Senior System Engineer

Job Description

Reporting to the Network Operations Manager you will serve as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems.

We will need you to

Recommend the re-design and configuration of operating systems and system applications.

Investigate and analyze the feasibility of system requirements. Develop system specifications.

What we need

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer that, ideally, has 5 years of experience deploying, configuring, monitoring, and supporting distributed infrastructure systems, and has an understanding of security, reliability, scalability, and platform management in a real-time (always on) customer production deployment.

Skills required

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5 years of experience

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Expert knowledge of Linux, Windows, and VMware infrastructure.

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DNS - how email propagates to the internet, SSL

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They provide internet to the clients

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Client Servicing - providing technical support to the clients

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Handle technical escalations from within the Systems Practice. - L3 - Architecture, handled l1

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Provide technical assistance and guidance through to resolution.

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Networking, IP, subnets, and firewalls (IPv4 and v6).

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Hosting platforms.

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Mail environments (cPanel).

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Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to persevere and look for alternative solutions to problems.

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Ability to understand complex technical environments, comprising multiple servers and dependencies spread across a nationwide network.

• Excellent documentation writing skills, with the ability to clearly and simply articulate complex ideas and solutions. •

Understand technologies including hosting and email.

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Able to document and communicate processes from both a technical and non-technical perspective.

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Administer our Co-Location facility in Upper Hutt DC including UPS system.

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Monitoring/reporting systems including, but not limited to, Nagios and Cacti.

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DNS management including hosting and delegation.

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VM backup software.