System Support Engineer

For our client in Zurich we are looking for a

Application Operation and Support Engineer

Your responsibilities:
- 2nd Level Support of highly available web services
- Operation of test, integration and production infrastructures for web based services running on Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux and Windows based systems
- Planning and execution of maintenance of applications
- Support of the integration of new systems and products, including support for projects through all environments from test to production
- Quality assurance and acceptance tests of web applications frameworks
- Root cause analysis and implementation of sustainable solutionsSupport of Life Cycle projects
- Execution of disaster recovery tests in cooperation with application implementation teams
- Create, revise and update technical documentation
- On-call support (7x24h) in the Applications Operations team

As the ideal candidate you have the following qualifications and experience:
- Completed apprenticeship in IT of other adequate education
- Operational knowledge of state of the art web services (Oracle Weblogic and iPlanet, Microsoft IIS)
- 5-8 years of professional experience in operation web applications on various platforms
- Experience in System Administration of UNIX environments is an asset
- Willingness to provide 7x24h standby duty
- Willingness to work on weekends and outside of office hours
- Practical experience in Incident, Problem and Change Management, including root cause analysis
- Strong analytical troubleshooting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work and communicate effectively with customers, senior management and other stakeholders
- Good command of English and GermanKnowlegdge in Systems Management Tools

If you are interested in this position please do not hesitate to send us your CV electronically