PURPOSE OF ROLE
This candidate will provide the Agilisys IT Services division with Systems Engineering works to agreed objectives. They will have full responsibility for quality of work performed as a technical specialist.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Will be responsible for the design, configuration, implementation and support of multi-site, heterogeneous systems based around MS NT, 2000 & 2003, Unix and Linux
- You will be designing, configuring & implementing business critical systems as well as proactive development of the cluster support environment
- You will be the key co-ordinator & technical lead for the developing deployment projects
- Must be able to specify, configure, and capacity plan & rollout clustering, fail over and load balancing solutions using most server solutions (NT/2000, Sun, HP. etc)
- You will be required to capable of both designing systems, and being hands on in the implementation of them
- Provide a high quality of expertise in areas of IT & IS to maximise availability
- Provide advice/input on relevant technical issues & into the provision of cost effective IT & IS solutions
- Maintains an awareness of current developments his technical domain within employing organisation, own industry and outside. Keeps up to date on best practice
- Carries out specific assignments related to the service improvement either alone or as part of a team
- Takes responsibility for quality standards such as ISO27001 and policies relating to the technical specialization
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge
- Technical knowledge of MS Active Directory, Windows 2000/2003, UNIX/Linux OS, MS Exchange Server 2003, IIS 5/6, MS SQL 2000/2005, TCP/IP routing, and DNS, WINS, DHCP
- Experience in designing & implementing backup & recovery systems
- Experience in designing, implementing & managing Storage technologies such as SANs
- Experience in Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare
- Knowledge of Compaq/IBM/ servers - AD design & migration, VPN and firewall support
- Strong technical communication, presentation and customer facing skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise & resolve problems in a logical way
- Release, configuration management and development life-cycle methodology
- Will demonstrate a high degree of business awareness / market knowledge
- Technical writing skills
- Knowledge of the IS infrastructure (hardware, databases, operating systems, local area networks etc) used within own organisation
- Meeting targets and fulfilling agreements even when adverse circumstances prevail
LOCATION: London - Head Office