Job Search Results 1-12 of 14 jobs shown. CJ-CitVM       Sr. Windows VM Citrix Engineer       Prestigious Enterprise Institution is currently seeking a Sr. Windows VM Citrix Engineer for their enterprise environment. Candidate will be responsible for the validation of Architecture and design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Citrix & VMWare environment Responsibilities: · Level 3 Troubleshooting Citrix & WMWare server hardware / software problems and follow established procedures to detect, diagnose, repair, server-related issues · Lead in Citrix & VMWare technology refresh projects as needed · Proactive performance tuning & risk mitigation · Mentor Network engineer · Engineering experience within Exchange 2010 environment · Experience with Windows 2000\2003\2008 Server · Extensive experience supporting large VMWARE environments. · Extensive experience in Storage Area Network design. IBM, Hitachi SAN infrastructure, Brocade SAN switch fabric. · Experience in Enterprise Backup using NetBackup suite. · Proven project management and decision-making capabilities. · Extensive experience designing, building and supporting virtual server infrastructures Requirements: · Deep understanding and practical working experience with Citrix virtualization using XenApp Services, Provisioning Server, Citrix Secure Web Access and Microsoft AD services including Group Policies · Proven experience in design and implementation using WMARE, Citrix XenApp Services, Provisioning Server, XenDesktop Services · Citrix Web Interface · Manage and monitor VM/Citrix environments · Strong technical writing skills with proven experience in documenting System standards · Strong implementation and systems integration background. Other Qualifications: Minimum 5 years progressive Windows platform experience in an Enterprise setting of over 150 Windows servers Minimum of 3 years of VMware and Citrix experience Minimum of 3 years experience of a structured change control process Minimum of 3 years experience in back-up and restoration of Windows and VM servers Demonstrated expertise in the design, implementation and support of complex server farms/environments. SQL Server Administration, Exchange 2010, Active Directory Support, Microsoft System Center, and VDI Experience a plus Expert understanding of data communication protocols focusing on TCP/IP. Good written and verbal communications skills. windowsExchange       Windows Exchange System Engineer       Prestigious Financial Firm is seeking a Windows System Engineer that is strong in Windows, Exchange 2010, VMware as well as other related technologies (Citrix, Storage Lync). The environment is 800 Windows servers, 650-700 VMware servers, 64 hosts, 6 Exchange servers, 1500 users, must be heavy in trouble-shooting on Exchange. Any Lync 2010, SharePoint, Citrix and Storage a plus. The key is greater focus on Exchange. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Job Summary This position is for a Systems Engineer III in the Infrastructure Technologies Services environment within the companys Chicago IT department. This position will perform technology design, implementation and major support activities including hands on data center technologies as directed, and is accountable to implement & execute the enterprise infrastructure, engineering, and standards for its operational usage across the Enterprise for technologies in scope as defined by the company Technology Data Center Engineers and Architects. This position will be heavy on the support aspect of a Data center and the related technologies. Scope The technologies within the scope of this position include the full range of Infrastructure technologies including server, distributed computing hardware, systems management, application infrastructure, Intelligent Infrastructure service & enterprise level storage and related operating system & supporting technologies. Responsibilities · Implementation, support, management and monitoring of infrastructure within the Data Center · Monitor, troubleshoot and coordinate backups · Monitor, troubleshoot and correct operating system issues · Build and implement physical and virtual servers · Oversight of configurations and capacity management of server infrastructure · Documentation of existing environment and future changes · Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with strategic partners from within IT Systems Management, Architecture & Planning, Business Partner Manager, Project Management, Business Application Management, IT Security Management, IT Vendor Management, company business units as well as all external outsourced IT infrastructure service providers · Participate in the execution of standards used by business applications for the technologies in scope · Participate in the execution of technology lifecycle & roadmap for the technologies in scope, including technology absorption & risk, technology refresh, migration & retirement strategies. · Execute capacity planning, monitoring, operations and infrastructure management processes for technologies in scope · Performs all Systems Engineering I and II position responsibilities in addition to III role · On call as needed for problems and incidents. · After hours, weekend work required during off hours maintenance windows. · Ensure proper infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and reporting for server and network infrastructure. · Troubleshooting and resolving escalated issues · Developing and maintaining processes, tools, and documentation in support of the production environment · Linux (Red Hat) administration experience is a plus. QUALIFICATIONS: Skill/Experience Requirements · At least 5  7 years of experience in selecting and implementing infrastructure technologies & services, support of data center infrastructure and related technologies in medium to large sized data center environments · Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build consensus and to · 5+ years of Windows 2003/2008 Server and Network administration · 5+ years of HP Proliant DL Server hardware configuration, maintenance and support · 3+ years of DNS, DHCP and Active Directory technologies · 3+ years of experience with VMware technologies · Bachelors degree in related field required · 3+ years of Hitachi USPV hardware configuration and maintenance · 3+ years of Citrix architecture, implementation and support · 2+ years of experience with replication technologies (VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), Double Take and Hitachi Universal Replication (HUR)) Job-Specific Technical Competencies · Broad knowledge of full range of client-server and distributed computing hardware and systems management, application infrastructure, data center related operating system & supporting technologies and operational standards · Technical knowledge in Active Directory and core Microsoft technologies · Technical knowledge in VMware ESX 4.x · Possesses understanding of vendor community for full range of infrastructure technologies including but not limited to client, server, database, network and operating systems Technologies in Scope (minimum representative not exhaustive) Servers HP Server Hardware, AMD/Intel Chipset