Description
Summary:- We are seeking a System Administrator for contract work
- Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to, administering a Server development room and participating in a System archive process.
- Development Lab Administrator
- Managing Server development Lab
- Keeping track of environment and activities
- Providing Status Reports of environment
- Evolve the environment
- Create and implement a backup and recovery process
- Organize and manage cabling
- Consolidate and decommission Servers
- Collaborate with business and systems developers
- Communicating current and future company standards
- Discussing systems needed for development projects
- Building systems to project requirements
- Adapting systems to project needs
- Setting up environment for patch testing
- Ongoing Support
- Install, support, and maintain Servers.
- Planning for and responding to planned and unplanned service outages
- Responding to planned and unplanned hardware outages
- Scripting and Shell programming for maintenance task
- Project management for systems-related projects
- Installing and configuring off the self-software packages
- System Archive Analyst
- Answer data retrieval requests
- Determine how to retrieve the requested data
- Connecting to appropriate Virtual Archive Environment resources
- Following instructions to answer requesters data needs
- Provide the data to requester in required format
- Working with SME to configure system for archival
- Setup systems required to facilitate the archiving, viewing and presenting data
- Virtualize data and/or Servers into the archive environment
- Verify and or develop data retrieval documentation
- Document archive activities with appropriate documentation
- Parallel manage multiple projects
- Configure computer hardware, physical and virtual
- Configure interoperability between applications, databases and client software
- Install and configure enterprise level software
- Install and Configure RDBMs (Oracle/MS SQL Server)
- Migration of databases
- Troubleshoot computer and software issues - L3
- Follow Standard Operation Procedures
- Execute test scripts
- Review/update all documentation
- Develop and write procedural protocols and test scripts
- Verification of migration of data over LAN/WAN
- Recommend improvement to the existing procedures
- Develop and write supporting documentation
- Communicate to various levels of technical skill sets in an effective manner
- Communicate across all levels of staff and management
- Work independently as well as in a team environment
- Utilize tools to migrate to a virtual environment
- Administer virtual environments
- Accurately track and report project hours
- Work with GMP and validated systems
- Comply with corporate processes
Qualifications:
- Expertise in the Installation, use, administration and troubleshooting of:
- Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 Servers
- VMware 3.5 ESX/ESXi
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2008R2
- Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, and 11g
- Redhat Linux 3, 4 and 5
- Expertise in the Installation, use, administration and troubleshooting of VMware Virtual environments
- Hardware expertise in the Installation, use, administration and troubleshooting of:
- HP DL, ML and DLG Servers
- Dell Power Edge
- Storage Management
- SAN, NAS, NFS, LUNS
- Understanding of DNS and TCP/I
- Infrastructure Management
- Cabling
- Electrical
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting the interoperability between applications, databases and client software
- Understanding of interdependency of systems (ie Application, Database, Web, File Servers and client systems)
- Strong organization skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of staff and management
- Detail oriented
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Solid troubleshooting and problem solving skills
- Experience determining how to maneuver unfamiliar applications
- Configure computer hardware, physical and virtual
- Install and configure Server Operating Systems
- Install and configure enterprise level software
- Pharma experience required
- 4 - 7 years' experience
Plus:
- A+ Certification
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Experience with GMP systems
- Experience working with Solaris and SunFire Servers
- Understanding of Active Directory and authentication technologies
- Experience with different virtualization tools
- Platespin Migrate
- VMware Converter
- Acronis Backup and Recovery
- Understanding of system clustering
- Valid passport for international travel (limited if any)
- Experience working with AS400