Senior Systems Engineering Architect
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Role summary
Responsible for design, analysis, configuration and maintenance of systems software solutions. Evaluates and monitors current and planned systems software solutions available from vendors, based on a thorough knowledge of systems engineering and programming concepts and techniques. May modify, program and test vendor software to enhance overall systems performance in the context of the organization and business needs. Such enhancements can improve the efficiency of systems and may reduce or delay the need to purchase additional computing resources. Documents all enhancements in a structured and systematic way to allow for more effective ongoing management of the systems. Troubleshoots and debugs errors during or after enhancements or upgrades to ensure system performance and availability goals are maintained. Requires systems engineering and programming, design and configuration experience in a large complex organization.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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