Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Location: 1 day a month onsite (Portsmouth), will alter to Fareham at some point this year), rest of time work at home. Due to SLA's candidates will need to be a max 30-35 mile radius from Portsmouth/Fareham area.Hours: flexible hrs range Monday to Friday Salary: £48,500 p.aWe have an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure Support Engineer who specializes in VMWare to join our client on a permanent basis working in a hybrid working arrangement.The ideal candidate would be an experienced 3rd line support engineer who has previously worked in the financial sector. Someone who can work multiple work streams simultaneously in a demanding risk-averse and formally managed environment.Key responsibilities are to deliver both Business as Usual and Project requirements to our customer.Key Deliverables:- Incident and Problem Management- Creation and updating of documentation- Timely implementation of all changes- Working as part of project teams to design and deliver customer requirements- Platform builds / installations / upgradesMandatory skills: Build and application integration Strong troubleshooting skills Windows Server 2012 and above Active Directory Clustering Powershell VMware vSphere Preferably V6.5 and above ESXi vCenter Internet connectivity including proxy serversExperience with:- Design, development and system integration- Ability to convert design documents to into live execution- Planning, deployment, configuration and BAU/ongoing maintenance of the above- Writing and reviewing design and implementation documentation- History of employment in a Wintel Infrastructure role, demonstrating five years plus experience. Desirable Skills:- Citrix Xenapp- Legacy Visual Basic scripting- vSphere PowerCLI scripting- IBM Bigfix automation, package creation including ActionScript- Public Key Infrastructure including MS Certificate Authority, OpenSSH- Ability to convey technical information and advice appropriate to the audience- Mandatory Requirements:- 24x7 Standby cover as part of a rota- Scheduled weekend overtime as required"In applying for this position, you consent to your personal data being shared with the specified employer and for your details to remain with GTS for as long as is necessary to process your application. See our Privacy Notice for full informationGlobal Technology Solutions is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Location: 1 day a month onsite (Portsmouth), will alter to Fareham at some point this year), rest of time work at home. Due to SLA's candidates will need to be a max 30-35 mile radius from Portsmouth/Fareham area.Hours: flexible hrs range Monday to Friday Salary: £48,500 p.aWe have an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure Support Engineer who specializes in VMWare to join our client on a permanent basis working in a hybrid working arrangement.The ideal candidate would be an experienced 3rd line support engineer who has previously worked in the financial sector. Someone who can work multiple work streams simultaneously in a demanding risk-averse and formally managed environment.Key responsibilities are to deliver both Business as Usual and Project requirements to our customer.Key Deliverables:- Incident and Problem Management- Creation and updating of documentation- Timely implementation of all changes- Working as part of project teams to design and deliver customer requirements- Platform builds / installations / upgradesMandatory skills: Build and application integration Strong troubleshooting skills Windows Server 2012 and above Active Directory Clustering Powershell VMware vSphere Preferably V6.5 and above ESXi vCenter Internet connectivity including proxy serversExperience with:- Design, development and system integration- Ability to convert design documents to into live execution- Planning, deployment, configuration and BAU/ongoing maintenance of the above- Writing and reviewing design and implementation documentation- History of employment in a Wintel Infrastructure role, demonstrating five years plus experience. Desirable Skills:- Citrix Xenapp- Legacy Visual Basic scripting- vSphere PowerCLI scripting- IBM Bigfix automation, package creation including ActionScript- Public Key Infrastructure including MS Certificate Authority, OpenSSH- Ability to convey technical information and advice appropriate to the audience- Mandatory Requirements:- 24x7 Standby cover as part of a rota- Scheduled weekend overtime as required"In applying for this position, you consent to your personal data being shared with the specified employer and for your details to remain with GTS for as long as is necessary to process your application. See our Privacy Notice for full informationGlobal Technology Solutions is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
The role works in a DevOps context, so will work across all of the following areas: Delivery of new solutions, upgrades and improvements; Routine operational management of the platform to ensure the security and health of the platform; Service request management; Break-fix as required to ensure that the system is healthy and that we meet our SLAs The environment is demanding with high expectations for fast turnaround against requests and fault resolution, so we constantly strive to automate the environment to minimise the need for manual intervention. The successful candidate will be able to blend the requirement to define, follow and optimise our service across the domains of people, technology and process. Principle Responsibilities Design, develop and implement complex database systems for new projects and deliveries, in partnership with the Database Architect. Delivering against our catalogue of database services Monitoring, optimizing, troubleshooting and