Systems Engineer
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: IT
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Events Services
Function: Information Technology
Company profile: MAP Digital: MetaMeetings is a digital events agency. We elevate participants experience onsite and on the Web, enhance information exchange and collaboration, while capturing and measuring real-time digital engagement to inform sales, marketing, learning, and strategic objectives. Our MetaMeetings suite of integrated software is constantly being refined and customized for our clients’ needs. We are technologically agnostic and take an agency approach by: building, buying or partnering to get the correct solution. We have purchased the IP of a Social Media program that was developed for a major arts and technology festival, and have integrated it into our MetaMeetings Portal. From this integration we have build a collaboration and knowledge sharing platform that has transformed training into a Learning 3.0 experience. MAP's Three Steps for a Digital Event: Digitize:One portal supports all logistical, data gathering & reporting functions: Registration, Badging, Content Management, Session Generation and Scheduling, Interactive Conference Web/Mobile sites, Onsite Digital Signage, and Webcasting.We also build the LANs and secure a robust Internet access onsiteCollaborate: Event Community Portal: Integration of Social Media tools for Profiles, General, Session and Group discussion, Search for participants and key words, Make 1x1 meetings, Proposal a Session, Privacy settings, etcLearning 3.0: Using Social Media tools to collaborate and share knowledge across an Enterprise. Content Optimization: Speech to text search within On Demand Webcasts and Slides. MAP Digital expedites publishing of optimized content that then can be mined, shared, re-purposed, and curated all while collecting in-depth usage patterns.Evaluate:Map participants real-time usage to report on strategic opportunities and #URL_42c0cb8978e08b4fdb09ef701e7413acf870ebadff6ea337db9ae9c8dee40278# Events Agency, Social Media, Learning 3.0, Content Optimization, Webcasting, Content Management, Collaboration, Web/Mobile apps.
Description: MAP Digital: MetaMeetingsTM is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with excellent communication skills and a desire to collaborate with clients in designing robust IT solutions for their event marketing needs. We design and setup networks and systems at our clients' events and conferences across the country and around the world. We are primarily a Linux based shop (Debian/Ubuntu) with users/clients operating in a Windows desktop environment. The candidate should have significant troubleshooting/user support experience and be comfortable explaining technical information to non-technical clients. Above all, we seek a dynamic problem solver who designs and implements customized and creative solutions for our clients. On a day to day basis, our Systems Engineer is responsible for our data centers and servers along with collaborating with our programming team to ensure integrated development.
Requirements: 4+ years experience with Windows Desktop/Server and Linux(Ubuntu) Engineering and Support.Strong experience working in a LAMP environment.Some basic experience with Cisco networking devices.Fundamental understanding of Internet services and protocols including DNS, TCP/IP, VPN, SMTP, IMAP, etc.You must be able to explain how services/protocols work according to RFC standards, if you can’t then please don’t apply.Strong experience with design and architecture of systems.Strong experience with designing and implementing backups and disaster recovery plans.Strong written and verbal communication skill.Ability to collaborate with other teams.Must be able to lift heavy objects, such as servers/printers/routers, and move them 10 feet.Must be able to travel via airplane due to the nature of our client’s live event needs.
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