Description
IT Engineer - North West Lancashire - 3 months rolling
This is a 3months + contract for a leading blue chip client. Circa £250 per day - Based in the North West/Lancashire.
Potential candidates should have at least 5-7 years of hands-on core infrastructure experience, implementation/business as usual skills for WinTel products, VMware ESX v4 through to v5.5 and VSphere, Cisco Networking and experience with SANs. Any associated IT certifications ie MCSE, CCNA, VCP would be looked upon favourably. Applicants should have excellent knowledge of Windows Server OS, preferably MCSA or MCSE qualified.
Key skills:
- Significant & Demonstrable corporate experience of developing and supporting server infrastructure or equivalent role experience
- Significant experience of supporting/troubleshooting Microsoft network operating systems (such as Windows 2003, Windows 2008 & Windows Server 2012, R2 variants inclusive)
- Significant experience of supporting/troubleshooting infrastructure management application suites from Symantec, McAfee, or Microsoft such as backup exec and EPO
- HP, Dell or equivalent server/SAN hardware troubleshooting/support experience
- Strong understanding of LAN & WAN networking concepts with the ability to diagnose and fix
- Strong experience with Active Directory & exchange administration
- Experience of working in a customer facing environment dealing with IT related support queries from a wide range of business customers
- Experience of delivering IT projects within agreed timelines
- VMware Administration and knowledge of the steps involved in modernising and upgrading Legacy systems
Desirable experience:
- Dell Storage Technology
- Knowledge of Database systems, such as SQL
- Highly resilient infrastructure implementations
- VPN Technologies
- Managed Print Solutions (eg Canon)
- MS SCOM, MS SCCM, LanSweeper
- Cisco Call Manager Experience
- Experience of ITIL working practises
- Microsoft Accreditation
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Good written communication and documentation skills (Word, Visio, PowerPoint etc.)
- Demonstrable SOP's and Tech notes
- Presentation of clear and concise updates, solutions and technical analysis to internal functions and external departments
- Good presentation skills, to a mixed level audience
- Ability to present written and verbal business cases for IT advances as required
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