Web Administrator

Description

1 x Web Administrator is needed for a potentially long term contract position in Valencia, Spain.
Working with an existing team, you will help deliver on-going administration and support for the Web Hosting Service. Your team will be multi-national and multi-location so we are looking for someone that has a good combination of technical skills (Windows, Web infrastructure, IIS, Azure) and excellent English communication.
Your regular activity will include:

• Administration of system/software configurations and troubleshooting Windows based Web environment issues.
• Document and improve processes, procedures and best practices to align with industry standards and customer needs.
• Perform system administration of web and application Servers based on Microsoft IIS and ASP .NET
• Analyze and identify key areas for automation and optimization, including improvements in system performance, processes, and deployments.
• Coordinating maintenance and outages with infrastructure and business groups
• Migrations of Web applications and consolidation of Web infrastructures.
• Deployment of tools and implementation of processes to assist in operational support.
• Documentation of operating procedures related to Web applications service.
• Assist the evaluation, configuration and installation of new Web infrastructures and applications releases in accordance with established change management processes and configuration management standards.
• Installation and configuration of Web Traffic Analysis tools, management of Web statistics profiles and develop custom reports on Web trends.
• Develop system tools and utilities (eg scripts) to support the web infrastructure.
• Involve in designing solutions for public Clouds (Azure, Amazon)
• Stand-by services during weekends, official holidays and outside business hours if required.
• Coordination with customers.

We're looking for someone with the following skills:

• Hands-on experience on IIS, ASP.NET and .NET framework.
• Experience in support, installation, configuration, clustering, best practices, troubleshooting of IIS.
• Web compression and caching engines, performance tuning features (application initialization, multicore scaling, CPU throttling).
• Experience with ASP.NET based Web application management and troubleshooting from an infrastructure perspective.
• Microsoft Active Directory services and integration, Kerberos authentication and SSO.
• Web publishing extensions and synchronization mechanisms (FTP, WebDAV, URL Rewrite, Web Deployment Tool like TFS, and RepliWeb).
• Database infrastructure skills with Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
• Excellent Knowledge of network communication protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, RPC, etc.) including the ability to analyze network issues.
• Web authentication mechanisms and security (authentication protocols, certificates, SSL/TLS encryption, SNI extensions, URL authorization).
• Scripting knowledge - ASP.NET and PowerShell.
• Good knowledge about web & applications performance monitoring.
• Good knowledge of Windows Operating Systems (Windows Server 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2)
• Docker containers experience is desirable
• Working knowledge of Cloud-Based services (PaaS & Saas) Experience working with geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems.
• Knowledge of ITIL service management methodology
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks around changing priorities
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Excellent technical documentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and client service skills
• Strong Knowledge in web analytics tools like WebTrends
• Excellent knowledge of English is required
• Microsoft certifications are highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the LAMP stack would be an advantage.

Candidates should also be willing to participate in a 7 x 24 on call support program and possibly work flexible hours including some weekends and evenings.

As for Valencia, it is Spain's 3rd largest city and home of the original paella! It's a great place to live and work, offers excellent beaches, amazing restaurants, bars and social life, good sports and activities, a multicultural environment, old and new architecture and much more. Above all, it is very affordable.
For more info or to apply for this position please contact Quanta with your details.