Systems Engineer

Intellectual Ventures (“IV”) is a privately held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington. Intellectual Ventures is the leader in the business of invention. Driven by the belief that invention sparks progress, Intellectual Ventures is committed to creating and sustaining a market for invention. The company creates new inventions, invests in existing inventions, and partners with universities and research labs worldwide to develop inventions. Intellectual Ventures provides companies with access to these inventions through a variety of licensing and partnering programs.

The Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, maintenance, and administration of a variety of enterprise servers and applications on Windows and Linux operating systems. This role requires handling the implementation of multiple projects while collaborating with other IT groups and teams across the enterprise. The position involves working on complex issues that require in-depth evaluation of variable factors and networking with key contacts outside their own area of expertise for issue identification and resolution.

Responsibilities:

• Engage in design, implementation, testing, and deployment of new operating systems, software, and cloud technologies.
• Work with vendors to provide hardware and software recommendations and procurement.
• Install and maintain Windows servers and all related infrastructure, including backup/restore, security policies and virus protection, tuning, capacity planning, and monitoring of all resources to ensure high availability of all services provided.
• Implement, respond to, and tune server monitoring and alerting.
• Research software and hardware to provide recommendations on current and future systems.
• Support for Microsoft 365 stack, including Azure, Entra, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business, and Teams.
• Support for Active Directory, SQL, IIS, File & Print servers, and both custom and COTS applications.
• Deployment and support of Virtual Machine Manager, Hyper-V hosts, and VMs.
• Work with the Director of Security in support of system security and integrity of data and computing resources.
• Escalation point for internal customers and IT staff.
• Promote and maintain server patch management practices.
• Monitor capacity and performance.
• Develop scripts for automation using PowerShell.
• Manage and participate in projects as assigned, working with team members across the company to deliver project goals.
• Research and evaluate new technologies and present recommendations and justifications on hardware and software purchases.
• Provide mentoring and cross-training to other IT staff in areas of expertise.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Key Qualifications and Required Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in a related field.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related technical disciplines is preferred.
• SCOM, SCCM, and DPM administration experience is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of networking, Active Directory/LDAP, Group Policy, WMI, and PowerShell scripting.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and Azure core technologies.
• Solid knowledge of virtualization.
• Experience with storage (SAN/NAS).
• Ability to multitask and comfortably work on multiple projects at once.
• Ability to adapt to change and work well under pressure.
• Willingness to accept and share new ideas and participate in a team environment.

Employees (and their eligible dependents) are covered by medical (with health savings account contributions for participants in our high deductible health plan), dental, and vision. Our benefits also include disability insurance, life/accidental death and dismemberment insurance, employee assistance program, 401k with matching employer contributions, eighteen PTO days, nine paid company holidays per year, maternity leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement and paid sick time of one hour for every 30 hours worked. In addition, our employees are eligible for annual bonuses, long term cash incentives, and other discretionary bonuses.

Intellectual Ventures was founded on the certainty that ideas have value. It is with that same certainty we acknowledge that not all ideas are equally valued. Our ability to champion impactful invention demands a diverse array of talent supported within an environment where all team members are included and empowered to do their best work. As an organization we learn from our past, address current issues, and remove lingering systems that create, maintain, or promote inequities throughout the workplace. We are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive environment by adopting and advancing equitable practices and processes. Learn more.

Export Compliance Disclaimer

This position requires access or potential access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export control requirements under the ITAR or the EAR. Therefore, candidates will need to confirm that they are a United States citizen, a United States national, a United States lawful permanent resident (“green card holder”), or an asylee or refugee.

Salary Range ($117,500-$176,300)

We are an equal opportunity employer.