NATO Systems Administrator

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SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / SC CLEARED / NATO / MICROSOFT COTS / LINUX / VMWARE / STORAGE / BACKUP / IMMEDIATE START

ROLE TITLE: Systems Administrator with Microsoft COTS Specialisation

LOCATION: Brussels, Belgium

RATE: EUR45 - EUR47 per hour

DURATION: To start ASAP until October 2018

CLEARANCE: SC Cleared / NATO Secret

THE ROLE:

- Works on own initiative with limited supervision, may lead others as required;

- Plans, manages, coordinates and conducts work to meet quality targets;

- Maintains and improves sound knowledge on implemented and new technologies;

- Analyses technical issues, plans, designs, requirements and associated risks, and takes appropriate actions on technical solutions to include advise to supervisors and actual implementation;

- Takes initiative to investigate and resolves issues in a systematic approach;

- Creates, installs, operates, maintains and supports server software images, both for Operating Systems and assigned applications, and stays abreast of latest developments in these areas;

- Analyses and resolves assigned level 2 incident and problem tickets;

- Supports IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM), Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans;

- Maintains liaison with other CSU internal units, Service Lines and other external technical organisations;

- Operates assigned CIS systems and resolves alerts and error conditions;

- Documents the configuration of assigned CIS equipment and related operating procedures as well as execution of the latter;

- Implements procedures, tools and techniques for monitoring and managing the performance of assigned CIS systems and provides reports as required;

- Monitors and reports on the capacity of the assigned CIS systems;

- Assists with and implements assigned project work packages;

- Assists in developing new architectures as Subject Matter Expert in its assigned area of responsibility;

- Creates, installs, operates and maintains Linux server software images, both for Operating Systems and assigned applications, and stays abreast of latest developments in these areas;

- supports and maintains mobile secure and unsecure infrastructure including 2nd Level support for iOS devices for VI P users;

- Supports specific applications assigned to the team (Call-Out system, Tumba, etc);

- Performs any other duty as assigned;

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

- current in-depth knowledge and practical work experience of Microsoft Windows operating systems (latest versions) in a large scale LAN-based client-server environment using Active Directory Services;

- current in-depth knowledge and practical work experience of Linux operating systems in a large scale heterogeneous client-server network;

- current knowledge and recent practical experience of mainstream hypervisors (VMware);

- current knowledge and recent practical experience in using mainstream Mobile Device Managers (MobileIron); server side scripting (Microsoft Powershell and Linux bash shell);

- a sound knowledge of the issues and techniques of information processing and web services

- experience with data management and storage facilities, including practical analytical experience of IT servers and system architecture implementations;

- a good awareness of access security and know how to implement security policies, with a good understanding and knowledge of systems usability;

- recent experience with server clustering technology, storage systems and backup systems;

- ITIL Foundation certification.

- Support and implementation of VMWare;

- Management of a groups of Oracle Linux (or RedHat) servers, possibly clustered, in a High Availability configuration;

- Internet Information Services and Apache web servers;

- Blackberry server, Mobile Iron;

- Storage systems and Storage Area Networks including their cluster services. (NetApp)

- MS Exchange;

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.