Description
We are looking for 2 x Linux/Windows Large Scale Systems Integration Specialists to join our client on an initial 3-6 month contract based predominantly out in Saudi Arabia.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable hands on experience covering design and implementation of the following:
PKI/HSM CA certificate management and deployment
RDS Farm Deployment
Identify Management and Authentication Services
ESXi/VMWare deployment experience
SQL Clustering
Active Directory/LDAPS
Essential that the successful candidate has technical skills in some of the following areas:
Linux Scripting with Bash and/or KSH.
Comprehensive knowledge in Operating System security and associated network/platform design, hardening and deployment.
Kickstart of linux based components and in-life management using puppet/ansible.
Patching methodologies and testing.
Development and deployment of monitoring systems for both in-development and live components (Nagios/SolarWinds/Check_MK) including configuration of agents and SNMP.
Advanced deployment and configurations of VMware products including ESX, vCenter with VDS and NSX.
Understanding of storage platforms and protocols, including SAMBA, NFS, FCoE and high availability enterprise grade storage platforms including Netapp & EMC.
Design and debug of underlying networks and protocols including TCP/IP, Firewall theory and packet analysis.
Design and development of deployment guides.
Issue management using tools such as redmine or JIRA.
Understanding of backup and restoration issues for 24x7 support, including development of documentation for 1st and 2nd line support teams.
Cyber-security and certification such as such as CISSP, SANS GIAC, Security+, Network+, Linux+, MCSE, CCNA or SSCP
Full engineering life cycle and Systems Engineering (IVV&T) practices from requirements/user story capture and decomposition through to integration, acceptance and customer sign off and associated toolsets
Interested candidates should submit their CV in the first instance