Senior System Administrator

SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

On behalf of our client, a leading global company within IT, we are looking for a Senior System Administrator for this Contract position based in Basel in Switzerland our client is looking for an English speaking candidate who can start as soon as possible. Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity with an interesting global company then please have a look at the details:

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE;

- Strong knowledge on install, configure and manage Microsoft Windows OS, Vmware and Citrix
- Strong knowledge on Microsoft Active Directory Services & Clustering Services
- Group Policy management
- Strong Knowledge on server management tools H/W troubleshooting, Firmware & BIOS upgrade
- Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on Windows server (Blue Screen Errors, performance issues, permissions issues)
- Patch management and antivirus administration
- Troubleshooting the incidents

PRIMARY SKILLS:

- Extensive hands on knowledge of Windows 2003/2008 Servers,
- Working knowledge of VMware host and Guest OS management skills
- Working knowledge on any of monitoring tools like Tivoli suite, NETIQ, Sitescope.
- Should have knowledge on the applications like SMS, Symantec Netbackup
- Good Knowledge on Cluster environment
- Troubleshooting Windows AD
- Advanced troubleshooting skills in OS related issues
- Administration of DNS, WINS, DHCP Servers.
- Patch management, Virus Management, Firmware & BIOS upgrade
- Working Knowledge of File and Print Servers
- Log monitoring/maintenance
- Understanding of capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning.
- Hand-on knowledge on various RAID technologies (RAID 0+1, RAID 1, RAID 5 etc.)
- Should have knowledge on Backup operation.
- Knowledge on Active Directory would be desirable
- Good Communication skills
- H/W troubleshooting & Vendor coordination

SECONDARY SKILLS:

- Should be able to install, configure and manage the VMware & Citrix infrastructure
- Advanced troubleshooting skills in OS related issues
- Application publishing & Decommissioning from Citrix farm
- Citrix Presentation server, Citrix Secure gateway, Resource Manager, Installation Manager
- Basic knowledge on system administration of Unix and storage

Do you think this would be an interesting opportunity for you? Then apply today for this great opportunity in Basel.