Avp Senior System Engineer

Candidates must be extremely knowledgeable of commercial operating platforms and their supporting products, e.g. Microsoft, VMWare, Citrix, McAfee, etc… including a thorough understanding of day-to-day operational challenges surrounding business technologies within the finance industry.  The candidate must be well versed with other operational disciplines such as: project management, problem management, change management, networking, systems monitoring, and multi-platform integration.  This is a hands-on position requiring a person with a great deal of systems management experience together with a thorough understanding of various technology principles. The position will participate within our Engineering Round Table (ERT), to assist promoting technology innovation through collaborative engineering. Additionally, this role is a member of our 7x24 on call incident response team, which ensures rapid resolution of incidents limiting potential damage, and executes forensic analysis as needed. **The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:** Drive strategy sets the roadmap for new features, architectures, and standards in design, implementation, operation, and management.   Onsite support coverage during business hours, on-call support rotation, weekend and weeknight work should be expected, respond/investigate reported incidents, fulfill requests for services, perform routine system maintenance, provision servers, manage infrastructure projects, represent administration team covering business initiatives, create/maintain support documentation, perform routine systems conformance/capacity validation. * Expert experience in Windows operating systems that includes creating Windows images for physical and virtual environment * Design, build and develop engineered solutions using Scripting & Programming Languages (PowerShell, WMI, Batch, SQL) * Experience with designing, testing and deploying SCCM * Experience with monitoring technologies including Systrack and Splunk * Expert-level knowledge of Group Policy creation and management * Create engineered solutions for medium-to-complex initiatives according to specified requirements * Design and review/approve project requirements * Troubleshoot application/operating systems issues with the SCCM, image automation, local application virtualization, and endpoint protection suites * Provide Tier 3 support in the operation and management of Windows OS, Citrix Infrastructure, virtual machines, and related application components to ensure functionality and security of the supported desktop platforms * Project management experience (create/maintain project plans.  Drive projects to completion.  Breakdown and resolve complex issues/barriers to success) * Must provide excellent service and meet client needs while offering cost-effective technological solutions to the organization. * Experience managing endpoints with Intune including onboarding and application deployment **Thought Leadership** ·        Provide thought leadership in industry and to fellow team members across business and technical project dimensions solving complex business requirements ·        Demonstrate forward thinking around where the organization is going and how technology can support these efforts **Job Qualifications:** The ideal candidate will have a formal higher education degree (with an accredited college or university) in the field of IT is highly desired.  Candidate must have at least 10+ years of hands-on experience within the finance and banking industry or equivalent.  Business writing and presentation experience is a must as this role will have regular interactions with all levels of management, including executives. **Required Skills:** * Extensive scripting experience utilizing a variety of languages such as VB Script, PowerShell, WMI, batch and SQL Active Directory Services * Experience w/VMware PowerCLI a plus * Windows security products (ex. Microsoft Defender and EDR) * Expert-level knowledge of Group Policy creation and management * Experience with Microsoft Systems Center for monitoring and software deployment * Provide timely diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution to escalated user incidents to comply with Service Level Agreement targets * Experience with automated monitoring systems and technologies, with practical knowledge of SCCM and automated patching procedures * Experience with Compliance standards and reporting (NIST, CIS) * Ability to design and document complex workflows ·         Proficient with Microsoft office productivity products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project * Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, flexibility in concepts and action, able to handle aggressive mission critical deadlines * Demonstrates ability to work well under pressure to tight deadlines while maintaining strong relationships with management and peers ·        Strong analytical skills, demonstrable curiosity in quantitative research and investment   ·        Candidate must be a self-starter, a dependable partner, as well as a team player ·        A strong desire to document and share work done to aid in long term support ·        Ability to build efficient internal relations and communicate extensively with key internal stakeholders ·        Ability to provide functional and directional guidance to staff and recommend policy or strategic direction changes to management ·        Customer facing experience and ability Pune, India