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Solaris Expert-PRO-002429

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Salary information available upon application – Relocation assistance will be provided.

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 120,000 employees worldwide.

Due to continued growth, we are looking to recruit a Solaris Expert on our prestige customer site in central Frankfurt, Germany.

Provide 3rd level support for operational FAME infrastructure. Identify any need for preventive or remedial maintenance throughout the use of diagnostic tools.
Investigate, diagnose and resolve system problems using available tools and referring to external suppliers if required.
Development of the customer's FAME infrastructure harvesting best practises and tailoring to the customer specific.
Documenting installation and operational procedures for deployment by Data Centre Operations.
Plan, prepare and document maintenance activities such as software upgrades and patching.
Contribute to the development of IT solutions in production by advising on the impact of planned changes, assisting Data Centre Operations in roll-out and post implementation.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation related to the customer's FAME infrastructure. Transfer knowledge to colleagues and ensure adequate documentation is available.
On-call duties possible

10+ years of relevant experience:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, information system security, or related disciplines
Engineering and design experience
Expert in engineering, design, support, administration and maintenance of mission critical production Linux and Solaris server systems (Solaris shall include at least Solaris 10).
Expert in engineering, design, support, administration and maintenance of mission critical production Solaris virtualization technologies. Knowledge of Oracle VM for SPARC (LDOMS) and Solaris Zones.
Expert in engineering, design, support, administration and maintenance of mission critical production Solaris Cluster systems (Solaris Cluster includes at least Solaris 3.X family of products).
Experience with Volume Managers for HA Solaris deployments (SVM and ZFS).
A good command of English with proven drafting ability.

Additional desirable technical competencies:

Excellent knowledge of shell scripting in Unix in at least one language (e.g. Bash, Korn, or PERL).
Experience with Solaris 11.X
Experience with Solaris Cluster 4.X
Experience with Software Integration
Familiarity with software packaging in Solaris environments (at least Solaris 10 System V package format).
Familiarity with relational databases (e.g. ORACLE)
Familiarity with Apache Tomcat

Behavioural competencies

Additional desirable behavioural competencies:
Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation and the ability to work in a team
Is a strong communicator, both orally and written, good at developing and visualising concepts, using simple/clear words to communicate ideas tailored to the audience
Strives to provide a good service to the customer and is ready to go the extra mile while at the same time managing expectations in view of organisational resources and strategic directives
Stays calm under pressure
Is excited about information technology in general and proactively expands her/his skillset and keeps her/his knowledge up to date

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 120,000 employees worldwide.

Serco is a values-led company and our culture and ethos are at the heart of everything we do.

These are core values that employees live by at Serco:

• We value working with our customers in a collaborative, flexible way.

• We encourage social responsibility, treating people in the way we would wish to be treated.

• We instil a stimulating culture where people feel they can personally make a difference.

• We aim to build a long term relationship by bringing assured service delivery, helping our clients achieve their ambitions.