performance tuning Planning requirements and storage needs to allow for database growth and shrinkage Delivering our Database service to defined SLAs Developing and maintaining backup and disaster recovery plans Upgrading, patching, and general database maintenance Knowledge sharing and mentoring Core engineering - mid and top level accountabilities Designs, implements, and documents database implementations, and leads in the construction and maintenance of moderately complex or complex database systems Overcomes obstacles to deliver quality implementations and service on time and to SLA Collaborates and negotiates with all project team members (developers, testers etc) to maximise the efficiency of the delivery team through an integrated and appropriate DBA services Assist the capacity planning and hardware design for database server(s) Designs and documents, or validates, the data access mechanisms to guarantee that transactions are processed reliably and data is efficiently stored and retrieved Expert Technologist accountabilities Recognized as the expert and point of contact for at least one database technology Defines and leads on the implementation and selection of database technology through extensive knowledge across platforms and the various advantages and disadvantages of each Expert in Physical, virtual or Cloud implementations of databases Skills and Experience Install, configure & support of Oracle Database 10g - 11g - 12c Install, configure & support of IBM DB2 9 - 10 - 11 Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. Database upgrade planning and execution Database patching Experience with backups, restores and recovery models DB Security design, implementation and monitoring Application security Capacity Planning SQL and PL/SQL troubleshooting, coding and optimization Understanding of how the underpinning infrastructure (OS, virtual infrastructure, physical infrastructure) impacts Database design and operations - collaboration with teams that manage those areas Desirable Vendor certification Cloud based administration Install, configure & support of MS SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 Familiar with VMware (Infrastructure 5.5 / 6 / 6.5), AWS / Azure and Clustering services Familiar with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Windows 7, 8.1 &10, Familiar with Linux RHE or CentOS 6 and 7 Very strong attention to detail.
Sep 23, 2022
Full time
The role works in a DevOps context, so will work across all of the following areas: Delivery of new solutions, upgrades and improvements; Routine operational management of the platform to ensure the security and health of the platform; Service request management; Break-fix as required to ensure that the system is healthy and that we meet our SLAs The environment is demanding with high expectations for fast turnaround against requests and fault resolution, so we constantly strive to automate the environment to minimise the need for manual intervention. The successful candidate will be able to blend the requirement to define, follow and optimise our service across the domains of people, technology and process. Principle Responsibilities Design, develop and implement complex database systems for new projects and deliveries, in partnership with the Database Architect. Delivering against our catalogue of database services Monitoring, optimizing, troubleshooting and performance tuning Planning requirements and storage needs to allow for database growth and shrinkage Delivering our Database service to defined SLAs Developing and maintaining backup and disaster recovery plans Upgrading, patching, and general database maintenance Knowledge sharing and mentoring Core engineering - mid and top level accountabilities Designs, implements, and documents database implementations, and leads in the construction and maintenance of moderately complex or complex database systems Overcomes obstacles to deliver quality implementations and service on time and to SLA Collaborates and negotiates with all project team members (developers, testers etc) to maximise the efficiency of the delivery team through an integrated and appropriate DBA services Assist the capacity planning and hardware design for database server(s) Designs and documents, or validates, the data access mechanisms to guarantee that transactions are processed reliably and data is efficiently stored and retrieved Expert Technologist accountabilities Recognized as the expert and point of contact for at least one database technology Defines and leads on the implementation and selection of database technology through extensive knowledge across platforms and the various advantages and disadvantages of each Expert in Physical, virtual or Cloud implementations of databases Skills and Experience Install, configure & support of Oracle Database 10g - 11g - 12c Install, configure & support of IBM DB2 9 - 10 - 11 Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. Database upgrade planning and execution Database patching Experience with backups, restores and recovery models DB Security design, implementation and monitoring Application security Capacity Planning SQL and PL/SQL troubleshooting, coding and optimization Understanding of how the underpinning infrastructure (OS, virtual infrastructure, physical infrastructure) impacts Database design and operations - collaboration with teams that manage those areas Desirable Vendor certification Cloud based administration Install, configure & support of MS SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 Familiar with VMware (Infrastructure 5.5 / 6 / 6.5), AWS / Azure and Clustering services Familiar with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Windows 7, 8.1 &10, Familiar with Linux RHE or CentOS 6 and 7 Very strong attention to detail.
