Gaming:
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Position Summary
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Be a part of a team committed to excellence in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Implement, upgrade, and maintain Windows and VMware environments at LW’s various gaming datacenter and remote environments. Create diagnostic and automation scripts to assist with these duties.
The Data Center Operations focus specializes in providing technical support for computerized operations. Installs, configures and troubleshoots computer hardware, software, systems and other resources in a data center or other centralized computer network setting. Monitors system performance and utilization metrics including support for new equipment.
Job Functions:
Deploy, upgrade, and maintain the VMWare vCenter and ESXi infrastructure.
Maintain and troubleshoot Windows server systems at SGs various gaming datacenter locations and remote sites.
Perform installation, upgrades, patches, and security remediation of Windows servers systems.
Manage, and monitor backup and replication strategies.
Perform daily\weekly monitoring of data center server infrastructure.
Assist in maintaining disaster recovery plan and perform routine testing.
Help create diagnostic scripts to gather troubleshooting information.
Create Visio diagrams and documentation of deployments.
Work with internal audit to maintain compliance of system for all regulated requirements.
Provide root cause analysis of major failures to management team.
Adhere to compliance requirements.
Perform periodic scans of infrastructure for vulnerabilities.
Conduct risk assessments: Evaluate the organization's systems to identify vulnerabilities and potential security risks.
Monitor security systems: Monitor security systems to detect and respond to security incidents.
Work closely with other IT and security professionals, such as network administrators, software developers, and information security analysts, to ensure the integration of security into all aspects of the organization's systems and operations.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Extensive knowledge of Windows operating systems and technologies such as WMI, Active Directory, DNS, and MS clustering.
Entry level PowerShell or another scripting language.
Operational understanding of SQL query concepts.
Basic knowledge of VMWare virtualization technologies.
Automation principles and the desire to improve the efficiency of daily operations.
Knowledge of High Availability & DR concepts.
Experience troubleshooting Windows OS.
Experience developing policies and procedures for systems.
Knowledge of SAN technologies and administration (3Par.NetApp,Pure,FC/iSCSI).
Experience with system management tools such as Solarwinds, WSUS, Zerto, Crowdstrike, Tanium, VMWare.
Familiarity with AWS/Azure.
Ability to interact with customers and remote field service technicians on deployments and problem resolution.
Must be able to obtain and maintain required gaming cards and licensing upon employment.
Have the ability to work in a fast paced, high volume and stressful environment.
Available for on-call.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Education
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
Work Conditions
LNW and its affiliates (collectively, “LNW”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain LNW employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure LNW complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with LNW (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
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