Systems Engineer Job Posting



Job Title: IT System Engineer Needed for Direct Hire Job
Job ID: 14308
Company: TEAM International
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: Competitive
Skills: VMware
Date Posted: Jul-15-09

We are looking to fill 2 openings of IT System Engineer (Jr. and Sr.). The opportunities are located in Tampa, FL.

Primary Job Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support for production systems in data centers
• Configure, install and deploy servers as well as applications
• Gain knowledge of software and services, and document processes when required
• Manage and Maintain Backup Strategy for all internal systems
• Perform routine operations tasks to keep data center operating smoothly
• Provide afterhours on call support for data center emergencies
• Manage/Administer all production proprietary applications in production environment

Required Skills:
• High Availability Data Center Experience -- 2+ years working in a clustered and failover configured environment with 24x7 up time. Experience working within extremely small maintenance windows,
• 3+ years experience in Windows Server Administration -- Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 Servers
• VMware Administration -- 2+ years experience administering VMware ESX Server in a production environment. VMware administrator certificate desired.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize job requirements
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Team player, yet able to work independently and complete tasks without daily supervision
• Documentation -- ability to clearly and concisely document a technical issue from discovery, to research, to solution and implementation
• Experience working with Remote Connectivity including VPN and Remote Access
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent analytical skills

Desired Skills: (more consideration will be given to candidates who posses skills in one or more of the areas below)
• MCSE 2000 or higher Certification is highly desired
• Network Administration -- 2+ years experience administering Cisco Network gear, CCNA Certification is desired.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and standard services (Telnet, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, etc.) as well as routing and networking fundamentals.
• Exchange Server administration
• Active Directory, SQL 200/2005 server administration
• Linux Administration -- 2+ years experience administering Linux Servers in a production environment and a Linux Server Administration Certification is desired.
• NAS Administration -- 2+ year experience administering NetApp or Similar NON Windows based NAS appliance, a Certification is desired.
• Citrix Administration -- 2+ years experience administering a Citrix Environment and a CCA certification is desired.
• Enterprise level Backup Solution Administration -- 2+ years experience administering an Enterprise wide Backup Solution (Tivoli Storage Manger, NetBackup or equivalent), a Certification is desired.
• Phone System Operations or Administration
• Knowledge of iSeries Administration --and iSeries Mirroring (Vision/iTera/Mimix)

Preferred Experience/Education:
• Bachelors Degree (within a technical or business discipline) or the equivalent technical training and 3+ years of related work experience
• 3+ years supporting customers in a production environment

Travel / Shift Work Expectations:
• As needed travel to perform maintenance at production data center (~5%)
• On-call rotation required providing 24x7x365 support for Data Center Applications and Servers.
• Flexible Schedule within Data Center Core Hours of operation, provided that complete coverage is assured (8:30am-5:30pm Monday through Friday) and adjusted as needed for maintenance windows, and on call issues.
• Occasional travel for continuing education, customer visits, or other necessary experience

Location: US-FL-Tampa
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Roman
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: romank@teaminternational.com




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