System Administrator - Infrastructure Management Operations - Server,

Description

T4S Solutions are searching for a 2 X System Administrator with experience in server, backup and storage management to work on a long term contract based in Brussels.

Job description

Operations Role

• Validation and testing of new procedures before release.
• Development of scripts to improve central management and control facilities (central alerting, central logging, central security polices implementation ...).
• Drafting of procedures, installation notices and scripts for the integration, installation and upgrade of services.
• Participate in the 2nd Level on-call standby service.

General description:

• Install, connect, configure, maintain, manage & administer, move and/or decommission as needed all ICT infrastructure for the EEAS.

In particular:

• Operational management of the ICT production environment for HQ and Delegations:
  • Debugging and analysing of reported problems and escalated incidents.
  • Direct intervention on ICT infrastructure (Servers, workstations).
  • Preparation and test of new reference configurations (CRB) for any supported hardware, integration & testing of new software versions, service packs, configuration changes.
  • On-site installation/migration/repair missions in delegations.
  • Operate in accordance with the defined ITIL processes and procedures (incident, change, problem, etc)

Tech & Func Skills

Standard requirements

• Secondary school (12 years education) diploma/certificate of completion is required
• ITIL v.3 Foundation certification is a requirement of the contract and needs to be obtained, at the latest, 3 months after the start date.
• AT LEAST one technical certification (besides ITIL) in their area of expertise (ie related to the component they are proposed for)secondary school (12 years education) diploma/certificate of completion is required for Junior and Experienced, two are required for Senior

Detailed requirements

• Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 Server administration.
• Enterprise environment.

Backup Specific

• In-depth knowledge on back-up strategy, configuration, implementation, and operation.
• Symantec Back-up Exec.
• Netapp Back-up Vault.
• Enterprise class, multi sites back-up management
• Hardware environment Windows & Exchange disaster-recovery procedures.

Storage Specific

• Netapp Ontapp.
• Netapp Back-up Vault.
• Connectivity - Fiber Channel - Flex 10
• DAS FAS NAS SAN in-depth operational level

Virtualisation Specific

• vSphere versions (vSphere 3.x, vSphere 4.x, vSphere 5.x)
• vSphere storage (DAS, NAS, SAN)
• vSphere network
• Vmware tools, in general
• Windows 2003, 2008 Server and Active Directory
• Linux Redhat
• TCP/IP protocol and related services in a Windows 2003, 2008 environment: DNS, DHCP, WINS.

Certifications:

• ITIL V.3 Certification
• Other certifications:
  • Microsoft:
    • MCSA/MCSE: Server Infrastructure
    • MCITP: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 and above/
• Storage:
  • NCSA,
  • NCDA,
  • NCIE
• Virtualisation:
  • VCA-DCV,
  • VCP4/5-
  • DCV
  • VCAP4/5-DCA,
  • VCAP4/5-DCD,
  • VCDX4/5-DV,
  • VCAWM,
  • VCP4/5-DT,
  • VCAP-DTD,
  • VCDX-DT - MCTS,
  • MCITP: Virtualization Administrator (or higher)
• Linux:
  • RHCSA,
  • RHCE,
  • RHCJD,
  • RHCJA
• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) application administration
• Oracle RDBMS database administration