System Administrator & Data Center Operator

• Management of server hardware, converged and hyper-converged systems, peripheral equipment and firmware upgrades
• Install, Move and Changes of equipment in the Data Center.
• Management of Operating Systems, mainly Windows Server and possibly Linux also including container platform management
• Management of Active Directory Environment at a Forest Level and Microsoft Services (PKI, DHCP, DNS, DC, Clusters, NLB), creating and issuing certificates
• Management of vSphere platform, ESX hosts, VM’s, SRM, vRA (Automation & scripting) and NSX
• Incident, requests and change management

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements:

• Knowledge of physical servers in particular HP and DELL including blade models.
• Practical experience and familiarity with bare-metal installation of different OS on server hardware.
• Practical experience executing firmware upgrades on server hardware.
• Provide technical support in the data center by performing system/network installation, configuration, and troubleshooting in order to ensure optimum operations.
• Install and configure new equipment at the datacenter.
• Update network topology diagram after installing/decommissioning of equipment.
• Protect company database and infrastructure by setting up access controls, monitoring surveillance systems and other security measures to maintain the integrity of company information.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all existing systems in the datacenter , including decommissioned devices and work tools.
• Conduct periodic inspections to ensure efficient performance of data processing systems
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal policies on IT operations.
• Support for third party or internally developed applications.
• Collaborate with different infrastructure teams to ensure the security and efficiency of data center server/network.
• Carry out system administration tasks such as software installation/updates, security patches, and hardware maintenance
• Assist senior level engineers in designing/modifying network systems and application infrastructure.
• Perform basic repair or parts replacement of damaged or faulty equipment and devices.
• Experience working in a Microsoft environment including installing, configuring, provisioning and maintaining Microsoft Win servers (2012-2019).
• Experience working in a Microsoft environment including installing, configuring and maintaining Microsoft Active Directory Forests, Domains.
• Experience managing DHCP, DNS, Domain Controllers, Microsoft Clusters, File Servers, Print Servers, Group Policies, server patch management process
• Experience working with vSphere including installing, configuring, provisioning and maintaining ESX host servers and clusters, guest VM’s (Windows and Linux) and VM tools.

Optional (Advantage)

• Knowledge of virtual connect and NPAR virtualization.
• Knowledge of hyper-converged systems such as VxRail, PowerShell scripting,
• Management of a PKI and CA system including creation and issuing of new certificates, HSM administration, NSX, SRM (Site Recovery Manger), vRA, vROPS
• Experience working with a Service Request management system.
• Knowledge of the ITIL process in terms of change management, incident management

Competences:

• Good written and verbal English (must be able to communicate in writing via emails, etc. and participate in meetings over the phone, video-conference etc.)