Jobs
Systems/Infrastructure Engineer Job at Blueprint Business Technologies
Blueprint Business Technologies is a full spectrum ICT solution company,
headquartered in Lagos, but with growing interest across the West
African market. BBT is the flagship company of the Blueprint
Technology Group, one of the fastest growing Nigerian ICT Company.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Systems/Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Lagos
Employment: Type Full-Time
Job Type: Engineering, Information Technology
Industry: Computer Hardware
Required Travel: Ability to relocate
Job Description
- BBT, the leading integrator, is looking for an Infrastructure
Engineer for projects implementation and provide support related to our
current & future servers and storage infrastructure clients.
- The Infrastructure Engineer will collaborate as part of a team
responsible for design, build and maintenance support of our Enterprise
customers. The role designs and implements the physical
infrastructure, system operations and management, support methods and
procedures for BBT customers.
- Duties include configuration, design and implementation of
server, network, storage and converged infrastructure solutions (Windows
Server, Active Directory, DNS, EMC, IBM, DEL, VMware, NetApp, etc.),
problem diagnosis and resolution, new service evaluation and design,
testing and analysis of server and storage performance and capacity
planning.
- This position is ideal for an Infrastructure Engineer who
demonstrates an attitude toward successfully completing projects and
accomplishing goals on time. BBT seeks those who are customer facing
focused, demonstrate excellent written & verbal communication, and
able to collaborate with multiple teams (Operations, Development, QA,
Business Representatives).
- As an Infrastructure Engineer, the team member will participate
comfortably with minimal supervision, take ownership, and follow
issues through to completion in order to contribute to the growth and
financial success of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Installs, configures, monitors, and maintains data centre and
infrastructure design, physical hardware, server installations,
clustering configurations, virtualization infrastructure.
- Provide systems and storage installation, tuning, backup, DR and
support across production and pre-production environments in multiple
physical locations
- Project work will include the planning and execution of server
installations and migrations and the development and testing of
disaster recovery capabilities
- Tuning, performance management and capacity planning for systems and server infrastructure.
- Maintain good working relationships with all service providers
and OEMs to ensure that services received meet expected requirements of
contract.
- Implement and maintain tools and processes for automating system
administration, management, alerting, and monitoring to obtain
complete and proactive view of systems and storage infrastructure.
- Maintenance of servers and storage infrastructure of our clients,
Job Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on Enterprise Server, Storage and converged infrastructure integration,
- Strong experience designing and maintaining server
infrastructure in a large, distributed environment which cross multiple
system platform
- Hands-on experience with VMware ESX, Hyper-V, Citrix Xen App or other virtualization technologies
- Additional experience working with Linux and open source platforms a plus
- Familiarity with enterprise-class backup systems, EMC’s Networker, CommVault etc will be a plus.
- Strong investigation and problem-solving skills, takes responsibility, deals well with ill-defined problems
- Ability to handle multiple complex projects simultaneously, works under deadlines and subject to heavy project load,
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Good organizational skills.
- Has the ability to acquire new skills quickly, and thrive in a collaborative team environment
- Solid knowledge of hardware platforms and configurations (HP, IBM, NetApp, Cisco, EMC, VCE) including physical installations
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, WINS, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, ICA, SMB , AD
- Windows Server - Installation, administration, troubleshooting, IIS configuration
- Experience with system patching technologies and methods, anti-virus, and security controls
- Strong analytical skills are essential to discovering system
requirements and ensuring that the system meets the client’s operational
needs.
- SAN/NAS Configuration, Installation and Maintenance, EMC, IBM, NetAPP etc
- Strong Windows networking and troubleshooting skills
- Available and willing to respond to emergencies or cover on call responsibilities as needed
- BS/BA in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience
- Certifications from Microsoft, VMware or Cisco will be an added advantage.
- Additional experience working with UNIX and it’s flavors especially, AIX will be desired,
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 22nd June, 2016.