Lenovo

Lenovo is actively seeking candidates to apply for the role of a Senior Solutions and IT Technologist. Qualified candidates will be responsible for the administration and maintenance of the Lenovo Workstation team's IT network, while assisting in the development of vertically-oriented workstation solutions. These solutions are the combination of Lenovo ThinkStation workstation products in addition to SW applications and HW peripherals to create turnkey solutions for vertical industries such as media and entertainment, manufacturing and engineering, health and medical, oil and gas, etc. Solutions can include AR/VR/MR, Artificial Intelligence, HPC, remote/virtual workstation, etc.

For this role you will be working with a combination of HW and SW solutions integrations pairing our workstation products with internal and external solutions like  AI, VR, AR, etc. to create specific solutions for target vertical markets (manufacturing, media, entertainment, surveillance, etc.)

Responsibilities may include:

• Understanding of Cloud based solutions
• Device driver management /use / understanding
• Project Management
• Monitoring and maintaining our networks and File/Build/SVN servers.
• Upgrading, installing, and configuring new hardware and software to meet Lenovo’s objectives, as well as security needs.
• Ensuring compliance with security requirements, and implementing security protocols and procedures to prevent potential threats. 
• Creating user accounts and performing access control.
• Documenting processes, as well as backing up and archiving data.
• Supervising and monitoring our IT LAN, as well as providing IT support.
• Keeping up to date with advancements and best practices in IT administration.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a technical field, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) are ideal.
• Desirable to have professional qualification, such as Microsoft, Oracle, or Cisco certification.
• Working knowledge of windows scripting language as well as Python.
• Experience with IT systems, networks, and related technologies.
• Solid knowledge of best practices in IT administration and system security.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Requirements or courses in the following areas:

• Virtual Reality Design and Development,
• Coding for Social Good (VR component),
• Interactive Simulation for Robot Learning,
• Computer Graphics: Animation and Simulation, Character Animation: Modeling, Simulation,
• Control of Human Motion,
• Topics in Computer Graphics: Agile Hardware Design
• Physically Based Animation and Sound.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence