Specialist: Server Administration (Insurance)

Specialist: Server Administration (Insurance)

Location: Pretoria

Type: Permanent

Salary: R40 000 (neg) with benefits

Our client in the insurance sector is seeking an experienced and qualified Specialist in Server Administration responsible for the design, provision, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

Role:

1. Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, storage.
2. Design and support systems that provide easy and natural end-user access.
3. Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media; recovery tapes or disks are created.
4. Support production systems as required by optimizing performance, resolving production problems, and providing timely follow-up on reported problems.
5. Repair and recover from hardware, software or networking failures.
6. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
7. Resolve customer issues including complex technical scenarios.
8. Establish performance standards and proactively monitor performance.
9. Create and maintain system documentation.
10. Establish IT policies, standards, practices and security measures to ensure effective and consistent information processing operations and to safeguard information resources.
11. Work with existing systems to track and manage requests and issues.
12. Familiarity with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Security, OS Internal concepts, IIS Administration experience.
13. Experience with VMWare configuration and administration.
14. Experience with Microsoft Management tools (SCOM, SCCM, SCSM, MS Orchestrator).
15. Experience with Unified Messaging (MS Exchange 2016 and Lync/Skype for Business).
16. Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, NetMon, Wireshark, etc.).
17. Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS.
18. Experience with scripting tools such as XML and PowerShell.
19. Experience working with and maintaining MS SQL Server, including performance tuning.
20. Server clustering experience.
21. Experience with data reconciliation and migration between data environments (e.g. dev, test, staging, prod, etc.).
22. Experience with Virtualized storage including vendors like Dell, HP, Nimble and Microsoft. ISCSI and Fiber channel SAN - storage experience.

Requirements:

Education

1. National Diploma in Information Technology
2. A+ and N+

Experience

1. 5 years’ experience as a network administrator
2. 6 years’ experience in an IT environment

Knowledge and Skills

1. Strong interpersonal skills - comfortable interfacing with all levels of the company.
2. Excellent communication in English, both verbal and written.
3. Well presented.
4. Ability to prioritize and work under pressure.
5. Ability to work independently.
6. Positive attitude, portraying a professional image at all times.
7. Ownership of tasks and using initiative.
8. Driver's license and own reliable transport essential.