Systems Engineer

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Systems Engineer’s role is to design, install,administer, and optimize servers and related components to achieve highperformance of the various business applications supported by City of CedarRapids. This includes local, remote, and cloud-based solutions, ensuring theavailability of applications, configuring new implementations, and developingprocesses and procedures for ongoing management of the server environment.Where applicable, the Systems Engineer will assist in overseeing the physical security,integrity, and safety of the data center/server environment. 

The Systems Engineer plays a key role in providing creative,dynamic solutions for a variety of needs at the City of Cedar Rapids.  The city maintains a highly availableenvironment requiring coordination with local departments and providingcritical services.  As a customer-centricDivision of the City, IT staff must display the highest levels ofprofessionalism, teamwork, and flexibility.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The intent of this job description is to provide arepresentative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed byincumbents of this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasksother than those specifically presented in this description