System Automation Engineer

· 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

- 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

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

Look for: Danielle

Phone: 346 231 7544

Email: d.garan@computerfutures. com