Storage/Network Engineer

SS&C Technologies Headquartered in Windsor, CT and with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, SS&C provides the global financial services industry with a broad range of highly specialized software, software enabled-services and software as a service (SaaS) solutions for operational excellence. We deliver mission-critical processing for information management, analysis, trading, accounting, reporting and compliance. Our clients manage, in aggregate, over $16 trillion in assets and choose SS&C as their preferred vendor for our expertise. Storage/Network Engineer • Designing, supporting and operating internal data and voice communications systems such as LANs, WANs and Voice Systems. • Planning, configuring, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting and tuning complex network infrastructures such as routers, switches, gateways and firewall systems and network security related issues. • Assessing and updating older networks as needed in accordance with specific plans. • Supporting and operating fiber-channel storage area network in conjunction with other groups to provision and allocate storage using EMC arrays. • Providing technical support on data or voice networks for internal and external customers • Answering technical questions; recommends and implements approved course of action. • Providing technical leadership for data or voice network problem escalation and resolution. • Installing and maintaining network facilities, including hardware, software and systems. • Determining appropriate standard testing routines or scripts. • Preparing network diagrams and drawings to document and assist in communicating current operational status of networks. • Performing data network configurations and configuration changes to enhance performance. • Preparing basic proposal documentation and information to meet customer requirements. • Preparing basic cost analysis and vendor comparisons to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations and measures feasibility of various approaches.  

Requirements: • The applicant must have good knowledge of network systems and network principles, data or voice; network systems and technical infrastructure communications issues. • The applicant must possess a good knowledge of network software and hardware. Good analytical and problem solving skills. Skilled in time, priority and task management. • Oral and written communication skills to interact with team members and support personnel. • Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Interpersonal skills to interact with customers and team members. Leadership skills to assist less experienced personnel. • Ability to convey a strong presence, professional image and deal confidently with technical problems. • The applicant should have working practical knowledge of a variety of PC software office tools, including word processors, spreadsheets, and drawing tools. • Minimum 3 years related experience • Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or 5 years related business experience preferred. Job Code : 178 Division/Department : Corporate IT Travel Required : None Skills : Information Technology -> Software Installation/Configuration, Networking, Helpdesk, Hardware Troubleshooting