Site Reliability Engineer Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services requires a Site Reliability Engineer- Virtualisation SME based at their client's offices in London . You may be able to work some days remotely. This is a 1 year temporary contract to start ASAP. Day rate: Competitive market rate We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer - Virtualisation SME with 10+ years of experience having excellent knowledge of ESX VMWare and/or Nutanix HCI and of container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes: Key Responsibilities Responsible for the reliability and efficiency of virtualisation infrastructure through the delivery of common, repeatable tools and processes that greatly reduce the amount of toil the OS and DB Platform Operations team must perform Responsible for writing software to make the virtualisation infrastructure self-managing and self-service. Responsible for automation and continuous service improvement by developing Infrastructure as Code. Responsible for elimination of manual, repetitive, automatable, tactical tasks that are devoid from value. Responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring and capacity planning. Responsible for improving system performance, making effective use of resources, distributing load and reducing latency. Responsible for identifying SLO's (Service Level Objectives) that align the team to meet availability and latency objectives. Responsible for developing pro-active monitoring solutions that alert on symptoms and not just on outages. Responsible for performing detailed root cause analysis (RCA's) on incidents and outages to prevent future occurrence. Responsible for partnering with development teams to improve services via rigorous testing and release procedures. Responsible for actively sharing knowledge and best practices across the organisation. Responsible for identifying technical debt and partner with application teams to build remediation plans. Responsible for developing standard operational procedures and producing effective documentation. Responsible for analysing workloads and devising suitable cloud migration strategies where appropriate. Responsible for participating in on-call rotation, triaging and addressing production issues as they arise. Responsible for performing the OS Platform Operations function as and when required. Responsible for mentoring and developing less experienced SA's and SRE's. Responsible for identifying cost saving and optimisation opportunities within the customer business. Responsible for building strong relationships across the customer functions and business areas, underpinned by trust and the core values of the customer. Key Skills Essential: Excellent knowledge of ESX VMWare and/or Nutanix HCI. Excellent knowledge of Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019. Excellent knowledge of Windows OS tuning utilities and commands. Excellent knowledge of configuring Windows OS systems for optimal performance. Excellent knowledge of Windows clustering and high-availability solutions. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP and Kerberos. Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP Networking Protocols. Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, database and virtualization layers. Excellent knowledge of container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes. Excellent knowledge of version control software such as GitHub and Subversion. Excellent knowledge of configuration management software such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform and SaltStack. Excellent knowledge of "Infrastructure as Code" principles and practices. Excellent knowledge of continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) principles and practices. Excellent knowledge of applications development using Agile, and DevOps best practices. Excellent knowledge of operating system security and auditing methods. Excellent knowledge of security hardening principles in line with CIS industry benchmarks. Excellent knowledge of data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX. Excellent knowledge of cloud computing - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings across Azure, AWS, GCP and Oracle. Desirable: Good working knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux (6.x, 7.x, 8.x) and Solaris (10.x and 11.x). Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux OS tuning utilities and commands. Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux system internals and Kernel tuning for optimal performance. Good working knowledge of Red Hat Satellite. Good working knowledge of Anti-Virus software such as McAfee and Sophos. Good working knowledge of Ivanti LANDESK and Symantec Altiris. Good working knowledge of ThinPrint and EquiTrack (Follow-Me Printing). Good working knowledge of Rubrik. Good working knowledge of EMC, HDS and Pure storage arrays. Good working knowledge of Dell PowerEdge, IBM xSeries and Cisco UCS hardware. Good working knowledge of EMC Networker, Data Domain and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Good working knowledge of Infoblox DNS. Good working knowledge of Icinga 2 and OpManager. Good working knowledge of IBM Tivoli and Netcool. Good working knowledge of GitHub, Subversion and TeamCity. Good working knowledge of BMC Control-M. Good working knowledge of CyberArk. Good working knowledge of Splunk and IBM QRadar. Good working knowledge of Qualys. Good working knowledge of SharePoint, JIRA and Confluence. Good working knowledge of ServiceNow and Serena Business Manager. Candidate Specifications Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Ability to handle pressure during outages and systematically resolve issues Excellent problem-solving skills Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability A proactive, motivated approach The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly A structured and logical approach to work Attention to detail and accuracy Ability to perform well in a pressurised environment Ability to manage constructive conflict effectively The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines Able to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical persons at all levels
Sep 23, 2022
Contractor
Site Reliability Engineer Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services requires a Site Reliability Engineer- Virtualisation SME based at their client's offices in London . You may be able to work some days remotely. This is a 1 year temporary contract to start ASAP. Day rate: Competitive market rate We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer - Virtualisation SME with 10+ years of experience having excellent knowledge of ESX VMWare and/or Nutanix HCI and of container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes: Key Responsibilities Responsible for the reliability and efficiency of virtualisation infrastructure through the delivery of common, repeatable tools and processes that greatly reduce the amount of toil the OS and DB Platform Operations team must perform Responsible for writing software to make the virtualisation infrastructure self-managing and self-service. Responsible for automation and continuous service improvement by developing Infrastructure as Code. Responsible for elimination of manual, repetitive, automatable, tactical tasks that are devoid from value. Responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring and capacity planning. Responsible for improving system performance, making effective use of resources, distributing load and reducing latency. Responsible for identifying SLO's (Service Level Objectives) that align the team to meet availability and latency objectives. Responsible for developing pro-active monitoring solutions that alert on symptoms and not just on outages. Responsible for performing detailed root cause analysis (RCA's) on incidents and outages to prevent future occurrence. Responsible for partnering with development teams to improve services via rigorous testing and release procedures. Responsible for actively sharing knowledge and best practices across the organisation. Responsible for identifying technical debt and partner with application teams to build remediation plans. Responsible for developing standard operational procedures and producing effective documentation. Responsible for analysing workloads and devising suitable cloud migration strategies where appropriate. Responsible for participating in on-call rotation, triaging and addressing production issues as they arise. Responsible for performing the OS Platform Operations function as and when required. Responsible for mentoring and developing less experienced SA's and SRE's. Responsible for identifying cost saving and optimisation opportunities within the customer business. Responsible for building strong relationships across the customer functions and business areas, underpinned by trust and the core values of the customer. Key Skills Essential: Excellent knowledge of ESX VMWare and/or Nutanix HCI. Excellent knowledge of Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019. Excellent knowledge of Windows OS tuning utilities and commands. Excellent knowledge of configuring Windows OS systems for optimal performance. Excellent knowledge of Windows clustering and high-availability solutions. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP and Kerberos. Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP Networking Protocols. Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, database and virtualization layers. Excellent knowledge of container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes. Excellent knowledge of version control software such as GitHub and Subversion. Excellent knowledge of configuration management software such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform and SaltStack. Excellent knowledge of "Infrastructure as Code" principles and practices. Excellent knowledge of continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) principles and practices. Excellent knowledge of applications development using Agile, and DevOps best practices. Excellent knowledge of operating system security and auditing methods. Excellent knowledge of security hardening principles in line with CIS industry benchmarks. Excellent knowledge of data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX. Excellent knowledge of cloud computing - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings across Azure, AWS, GCP and Oracle. Desirable: Good working knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux (6.x, 7.x, 8.x) and Solaris (10.x and 11.x). Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux OS tuning utilities and commands. Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux system internals and Kernel tuning for optimal performance. Good working knowledge of Red Hat Satellite. Good working knowledge of Anti-Virus software such as McAfee and Sophos. Good working knowledge of Ivanti LANDESK and Symantec Altiris. Good working knowledge of ThinPrint and EquiTrack (Follow-Me Printing). Good working knowledge of Rubrik. Good working knowledge of EMC, HDS and Pure storage arrays. Good working knowledge of Dell PowerEdge, IBM xSeries and Cisco UCS hardware. Good working knowledge of EMC Networker, Data Domain and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Good working knowledge of Infoblox DNS. Good working knowledge of Icinga 2 and OpManager. Good working knowledge of IBM Tivoli and Netcool. Good working knowledge of GitHub, Subversion and TeamCity. Good working knowledge of BMC Control-M. Good working knowledge of CyberArk. Good working knowledge of Splunk and IBM QRadar. Good working knowledge of Qualys. Good working knowledge of SharePoint, JIRA and Confluence. Good working knowledge of ServiceNow and Serena Business Manager. Candidate Specifications Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Ability to handle pressure during outages and systematically resolve issues Excellent problem-solving skills Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability A proactive, motivated approach The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly A structured and logical approach to work Attention to detail and accuracy Ability to perform well in a pressurised environment Ability to manage constructive conflict effectively The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines Able to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical persons at all levels
