Server Engineer

Hours: 9:00am - 17:00pm/ Monday to Friday. *office based 5 days a week

Salary: £42,000 per annum + travel expense up to Zone 6

Location: London

Global IT company is looking for a Server Engineer.

Server Engineer - Responsibilities:

• Provisioning, detailed planning, design and implementation of core systems and services, including hardware, software, servers and applications.
• Network element configuration including day-to-day service delivery.
• Network and server implementation and optimization.
• Consideration of the most profitable system and implementation methods.
• Creation of handover documents, providing internal training as necessary.
• Documentation for implementation and modification.
• Development and implementation of new features and services.
• Migration planning and execution.
• Proof of concept testing and acceptance testing.
• Vendor negotiation and control.
• 2nd/3rd level troubleshooting with relation to company divisions and external customers if required & escalation contact (if necessary, outside of working hours)
• Maintain secure operations and keep the environment tidy.
• Project and service delivery schedule management.
• Project and service delivery arrangement with HQ and European Branches.
• Periodical status report to your line manager.
• Endeavour to reach the project target provided by your manager.
• Time management and project coordination for smooth implementation.
• Report any incident to your superior in timely manner Ad-hoc tasks as requested by line management.
• Administration, management of company’s European "intranet" server/site.

Server Engineer - Requirements:

• Extensive work experience in LINUX/Windows server environments.
• ISP related server application knowledge and experience. I.E. SMTP, DNS, HTTP, Radius.
• Detailed knowledge of monitoring applications such as zabbix, nagios, icinga, SolarWinds, OpManager and others.
• Detailed knowledge of server and storage hardware.
• Detailed knowledge of server security hardening.
• Detailed knowledge of server virtualization (hypervisor).
• Facility Management, Network Cabling, Equipment Installation.
• Knowledge and proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Microsoft Outlook.
• Strong time management/multi tasking & organisational skills.
• Strong work ethic.
• Reliable time keeping and attendance.
• Good communication skill.
• Fluent in English.