Job Description:
Reporting to the Network Operations Manager you will serve as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems.
We will need you to:
Recommend the re-design and configuration of operating systems and system applications.
Investigate and analyze the feasibility of system requirements. Develop system specifications.
What we need:
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer that, ideally, has 5 years of experience deploying, configuring, monitoring, and supporting distributed infrastructure systems, and has an understanding of security, reliability, scalability, and platform management in a real-time (always on) customer production deployment.
Skills required:
5 years of experience:
Expert knowledge of Linux, Windows, and VMware infrastructure.
DNS - how email propagates to the internet, SSL
They provide internet to the clients
Client Servicing - providing technical support to the clients
Handle technical escalations from within the Systems Practice. - L3 - Architecture, handled l1
Provide technical assistance and guidance through to resolution.
Networking, IP, subnets, and firewalls (IPv4 and v6).
Hosting platforms.
Mail environments (cPanel).
Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to persevere and look for alternative solutions to problems.
- Ability to understand complex technical environments, comprising multiple servers and dependencies spread across a nationwide network.
- Excellent documentation writing skills, with the ability to clearly and simply articulate complex ideas and solutions.
Understand technologies including hosting and email.
Able to document and communicate processes from both a technical and non-technical perspective.
Administer our Co-Location facility in Upper Hutt DC including UPS system.
Monitoring/reporting systems including, but not limited to, Nagios and Cacti.
DNS management including hosting and delegation.
VM backup software.
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