Senior System Administrator

Salmiya, Kuwait

    Qualification:

-       University degree in Information System, Computer Science, Computer

-        Engineering or equivalent degree is required.

-        Must be certified in VMware (DCV).

-        Must be certified in ITIL foundation.

-        Preferable to be certified Microsoft  Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

-         Preferable to be certified MCSE


      Required Experience:

•          A minimum of 15 years overall experience in the field of IT.

•          Experienced in installing, managing & Troubleshooting MS Exchange Server, MS Active Directory & GPO, DNS server, DHCP server and SQL Server 2005-2012.

•         2008/2003/7 /XP and windows 8.

•          Solid knowledge of applying OS  patches and upgrades

•          Solid knowledge of windows server clustering and application clustering.

•          Experienced  in installing, configuration and management and VMware ESXi in cluster environment.

•          Solid knowledge of VCenter server with  multiple datastore, HA, DRS, VMotion and VMwarwe SRM.

 •         Solid Knowledge in monitoring and managing the production using monitoring applications such as HP IMC Or Solarwinds and familiar with managing the datacenter

            including LAN AND WAN.

•          Solid familiar with knowledge of managing NAS the and SAN datacenter storage including managing LAN the and DELL WAN. EMC clarion and VMAX storage and Dell EMC

         Centera.

•          Solid knowledge and experience using OpenText  EMC Vi PR and Vi PR SRM, and backup using DELL EMC Networker.

•          Experienced in VDI desktop support.

•          Solid knowledge to perform ongoing _performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions

            as required in virtualization and physical environment.


    Technical Duties & Responsibilities:

•      Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, 

         and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.

•        Perform tasks related to MS Exchange emails, Active Directory Creating, changing, and deleting user accounts as per request.

•        Repairing and recovering from hardware or software failures. Coordinating and communication with third party support or vendor to resolve the issue.

•        Follow-up new hardware requirements if any required.

•        Act a team player to resolve the Systems/Storage/VMware issues.

•        Meeting with clients and vendors to determine any technical issue. Working with clients and vendor for smooth project implementation.

•        Follow-up with vendor for any critical issue related to new systems installation and upgrade as well.

•        Updates daily routine work or any critical issue to management.

•        Perform LUN Creation, assigning and connecting with physical servers and VMware using EMC Clarion and EMC VMAX.

•        Perform backup/restore jobs on daily, weekly and monthly bases as per requirements.

•        Responsible for monitoring and configuration tasks of EMC Centera for virtual pools and profile.

•        Responsible for monitoring and reporting issues using the EMC Vi PR and ViPR SRM tools.

•        Preparing, and conducting Technical Presentations.

•        Support local staff in improving their skills and expertise.

•         Do other assignments related to system administration.