Senior Data Centre Specialist (long-term contract) at Watershed Consulting

• The key function of this role is to manage all operational activities within a Tier3 datacenter and DR facility to ensure maximum availability. The successful candidate will also be responsible Server hardware/ operating systems management and support. Person is also responsible for backup and restore for all application, databases, DR replication and recovery

Skills required to contribute:

• 5-10 years relevant experience. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Server technology including Active Directory domain, Exchange, and application servers. 
• Sound knowledge of DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SMB, CIFS, NFS, TCP/IP. 
• Hands on experience on SAN / NAS Essential. 
• Knowledge of Microsoft and Solaris cluster technology is required.
• Sound knowledge of Virtualisation technology (VMWARE) is required. 
• Experience on backup and restore technologies (Including Tape Backup, snapshots, and replication) and methods is essential.
• Experience in Disaster recovery Procedure is essential. 
•  Knowledge of end point, datacenter security and encryption.
• Hands on experience on IBM x series, P series and SUN Sparc server hardware.
• Enterprise antivirus, WSUS, and Enterprise system management server.
• Understanding Oracle / SQL databases, backup and recovery. 
• Expertise in Linux and Solaris is essential. 
• Experience in redundancy and High availability infrastructure architecture. 
• Knowledge of Infrastructure Management framework such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is essential. 
• Knowledge of LAN Switches are preferable
•  Candidates from BFSI would be preferred. 
• Prior Experience on SunGard Application Suite (InvestOne, Neoxam, Xamin,Flexcube, Sage, Profida, MDA, Statspro, Lexis-Nexis, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Morning-Star) is preferable. 
• Proven and hands on knowledge on Azure, AWS and other cloud platforms. 
• Must have knowledge on cloud platform integration methods 
•  Must have knowledge of DevOps

Educational Qualification: 

• Bachelor Degree in IT or equivalent.
• MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Certification is mandatory.
• VMware certifications are essential 
• Experience in System Management frameworks such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is required.
•  Storage certifications are preferred.
•  Solaris certification is preferred