Server Refresh Technical Specialist

SERVER REFRESH TECHNICAL SPECIALIST required to provide technical expertise within the Server Refresh streams of work. Reporting to the Server Refresh Project Manager, you will assist in continually refreshing the technology assets in order to ensure ongoing operational stability with minimal disruption to business.

Duties:

- Refresh of physical and virtual Servers and associated operating systems
- Migration of applications from Legacy Servers and operating systems eg Windows Server 2003 to strategic platforms (virtualised and consolidated)
- Work closely with Technology support teams and applications teams to coordinate migrations
- Documentation and presentation of technical solutions and change requests
- Assist with disaster recovery tests and production cutover
- Drive the implementation of technical solutions as it relates to the refresh of Servers, Storage or Operating Systems

Background:

- EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF SERVER PLATFORMS - HARDWARE (EG BLADES/CHASSIS INFRASTRUCTURE, PHYSICAL SERVERS LIKE DELL AND HP) AND SOFTWARE (EG VIRTUALISATION TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2003, 2008, 2012)
- Experience in migrating applications from Legacy platforms to new platforms - hardware and operating systems
- Ability to coordinate amongst several operational and applications teams to implement a solution
- Demonstrated technical knowledge of Microsoft physical and virtual standard operating environments sufficient to support upgrades across a diverse range of applications and business users.
- Knowledge of:

Cloud technologies specifically in relation of Virtualisation and databases

IT-as-a-Service model including Platform-as-a-Service within large organisations

Storage (SAN, NAS and backup) Technologies

Networking technologies - LAN and WAN

Data centre installations such as racking, cabling, etc.

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