Working/Functional Title

Virtual Systems Engineer

Position Summary

The Virtual Systems team operates and advances our core compute systems, to deliver virtual server, virtual desktop, and cloud services. The team also works with campus partners and vendors to define compute infrastructure and align these services with organizational needs.

Reporting to the Virtual Systems Team Manager, the Virtual Systems Engineer collaboratively supports the MSU virtual server, virtual desktop, and cloud account infrastructure. This team works closely with the Storage team to deliver robust service suites to all campus customers, to build partnerships that encourage collaboration and cooperation. The Storage team is responsible for backup, enterprise, and file storage services.

Primary duties for this position include:

• Works with customers university-wide to deploy new compute hosting solutions. Resolves or escalates customer support requests.
• Consults with customers to propose optimized solutions for their workload needs.
• Performs systems maintenance, upgrades, and supports projects to life cycle and advance platforms.
• Supports process automation, platform consolidation, and customer migrations.

Michigan State University (MSU) is a top 100 global university located in East Lansing, three miles east of the state’s capitol. The MSU community includes more than 12,000 faculty, academic and support staff, as well as 49,695 students. MSU offers an extensive benefits package to its employees including health care, prescription, and dental coverage, and a base retirement program with a University matching contribution, as well as basic life insurance. In addition, MSU offers educational benefits including a course fee courtesy program and educational assistance.

MSU Information Technology provides the primary leadership for strategic, financial, and policy initiatives affecting information technology (IT) across MSU. MSU IT offers technology resources that support MSU’s mission of providing education, conducting research, and advancing engagement. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are essential elements, vital to the culture MSU Information Technology endeavors to cultivate.  This includes providing opportunities and access for all people which incorporate differences of race, age, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, migratory status, disability/abilities, political affiliation, veteran status, and socioeconomic background.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program, and one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in an information technology area related to the duties to be performed; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP clouds/offerings.
• Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi/Horizon or other similar virtualization solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional and cross-departmental teams.
• Detail oriented and self-motivated team member.
• Strong[KT1] [WR2]  organization and critical thinking skills.
• Experience understanding student, staff, faculty, and business needs.
• Experience with hyper-converged storage or other comparable technology.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume and Cover Letter

Together-we-will Statement

Special Instructions

Three professional references knowledgeable of your work

Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Bidding Eligibility ends on 02/20/2022 at 11:55 PM

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Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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