Senior System Administrator

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

For one of our prestigious customers in Brussels we are looking for a  Senior System Administrator with experience in Windows Operating Systems/Linux Operating Systems.

Role Responsibility

- Administration of DG-specific infrastructures, systems and services, such as local Datacentre, virtual environment, network environment, local servers and workstations, Virtual Desktops, DG-specific system/software and hosted applications;

- Security administration and monitoring, in adherence to the security rules imposed by the Commission’s central security service (complemented by local rules where SA – Level 3-5 needed); under supervision of the LISO (Local Information Security Officer); Information System management in close collaboration with development team;

- 2nd level support in relation with corporate services;

- Installation and configuration of system components and server software; 

- Operating and monitoring of infrastructure, systems, servers, workstations; Perform configuration management tasks & procedures;

- Incident handling, problem handling: analysis and resolution, problem definition, analysis and resolution: preliminary diagnosis of software and hardware problems, co-ordination with the central IT departments;

- Advise in areas such as capacity management, contingency planning, IT service continuity management, disaster recovery management, automation of repetitive tasks, security;

- Coordinate with corporate hosting services;

- Scripting & configurations in context of systems & infrastructure;

- Handling of backups and restore operations of systems & infrastructure; Participate in defining and documenting configuration of systems & infrastructure;

- Participate in defining and documenting operational procedures;

- Participate in architectural design/reviews;

- Draft technical content for knowledge base for use of upstream support teams;

- Evaluation and implementation of security standards;

 - Participation in coordination and project meetings; 

The IT Infrastructure
 

• Workstations: Windows  – MS Office  
• Servers : Windows (Multiple version), Linux (RHeL)
• Virtualization : VMWare ESX, Horizon View
• Databases : Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL
• Java/ColdFusion applications
• Drupal, SharePoint, EPM, IIS

Successful Candidate

Specific experience 
 
System administration of Windows operating systems and/or Linux operating system; 
 
Personal skills 
 

• VMware knowledge;
• Fluent in French and English;
• Possess a friendly and patient attitude;
• Ability to work under stress;
• Quick assimilation of new IT applications; 

Additional skills:

• A very good command of English (written and spoken);
• Enthusiasm and motivation to work, strong teamwork abilities;
• Flexibility and Resilience;
• Autonomy and potential to develop skills and learn new technologies;
• Good initiative capability and independent problem solving experience;

About the Company

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About The Company

Serco Services Belgium, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider. In Belgium  and Luxembourg we work closely with the European Institutions providing crucial Services in the IT department with over 220 staff members.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you

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