IT Systems Administrator - Build Specialist

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000
Job Type: Full time / direct hire
**relocation assistance

The System & Storage Build Specialist is involved on the architecture evolution and on the technical qualification of platforms or components.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Administration

• Responsible for the optimal functioning of system and storage components
• Implements the tools guaranteeing the coherence of the infrastructures;
• Has global vision of information systems and good knowledge of the company processes;
• Develops rules for using the necessary tools, in accordance with company standards;
• Documents, promotes and monitors their applications;
• Manages and maintains the technical infrastructures, (Servers, Virtualization, Storage, Backup, etc.)
• Manages operations on system and storage major incidents;
• Monitors resources (Servers, Virtualization, storage, backup, etc..).

Technical Referent

• Define roadmap for infrastructure developments (new hardware, software version, sourcing strategy);
• Define the roadmap of changes in the services offered to businesses and internal customers;
• Identify new services and new features to be added to the service catalog;
• Define maintenance projects in operational condition (adding capacity, upgrading, etc.).

Knowledge/Skills

• Data Storage Solutions knowledge and administration – Expert (NetApp, EMC – preferred)
• Server/Storage hardware familiarity – Advanced (Dell, HP, EMC, NetApp hardware – preferred)
• Windows Server Concepts and knowledge – Advanced
• VMware Administration – Advanced

o High proficiency with vSphere, vSAN, and other VMware products and platforms. In general, they must be adept at network engineering, with working knowledge of firewalls, servers, networks, and operating systems

• Citrix App and Desktop Virtualization – Advanced
• Demonstrate IT Engineering and Architecture skills
• General Systems Administration – Expert
• Excellent verbal and written communication skils – Advanced (English)
• Good knowledge of the ITIL Process (Service, Risk, Security, and Governance management)