Responsibilities will be as follows:
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Manages and supports server equipment to ensure the highest level of performance and availability in a 24X7 environment
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Actively participates in the planning, development and implementation of the installation of local and/or remote server equipment
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Proactively monitors, operates, upgrades and maintains local and/or remote server equipment ensuring availability and protection of server equipment
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Work with global infrastructure teams to help manage and maintain Storage, Network, Telecommunications, Windows Server and Security infrastructure on site
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Work closely with development teams on site and be a single point of contact for hosting infrastructure.
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Demonstrate technical leadership by staying current on new technologies
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Maintains up to date knowledge on the most recent server equipment technologies and evaluates vendor products by reviewing white papers, attending conferences and vendor demonstrations
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Maintain collaborative working relationship with IS services (database, data center, servers, desktop, networking, security), and software vendors, as needed
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Leads and participates in server equipment capacity planning efforts and performs development and testing of new server equipment architectures.
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Leads and participates in the installation, testing, upgrading (both software and hardware) and retirement of server equipment
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Monitors and reports on processes, uptime, performance, utilization and capacity of server equipment
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Designs, executes and monitors server equipment backups to ensure company data and applications are safeguarded and can be restored to establish normal operation after an incident or disaster
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Implements continuous improvements (upgrades and patches) to ensure server equipment is preventively maintained, running properly and protected from computer viruses and/or other security threats
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Interacts with users and other IS teams to accommodate requests for server equipment services (data storage, applications)
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Create and maintain all required technical documentation per IS methodology and processes
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Leads trouble shooting initiatives and resolves server equipment failures by analyzing issues and implementing corrective actions. Leads root cause analysis and takes measures to address root cause analysis findings
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Sets up administrator, service and user accounts
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Maintains validated server equipment documentation, performs tuning of performance, installs server equipment software and allocates storage space
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Leads the development and monitoring of policies and standards for server equipment resource capacity allocation to users and applications
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Lead project work stream activities, working with internal and external cross-functional groups
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Adhere to project plans, tasks, and deliverables; identify dependencies and resource requirements
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Appropriately communicate project status, escalate issues, and manage timelines and action items
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Works closely with the project team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution

Qualifications

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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
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6+ years’ experience in a UNIX / Linux / AIX Server Administration role
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2+ years’ experience working with customers designing and architecting solutions
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Experience with Puppet and writing Puppet Policies
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Previous experience as a leading member of a large UNIX server organization
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Basic experience with the following technologies is desirable:
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NetApp\EMC & HP Storage infrastructure
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Cisco networking & Avaya telecommunications solutions
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Windows 2008 & 2012 operating systems
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Active Directory, DNS & DHCP

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Demonstrated ability to work with people in other areas across the enterprise (geographical and functional) to accomplish desired outcomes
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Proven ability to quickly troubleshoot issues using a sound and logical approach to deliver a valid solution
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Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities
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Ability to develop solutions to a variety of complex problems of diverse scope and complexity
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Demonstrates a broad knowledge of a variety of alternatives and their impact on the business unit

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