Job description
Contract Systems Administator - 3 Month Contract - Portsmouth
As the Systems Administrator you will be an experienced and technically minded individual with strong hands-on experience. You will be responsible for the following areas:
- Technical support & maintenance of the Wintel Server environment
- Monitoring and scripting within the LINUX sphere
- Daily monitoring and health checks
- Patching
- Virtualisation of technology platforms
- Shared storage
- Backup/DR environments
- Internal project consultancy
- Managing data networking
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Advanced or expert level knowledge of the following:
- Wintel and/or LINUX operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / 2008 r2 / 2012 / 2016, CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu)
- Authentication and directory services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, GPO management)
- Windows system management tools, philosophies and methods
- Windows/LINUX automation (scripting, imaging, installation, management)
- Antivirus/malware and patch management technologies, such as WSUS
- TCP/IP networking LAN/WAN (DNS, DHCP, RAS, VPN) MPLS
- Collaborative technologies, such as Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, SharePoint, Citrix
- Virtualization concepts and functional working skills with various virtualization technologies such as VMware and Cloud-based technology, such as Azure
- Shared storage concepts and functional working skills with various shared storage technologies (provisioning LUNs, expanding volumes, configuring RAID, etc.) Dell/EMC arrays and HP MSAs
- Advanced knowledge of monitoring using appropriate tools for example Solarwinds, New Relic using SNMPv3 / SNMPv2 / WMI protocols
- Strong understanding of Windows/ Linux and network security best practices and strategies
- Strong understanding of load balancers & WAFs such as Netscaler, Zen load balancer and load balancer .org, Big IP F5s
- Analytical and process-oriented approach to issues and assigned tasks
- Advanced level diagnostic method and skills in a variety of environments
Desirable Experience:
- 3-5 years of experience in Information Technology 3rd line infrastructure/devops support
- Associate degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent training preferred / experience.
- Relevant Certifications:
- MCSE
- VCP / VCA
- CCNA
To discuss this role fully please apply with your updated CV or contact AaronGiles@spectrumIT.co.uk for more information.