Senior HPE NonStop (Tandem) Systems Engineer

• We are seeking an experienced HPE NonStop (Tandem) Systems Engineer that will provide operational support for mission critical, high availability HPE-NonStop (Tandem) compute platform.
• This is a highly converged, fault-tolerant system on which we host our critical ATM and card processing system, Base24.
• The individual will support the full technology stack for this platform, including operating system, data stores, utilities, capacity, monitoring, automation, deployments, replication, etc.
• This role is responsible for the administration, stability, performance, and continuous improvement of HPE NonStop (Tandem) platforms for core business operations. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, strong operational discipline, and the ability to collaborate across infrastructure, application, and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems

• Perform system configuration, upgrades, patches, and preventive maintenance

• Monitor system health, capacity, availability, and performance

• Partner with application teams for deployments, troubleshooting, and performance tuning

• Implement and maintain backup and recovery strategies

• Support disaster recovery (DR), business continuity, and high availability architectures

• Implement system security policies, user access controls, and auditing

• Analyzes and designs technical solutions to address business needs.

• Troubleshoots systems to increase quality of systems.

• Identifies, investigates, and proposes solutions to technical problems.

• Develops, tests, and modifies software to improve efficiency of internal operating systems.

• Provides technical support for issues surrounding software/hardware failures and the like.

• Provides technical expertise where required within Information Technology Projects.

• Prepares and maintains necessary documentation.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Requires a bachelor’s in computer science, information systems or another related field

• Hands-on experience supporting HPE NonStop systems.

• A combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.

• Experience with NonStop capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting

• Employs advanced knowledge as a generalist or specialist of programming and systems analysis and related applications.

• Requires strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Requires strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with both management and staff employees.

• Must be able to meet deadlines.

• Ability to set and maintain high-quality work standards.

• Ability to lead a group.

• Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods.

Derex Technologies Inc specializes in providing IT consulting, staffing solutions and software services. Globally headquartered in Harrison New Jersey since 1996 Derex delivers the highest quality technology professionals and an array of customized IT talent solutions designed to improve productivity and drive results to global clients throughout North America.

With over two decades of unparalleled experience, Derex provides supports to its clientele, across such industries as Systems Integration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, and local and federal Government agencies.