System Automation Engineer

Job Description

· Split time approximately 60:40 between project based work and support based work; split may change depending on workload

·Strong Windows Server administration experience in an enterprise environment

·Devise and automate procedures for provisioning new system instances

·Implement and lead continuous integration, automated testing, configuration management, release management, deployment, cloud hosting and systems monitoring

·Support incoming server incident and request tickets in a distributed high volume environment

·Rack, configure, decommission, and deploy OS for physical servers in co-located and local datacenters

·Administer and troubleshoot OS-level issues in a VM environment, as well as hardware problems on physical servers (Dell, Cisco)

·Manage Print Server queues, drivers, and DR

·Manage and respond to daily alerts from monitoring systems (SCOM, xMatters)

·Patch deployments to 1,500+ Windows Servers during predetermined outage windows; software, driver, and firmware deployment and configuration

Qualifications

- 5+ years of relevant, hands-on experience supporting Windows Server 2012/2008 (R2) in an Enterprise Environment

·Expertise with scripting languages such as Powershell, VB Scripting, Python is desirable.

·Experience with server management tools such as MS System Center (preferred), Altiris, or similar

·Experience managing an automated patching of Windows Servers with SCCM (preferred), Lumension, or a similar tool

·Thorough understanding of working principles, and experience supporting Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS, IIS, Virtualization (Hyper-V or VMware), Symantec Endpoint Protection (or similar enterprise AV)

· Experience with monitoring systems such as SCOM, WhatsUpGold, NetScout, HP NMS, Syslog, or others

·Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

·Experience in Financial sector preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Look for: Danielle

Phone: 346 231 7544

Email: d.garan@computerfutures. com