Role purpose: The role works in a DevOps context, so will work across all of the following areas: Delivery of new solutions, upgrades and improvements; Routine operational management of the platform to ensure the security and health of the platform; Service request management; Break-fix as required to ensure that the system is healthy and that we meet our SLAs The environment is demanding with high expectations for fast turnaround against requests and fault resolution, so we constantly strive to automate the environment to minimise the need for manual intervention. The successful candidate will be able to blend the requirement to define, follow and optimise our service across the domains of people, technology and process. Core duties: Principle Responsibilities Design, develop and implement complex database systems for new projects and deliveries, in partnership with the Database Architect. Delivering against our catalogue of database services Monitoring, optimizing, troubleshooting and performance tuning Planning requirements and storage needs to allow for database growth and shrinkage Delivering our Database service to defined SLAs Developing and maintaining backup and disaster recovery plans Upgrading, patching, and general database maintenance Knowledge sharing and mentoring Functional knowledge: Core engineering - mid and top level accountabilities Designs, implements, and documents database implementations, and leads in the construction and maintenance of moderately complex or complex database systems Overcomes obstacles to deliver quality implementations and service on time and to SLA Collaborates and negotiates with all project team members (developers, testers etc) to maximise the efficiency of the delivery team through an integrated and appropriate DBA services Assist the capacity planning and hardware design for database server(s) Designs and documents, or validates, the data access mechanisms to guarantee that transactions are processed reliably and data is efficiently stored and retrieved Expert Technologist accountabilities Recognized as the expert and point of contact for at least one database technology Defines and leads on the implementation and selection of database technology through extensive knowledge across platforms and the various advantages and disadvantages of each Expert in Physical, virtual or Cloud implementations of databases Skills and Experience Install, configure & support of MS SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. Database upgrade planning and execution Database patching Experience with backups, restores and recovery models DB Security design, implementation and monitoring Application security Capacity Planning SQL and PL/SQL troubleshooting, coding and optimization Understanding of how the underpinning infrastructure (OS, virtual infrastructure, physical infrastructure) impacts Database design and operations - collaboration with teams that manage those areas Desirable Vendor certification Cloud based administration Install, configure & support of Oracle Database 10g - 11g - 12c Install, configure & support of IBM DB2 9 - 10 - 11 Familiar with VMware (Infrastructure 5.5 / 6 / 6.5), AWS / Azure and Clustering services Familiar with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Windows 7, 8.1 &10, Familiar with Linux RHE or CentOS 6 and 7 Very strong attention to detail. Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing. Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments. Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats. Division overview: Functions At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software. As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.
Sep 20, 2022
Full time
Role purpose: The role works in a DevOps context, so will work across all of the following areas: Delivery of new solutions, upgrades and improvements; Routine operational management of the platform to ensure the security and health of the platform; Service request management; Break-fix as required to ensure that the system is healthy and that we meet our SLAs The environment is demanding with high expectations for fast turnaround against requests and fault resolution, so we constantly strive to automate the environment to minimise the need for manual intervention. The successful candidate will be able to blend the requirement to define, follow and optimise our service across the domains of people, technology and process. Core duties: Principle Responsibilities Design, develop and implement complex database systems for new projects and deliveries, in partnership with the Database Architect. Delivering against our catalogue of database services Monitoring, optimizing, troubleshooting and performance tuning Planning requirements and storage needs to allow for database growth and shrinkage Delivering our Database service to defined SLAs Developing and maintaining backup and disaster recovery plans Upgrading, patching, and general database maintenance Knowledge sharing and mentoring Functional knowledge: Core engineering - mid and top level accountabilities Designs, implements, and documents database implementations, and leads in the construction and maintenance of moderately complex or complex database systems Overcomes obstacles to deliver quality implementations and service on time and to SLA Collaborates and negotiates with all project team members (developers, testers etc) to maximise the efficiency of the delivery team through an integrated and appropriate DBA services Assist the capacity planning and hardware design for database server(s) Designs and documents, or validates, the data access mechanisms to guarantee that transactions are processed reliably and data is efficiently stored and retrieved Expert Technologist accountabilities Recognized as the expert and point of contact for at least one database technology Defines and leads on the implementation and selection of database technology through extensive knowledge across platforms and the various advantages and disadvantages of each Expert in Physical, virtual or Cloud implementations of databases Skills and Experience Install, configure & support of MS SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. Database upgrade planning and execution Database patching Experience with backups, restores and recovery models DB Security design, implementation and monitoring Application security Capacity Planning SQL and PL/SQL troubleshooting, coding and optimization Understanding of how the underpinning infrastructure (OS, virtual infrastructure, physical infrastructure) impacts Database design and operations - collaboration with teams that manage those areas Desirable Vendor certification Cloud based administration Install, configure & support of Oracle Database 10g - 11g - 12c Install, configure & support of IBM DB2 9 - 10 - 11 Familiar with VMware (Infrastructure 5.5 / 6 / 6.5), AWS / Azure and Clustering services Familiar with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Windows 7, 8.1 &10, Familiar with Linux RHE or CentOS 6 and 7 Very strong attention to detail. Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing. Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments. Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats. Division overview: Functions At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software. As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.
Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer - Wintel, VMware, Windows Server AD/GP, Azure, SAN/NAS. Permanent, Birmingham, West Midlands / Flexible Working. £55k - £60k +Bonus +Benefits Global organization with significant inhouse server infrastructure seeks an Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer to join the team and be involved in a mix of 3rd line support and project delivery work focusing on their Wintel Server and Storage Area Network (SAN) estates. As the Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer you will carry out installations, upgrade, moves, maintenance and decommissioning of all Wintel servers (Windows Server, VMWare ESXi etc) and server related equipment adhering to a strict set of guidelines. You will also monitor and maintain all server and SAN and NAS related hardware, including their supporting infrastructure, configuration of SAN related server software and the provisioning of storage. Infrastructure support work will focus on 3rd line server engineering and involved server maintenance and patching, rebuilds and configurations as well as some CLI work using Powershell. You will also participate in the execution of the firm's regular Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery testing by providing replicated copies of data between sites, clustering services and snapshots of data for backup. Project work will focus on the improvement and upgrade of both Wintel Server and related SAN environments combined with NAS hardware estates and combine additional work surrounding the cloud migration strategy which will involve a combination of both MS Azure and AWS deployments and migrations. We are searching for Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer who has worked on a large-scale global server environment where you have gained a mixture of experience of 3rd line BAU support work as well as project work centered around Windows Server 2012 / 2016 / 2019 Active Directory / Group Policy, VMWare Esxi Clusters, SAN storage technologies along with MS Azure & AWS deployment exposure as part of a cloud deployment programme. You will be comfortable working with hardware associated to SAN/NAS estate environments and ideally have some exposure to Dell PowerMax, Isilon and ECS but other SAN storage technologies can be considered. Ideally you will possess some experience of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes. You will be well organised and possess exceptional communication skills. Exceptional opportunity to join a global organisation operating within the professional services environment with significant investment in infrastructure and projects including major cloud deployment programmes. Excellent remuneration and benefits package offered combined with flexible/hybrid working environment
Oct 07, 2021
Full time
Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer - Wintel, VMware, Windows Server AD/GP, Azure, SAN/NAS. Permanent, Birmingham, West Midlands / Flexible Working. £55k - £60k +Bonus +Benefits Global organization with significant inhouse server infrastructure seeks an Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer to join the team and be involved in a mix of 3rd line support and project delivery work focusing on their Wintel Server and Storage Area Network (SAN) estates. As the Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer you will carry out installations, upgrade, moves, maintenance and decommissioning of all Wintel servers (Windows Server, VMWare ESXi etc) and server related equipment adhering to a strict set of guidelines. You will also monitor and maintain all server and SAN and NAS related hardware, including their supporting infrastructure, configuration of SAN related server software and the provisioning of storage. Infrastructure support work will focus on 3rd line server engineering and involved server maintenance and patching, rebuilds and configurations as well as some CLI work using Powershell. You will also participate in the execution of the firm's regular Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery testing by providing replicated copies of data between sites, clustering services and snapshots of data for backup. Project work will focus on the improvement and upgrade of both Wintel Server and related SAN environments combined with NAS hardware estates and combine additional work surrounding the cloud migration strategy which will involve a combination of both MS Azure and AWS deployments and migrations. We are searching for Infrastructure Analyst / 3rd Line Support Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer who has worked on a large-scale global server environment where you have gained a mixture of experience of 3rd line BAU support work as well as project work centered around Windows Server 2012 / 2016 / 2019 Active Directory / Group Policy, VMWare Esxi Clusters, SAN storage technologies along with MS Azure & AWS deployment exposure as part of a cloud deployment programme. You will be comfortable working with hardware associated to SAN/NAS estate environments and ideally have some exposure to Dell PowerMax, Isilon and ECS but other SAN storage technologies can be considered. Ideally you will possess some experience of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes. You will be well organised and possess exceptional communication skills. Exceptional opportunity to join a global organisation operating within the professional services environment with significant investment in infrastructure and projects including major cloud deployment programmes. Excellent remuneration and benefits package offered combined with flexible/hybrid working environment
Job Description:
Infrastructure Engineer required to work within project based team environments in Leatherhead.
