# Systems Engineer

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $100,000-$125,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Charles River Associates (CRA) is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Information Technology (ITS) team. The ITS team is a global team of 40 professionals dedicated to enhancing, maintaining, and developing the firm's technology infrastructure and security.

The Systems Engineer role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop existing skillsets and gain hands-on experience with new technologies in a fast-paced production environment. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a hybrid on-premises/cloud environment, with a strong background in Windows Server, Active Directory, and VMware vSphere.

**Responsibilities:**

- Install, configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot systems hardware and software in a Global Windows server environment

- Install, configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows Servers

- Install, configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi

- Provide Level 2 support to the Service Delivery team

- Active Directory and Entra Administration, Group Policy & RBAC

- Automate common administrative tasks

- Rotate off-hours on-call support

- Complete fast-paced and high-volume work order requests

**Desired Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)

- 3+ years of significant experience working within a hybrid on-premises/cloud environment

- MCSA preferred

- Solid working knowledge of Azure with minimum AZ900 Azure Fundamentals qualification

- Ability to build a well-documented and robust PowerShell script from the ground up

- Proficient with core technologies: Office 365, Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, RBAC

- Experience working in a geographically disperse cross-functional team

- Experience with VMware vSphere/VCF

**Career Growth and Benefits:**

- CRA's robust skills development programs, encompassing both formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member

- Comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers

**Work Location Flexibility:**

- CRA expects individuals to spend at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office, with specific days determined in coordination with your practice or team

## Skills

### Required
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- VMware vSphere
- Azure
- PowerShell
- Office 365
- Group Policy
- RBAC

### Nice to have
- MCSA
- AZ900 Azure Fundamentals
- VMware VCF

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