability to help plan/coordinate and execute tasks as necessary.

• Ability to handle multiple projects and work activities to meet deadlines.

• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and independently.

The Information Technology Services (ITS) division is part of the State Court Administrator's Office within the Colorado Judicial Branch. Judicial ITS is a separate technology organization from the State of Colorado's Office of Information Technology (OIT), which serves executive branch agencies. Judicial ITS provides technology services exclusively for Colorado's courts, probation, and judicial operations.

This position is only responsible for the IBM based functions of the job description.

• Candidate must be available for on-call, rotated every 3 weeks within the team, and become a point person for any production issues during that time.

• This is a hybrid position based in Denver Colorado

*Please note we are unable to provide H1B visa sponsorship*

The Colorado Judicial Department is committed to ensuring equal access to and full participation in court and probation services and programs for qualified individuals with disabilities, including employees of the Colorado Judicial Department. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is an important part of our culture, and we are committed to provide reasonable accommodations when needed without causing undue hardship to the Colorado Judicial Department.

Each district has an ADA Coordinator and Jury Commissioner. The ADA Coordinator is responsible for initiating the interactive process once an employee, court or probation services participant has made a request for reasonable accommodation and the Jury Commissioner is responsible for initiating the interactive process once a juror has made a request for a reasonable accommodation.

How to Apply:

For more information and to apply online, please visit our website listed below:

https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/careers 

Please note: Applications must be submitted before 11:59 p.m. on the closing date. Incomplete or new applications will not be accepted after this time.