Package Description
- JRC (Joint Research Council), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Start: asap
- Salary: €41,000- 50,000
- Relocation assistance provided.
Job Introduction
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 System Administrator on our prestige customer site in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Main Responsibilities
Server administration, virtualisation, storage and network operation
The requested profile is a System Administrator (SysAd) level 3 for the management of JRC corporate infrastructure for virtual server provisioning, storage and campus network operation.
In addition to the tasks described for the profile in Service Requirements document for the framework contract, the selected person will need to be able to support both daily operations for relevant services and contribute to the execution of new projects.
Main activities will be:
- Administration of JRC corporate virtual server infrastructure
- Administration of the NetApp storage.
- Administration of the campus network infrastructure.
- Administration of Windows-based server platform
- Administration of other server platforms in a backup role
Successful Candidate
The ideal candidate should have at least:
- 9 years of professional experience in the IT sector (higher studies can be counted as professional experience if the studies were successful)
- 6 years of experience in the specific domain: System administrator
Knowledge and skills
The following personal skills are required:
- Good communications skills in English.
- Willing to work in a busy team where learning new skills is essential.
- Professional and service-oriented attitude.
- Capacity to share the knowledge with the other members of the team.
- Ability to work both in service mode for delivery of daily operations and in project mode for the introduction of new service elements.
Very good experience in the following fields is required:
- Administration of server virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere Enterprise)
- System administration of Windows servers (Windows 2008 and 2012)
The following practical experience is desirable:
- Switching Technologies (Particularly for Cisco), layer 2 network design.
- Routing Technologies. Dynamic routing protocols, layer 3 network design.
- CCNA level certification from Cisco or any other networking vendor demonstrating knowledge on the switching area of networking.
- Configuration of CIFS and NFS storage protocols and Netapp NAS storage infrastructure
- Administration of complex IT environments
- Support for users of scientific information systems.
- System administration of Linux servers (RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and others)
- ITIL service management framework
- Production of technical documentation and training manuals for management and users
About the Company
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.