Systems Engineer

Systems EngineerJob Location(s)US-NY-Old WestburyJob ID2026-4728DivisionNetworks, Systems & Telecommunications.Position TypeStaffTypeRegular Full-TimeCategoryInformation TechnologyOverviewNew York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide. The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university's community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future. For more information, visit nyit.edu.NYIT seeks a Systems Engineer, to be located at the Old Westbury campus. The position can be considered for a hybrid/remote position with flexibility of working remotely and in our NYC or Old Westbury offices as in line with New York Tech remote work policy.The Systems Engineer is a trusted resource who will work collaboratively with NYIT's IT infrastructure and Information Security team to design, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain NYIT's systems infrastructure ensuring the availability of production and test systems. The Systems Engineer serves as a senior technical resource responsible for managing complex server environments, authentication systems, Microsoft 365 services, automation platforms, and research computing infrastructure while providing advanced technical support for faculty, staff, students, and administrative departments. This position will contribute to the efforts of safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the enterprise infrastructure across the university. The incumbent will be required to participate in Systems related workgroups, to cross train members of the systems team and develop support runbooks.The successful incumbent will possess outstanding communication skills while adhering to our high standard of excellence. They will be team players with the ability to work independently and possess strong analytical and multitasking skills. This position plays a critical role in ensuring stability, security, availability, and performance of institutional technology systems that support the University's academic, research, and administrative missions.Responsibilities * Administer/Manage the existing Microsoft, Linux, VDI, Backup, Cloud and Systems Infrastructure, provide suggestions on continuous improvements and iterations. * Administer/Manage Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, performance monitoring, lifecycle management, and patching. * Administer/Manage and maintain Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID identity platforms. * Administer/Manage Microsoft 365 environment including Exchange Online, Teams, ands SharePoint. * Administer/Manage Linux-based systems supporting High-Performance Computing (HPC) and research initiatives. * Monitor and improve the lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement. * Provide hands-on development and oversight of the software development lifecycle of the automation tools used by the IT infrastructure team. * Assists in performing hardware implementations, ensure configuration, process, and procedural standards are followed. * Support print management in