Responsibilities:
• Produce infrastructure solutions for a variety of systems, including live, test and development environments
• Configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of Windows Server and Client Operating Systems on development systems as well as live client sites
• Configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of virtual systems including VMware vSphere ESXi/vCenter and Hyper-V technologies
• Storage Solution setup, documentation, performance management, troubleshooting and backup
• Configuration and documentation of switches, routers, firewalls, network traffic shaping, network performance monitoring and fault diagnosis
Mandatory requirements:
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Server/Client operating systems including Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R1/R2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Window Embedded
• Experience of Windows clustering technologies including Active/Passive Failover and NLB
• Network experience including building, configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience with Linux and Solaris systems
• Experience of designing and implementing discrete areas of work following clearly defined requirements
• Experience of Microsoft domain technologies including, AD, DNS, DFS, CIFS and domain lockdown to a standardised common criteria
• Experience of Virtual Infrastructure technologies including VMware vSphere ESXi/vCenter and Hyper-V
• Storage Solution experience including setup, performance management, troubleshooting and backup
• Technical Lead Wintel experience on secure environments (Windows Server 2008, Windows 7) with an emphasis on troubleshooting configuration issues
• Network experience including system deployment, firewall and switch management
• Strong documentation test skills for the creation of system update instructions and for carrying out updates to network and build documentation
Desirable:
• Worked within a secure environment
• Experience with DFSR replication, log-shipping and a number of system support applications including MS SCCM, MS SCOM, MS DPM, McAfee EPO & HIPS, Endpoint Management and SNMP collection/monitoring
• Experience with PRISM EventTracker
• Security Clearance: Security Cleared (SC) or SC clearable or higher clearance
Feb 21, 2016
Job Description:
Infrastructure Engineer required to work within project based team environments in Leatherhead.
Responsibilities:
• Produce infrastructure solutions for a variety of systems, including live, test and development environments
• Configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of Windows Server and Client Operating Systems on development systems as well as live client sites
• Configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of virtual systems including VMware vSphere ESXi/vCenter and Hyper-V technologies
• Storage Solution setup, documentation, performance management, troubleshooting and backup
• Configuration and documentation of switches, routers, firewalls, network traffic shaping, network performance monitoring and fault diagnosis
Mandatory requirements:
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Server/Client operating systems including Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R1/R2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Window Embedded
• Experience of Windows clustering technologies including Active/Passive Failover and NLB
• Network experience including building, configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience with Linux and Solaris systems
• Experience of designing and implementing discrete areas of work following clearly defined requirements
• Experience of Microsoft domain technologies including, AD, DNS, DFS, CIFS and domain lockdown to a standardised common criteria
• Experience of Virtual Infrastructure technologies including VMware vSphere ESXi/vCenter and Hyper-V
• Storage Solution experience including setup, performance management, troubleshooting and backup
• Technical Lead Wintel experience on secure environments (Windows Server 2008, Windows 7) with an emphasis on troubleshooting configuration issues
• Network experience including system deployment, firewall and switch management
• Strong documentation test skills for the creation of system update instructions and for carrying out updates to network and build documentation
Desirable:
• Worked within a secure environment
• Experience with DFSR replication, log-shipping and a number of system support applications including MS SCCM, MS SCOM, MS DPM, McAfee EPO & HIPS, Endpoint Management and SNMP collection/monitoring
• Experience with PRISM EventTracker
• Security Clearance: Security Cleared (SC) or SC clearable or higher clearance