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Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Information Technology

Position Summary

We are seeking an Associate Engineer with specialty in Server Operating Systems and Hypervisors to join our team. The Associate SysAdmin Engineer is responsible for ensure the stability of our Server and Hypervisor landscape OnPrem and Cloud throughout the Operating Systems lifecycle.

Responsibilities

+ Identify opportunities for enhancement of service delivery, security, and operation in Server environment Physical and Virtual (On Premise and Cloud)

+ Deliver Operating System services withing Service Targets and Service Level Agreements

+ Maintain inventory of physical and virtual servers

+ Respond and remediate incidents within Service Targets

+ Escalation response to L1 resources

+ Ensure documentation is created and followed for all operational procedures

+ Deliver expected outcomes to requests and projects

+ Maintain a stable and effective Operating System environment through upgrades and continuous improvement.

+ Test and provide feedback on automation workflows and platforms to improve quality and efficiency of operations.

+ Support Disaster Recovery and Resiliency design, implementation, and execution.

+ Provide effective communication to set expectations and status to customers, management, and other IT teams.

+ Other activities as requested

Required Professional Skills/Experience:

+ Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or related field; or equivalent work experience

+ Minimum 1 year’s IT proven experience administering Windows and Linux Server Operating Systems

+ Vmware Hypervisor

+ Self-motivated to find and recommend improvements and learn new technologies.

+ Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and matrixed organization

+ Good communication, and interpersonal skills to technical and non-technical audiences

+ Strong values in line with Bridgestone’s behavioral expectations (Courage, Agility, Ownership)

+ Fluent English

Preferred Professional Skills/Experience

+ 1 years’ experience in large organizations following ITSM best practices like ITIL

+ Experience operating within Agile delivery methodologies as a member of a distributed team.

+ Nutanix Hypervisor

+ Cloud based experiences (AWS or Azure)

+ Experience migrated Servers from on-premise to cloud

Worked in an environment that leverages a Managed Service Provider

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent work experience

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they bring their whole self to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

+ A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.

+ The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.

+ Corporate Social Responsibility activities.

+ A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.

+ Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.

+ A diverse and inclusive team.

_Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law._

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.