Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Some barriers to entry exist at this level (i.e., dept/peer review).
? Experience in the support and design of Enterprise level systems and Data Centers.
? Knowledge of RedHat (or its derivatives).
? VMWare Vsphere and other virtualization technologies.
? Sun Solaris.
? Systems running Oracle products e.g. Applications, Database 10g, SGD.
? Authentication systems – NIS, LDAP, AD, Kerberos.
? Shell Scripting.
? Monitoring using tools like Nagios, Cacti, MRTG.
? Security – Firewalls and patching, working to security standards like ISO27001.
? SAN /NAS systems including snapshots and off site replication.
? Networking - Understanding of advanced TCP/IP concepts, iSCSI, infiniband.
? Knowledge of HPC clusters and storage environments (e.g. OpenStack) would be beneficial.
• Personal Skills
? Excellent interpersonal, verbal, organization and planning skills.
? Positive attitude and ability to work through obstacles and roadblocks.
? Must be able to navigate through ambiguities and be flexible to changing priorities.
? Strong detail orientation, follow-through capabilities and escalation of key issues, superior analytical and problem solving skills.
? Strong ability to build partnerships and influence others that are not in the direct sphere of control, with the ability to earn the respect of technical personnel across application and infrastructure teams.
