Description
GoAhead Solutions has an immediate need for an Implementation Engineer in New York, NY. This would be a six month contract to start out.
Job Description:
-Specifically this role will involve working / assisting on deploying various projects currently being implemented by the Clients News Editorial and Media team.
-The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for delivering key parts of the projects assigned to them.
-An advantage for the successful candidate to have is experience in both Windows and Solaris operating systems.
-This is an exciting opportunity to be involved building a number of medium to large scale production environments used to supply Clients strategic product sets.
Core Technical Skills:
-Windows Installation / Administration including 2008.
-MS Clustering.
-Active Directory Administration.
-Good understanding of IP networking and firewall technologies.
Advantages Technical Skills:
-Solaris Installation / Administration including v10.
-Veritas Clustering.
-SAN configuration on Unix and Wintel OS.
-Tivoli suite of management products such as GMI.
-MacAfee anti-virus suite.
-Automated patch deployment.
-Patching of both Unix and Wintel OS.
-Web server technologies such as IIS / Apache.
-Database knowledge such as MS SQL.
-Virtualisation technologies such as VMware.
Advantages Qualifications:
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification.
-Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification.
-Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification.
-Sun Certified System Administration.
Functional Skills:
-Produce service documentation for support to the required high standard.
-The ability to follow standards and processes (such as change and release management) is a must for this role.
-ITIL Based release management / change process.
Soft Skills:
-Ability to work with large groups / teams and individually with minimum supervision.
-Prioritise and mange work load accordingly to achieve the required dead lines
-Ability to multitask, and work under pressure with changing priorities is essential to this role.
-Be self-motivated and self-reliant.
-The successful candidates will posses good communication skills (both written and verbal) and excellent interpersonal skills.
-A background in a busy operational or service delivery environment would also be advantageous.
-Work within flexible start times (between 8am and 10am) Monday to Friday. The flexibility to work weekends when the work demands require it.