Urgent requirement for System Engineer

We have an urgent requirement for System Engineer.



Job Description




Duration: 6-12 Months Contract

Title: System Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL



As a member of the Production Services Support Team, the Client
Engineer (CE) is required to provide day-to-day support and
maintenance of Client based hardware, operating systems (Windows 2003,
Windows XP), System Applications (MS SQL, MOM WSUS, SMS, etc.) and
Enterprise Solutions (AD, VB Scripting, Backup, etc.) Other
responsibilities will include, project management and resource
management/escalation. In addition, the CE should stay abreast of
current and new technology as it relates to their role, as well as,
assist with testing and QA related issues to ensure a high quality of
service.



Specific Systems Responsibilities:

Primary Support:

· Active Directory (including scripting) Administration

· Windows 2003

Secondary Support:

· System Deployment (RDP)

· Antivirus (SAV)

Tertiary Support:

· Performance Tuning



Profile Requirements:



· Strong organization and communication skills; must
clearly communicate Wintel related technical issues with customer/
clients and management.

· In depth understanding of Operating Systems including how
they interact and utilize hardware platforms...

· 5+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience
supporting Enterprise Class Servers in a heterogeneous environment.

· Working knowledge of TCP/IP.

· Skilled in troubleshooting in high pressure, production
environments.

· Event log monitoring and perform skills.

· MCSE Certification preferred.

· Must possess VB Script or Power Shell scripting skills.

· Other technical certifications are a plus.

· Bachelor's degree is a plus.

· Previous trading experience preferred or equivalent high
speed, high-pressure environments a plus.

· Must be able to think quickly and outside the box.

· Must be accustomed to responding quickly and in a
controlled manner to emergencies.

· Will be required to work late and on weekends when needed
by management.



Primary Responsibilities:



· Follow strict Change Management policies regarding
productions changes (ITIL)

· Must take part in Change Management (CM) meetings as
necessary.

· Follow proper Incident Management and Problem Management
policies and assist in the creation and closure of incidents,
including incident reporting.

· When assigned tasks, they will be required to continue
working on the task through completion, or until the task is properly
transferred to a co-worker.

· Assists in the daily and pro-active maintenance of
Windows infrastructure environment.

· Must validate backups can be retrieved and restored.

· Follow strict Systems reboot policy.

· Follow strict Systems patching policy.

· Follow pre-deployment checklist.

· Is required to have all Systems security scanned before
release to production.

· Is required to install only Client approved software on
Systems.

· Is required to baseline Systems before deployment and
provide monthly reports on current performance.

· Assists in the daily monitoring servers/systems and
respond quickly to alerts.

· Must assume ownership of issues and work issues until
completion, unless changed by management.

· Rotate an on-call schedule with co-workers.

· While on-call, CE is required to carry a laptop and
Blackberry/Cell phone. Response time must be within 15 minutes to
alerts.

· Is required to follow proper escalation procedures as
defined by management.

· Is required to attend knowledge transfer sessions as
necessary as well as facilitate knowledge transfer to other co-
workers.

· Must take part in strategic and tactical weekly meetings
as necessary.

· Must complete or update operational run books as required
regarding new server builds or production changes in general.

· Is required to assist in updating the master server list,
backup schedule, morning checklist, and cross-departmental
communications, etc.

· Is required to follow proper quality assurance procedures
regarding releasing anything into production.

· Assigned as the primary technical support resource or the
secondary technical support resource for specific servers/systems. As
the primary technical support resource, expert knowledge is expected.
As the secondary technical support resource, general working knowledge
is expected.

· CE will have the opportunity to learn other technologies
to further their technical and career growth, only after they are at
an expert level for their primary support roles.



Specific Skill Sets



· Windows Operating Systems - NT 4.0, W2K, W2K3, Vista, 32bit
and 64bit implementations (UNIX, Linux, Solaris experience a plus)

· HP Equipment - DL, ML & Blades

· IBM Equipment (a plus)

· SAN - HP or EMC with San Surfer or HB Anywhere

· MS Clustering - multi-Node

· Active Directory (Migrations from NT 4 a plus)

· Group Policy Administration

· DNS,WINS, & DHCP - AD and NT environments

· SMS - Deployments

· SIM - Deployments

· MOM - Monitoring

· Deployment Systems - HP RDP

· Virtual Technology - VMware

· Servers Supported - 50+

· Exchange: 5.5, 2000, 2003

· IIS: 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

· IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Arc serve, or Net Backup

· VB Script for Administrators or Power Shell Scripting



Other Responsibilities:

· Must be punctual based on service level agreements and staff
schedule. Required to communicate with management if they are going
to be late for more than 10 minutes.

· Establishes a cordial and professional working relationship
with other team members.

· Management may assign other duties not listed here.



Please send updated Resume ASAP at syedb RemoveThis @avval.com