technologies, Server based platform integration, sizing and ILO management support Storage Understanding of shared Mass Storage Array / SAN management from the operating system (Microsoft Windows & VMware) Software Microsoft Windows Server Editions, Microsoft Cluster Technologies, Microsoft Active Directory, Virtualization tools and technologies to include VMware, Enterprise backup technologies to include VERITAS NetBackup, General Performance and Benchmarking tools, System Monitoring and Administration across the HP server platforms and Microsoft Exchange 2010. Network Services General knowledge & understanding of operations support & troubleshooting (DNS, WINS, DHCP, IP addressing, LDAP authentication), Cisco networks, CheckPoint Firewalls, F5 network load balancers, Cisco switches, routers and secure remote access. Advanced knowledge using Microsoft office professional and general Visio knowledge EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Bachelor degree required, 5 - 7 years of relevant technology administration experience required INTERPERSONAL/COMMUNICATION/LANGUAGE SKILLS: · Must have strong written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal skills that allow for managing service providers that do not report directly to this position · Must have the ability to interact with the senior leadership team · Must have the ability to develop IT operational documentation, implementation plans & operational performance metrics CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Industry certifications: MCSE, MCA  Infrastructure, MCP, CCA - Certified Citrix Administrator, VCP  VMware Certified Professional CJ-Exchange       Windows Exchange Engineer       Prestigious Financial Investment Firm located in Chicago is currently seeking a Windows and Exchange Engineer. Candidate will perform technology design, implementation and major support activities including hands on data center technologies as directed, and is accountable to implement & execute the enterprise infrastructure, engineering, and standards for its operational usage across the Enterprise for technologies. This position will be heavy on the support aspect of a Data center and the related technologies. The technologies within the scope of this position include the full range of Infrastructure technologies including server, distributed computing hardware, systems management, application infrastructure, and enterprise level storage and related operating systems. Responsibilities · Implementation, support, management and monitoring of infrastructure within the Data Center · Monitor, troubleshoot and coordinate backups · Monitor, troubleshoot and correct operating system issues · Build and implement physical and virtual servers · Oversight of configurations and capacity management of server infrastructure · Documentation of existing environment and future changes · Participate in the execution of standards used by business applications for the technologies in scope · Participate in the execution of technology lifecycle & roadmap for the technologies in scope, including technology absorption & risk, technology refresh, migration & retirement strategies. · Execute capacity planning, monitoring, operations and infrastructure management processes for technologies in scope · Performs all Systems Engineering I and II position responsibilities in addition to III role · On call as needed for problems and incidents. · After hours, weekend work required during off hours maintenance windows. · Ensure proper infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and reporting for server and network infrastructure. · Troubleshooting and resolving escalated issues · Developing and maintaining processes, tools, and documentation in support of the production environment · Linux (Red Hat) administration experience is a plus. Qualifications: · At least 5  7 years of experience in selecting and implementing infrastructure technologies & services, support of data center infrastructure and related technologies in medium to large sized data center environments · Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build consensus and to · 5+ years of Windows 2003/2008 Server and Exchange administration · 5+ years of HP Proliant DL Server hardware configuration, maintenance and support · 3+ years of DNS, DHCP and Active Directory technologies · 3+ years of experience with VMware technologies · Bachelors degree in related field required CJ-WinNW       Sr. Windows VM Engineer       Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a Sr. Windows and VMware Engineer. Candidate will help plan, organize, manage, and support the x86 centralized server environment ensuring that all equipment is properly installed, configured, tested, maintained, and upgraded. This includes developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas, particularly the highly virtualized server infrastructure, critical business applications, such as Active Directory, messaging, monitoring, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and backups of the environment. Excellent communication and teamwork skills are a must. This position will ensure that the support tickets and critical outages are properly addressed. Responsibilities: . " Must possess a positive attitude, be ambitious, and self-motivated, and reliable. " Ensure global documentation, as it relates to responsible systems, are defined, documented, and maintained. " Must have good technical problem solving skills, be very organized, have good communication skills (oral and written). " This role will be on-call 24x7, and will be expected to escalate and communicate, as well as troubleshoot any critical system outages. " Responsible for the support and maintenance of the 700+server Wintel environment, including Microsoft software, Linux, and VMware. " Perform system administration of the operating systems, for the following environments: Web, File, Print, DNS, DHCP, Antivirus, SCCM, SCOM, Exchange, Active Directory, and Linux machines. " Server monitoring & performance  monitoring of disk space, system and application errors, memory and swap space utilization, disk performance, CPU, and processes. " Backups/archives/restores  configure and automate system, application and database backups; perform restores as needed including offsite recovery. " Work with the architecture and engineering teams (Server, Network, Storage, Citrix, Data Center) to execute on designs, upgrades, and be able to perform implementation/configuration changes. " Executes administrative and operational policies consistent with corporate and department goals, strategic planning, and growth objectives. " Ability to occasionally work beyond routine nature of tasks utilizing specialized knowledge and technology. " Provides technical support and training to the team on all related technologies as needed. " Performs effectively and timely in a fast paced environment. " Participate in and contribute to an effective change control process. Skills " Excellent knowledge of Windows Active Directory Domains integration and interaction with the network, Group Policy, Anti-Virus applications, DHCP, DNS, and WINS. " Excellent knowledge of VMWare ESXi 3.5/4/4.1/5.0/5.1. " Knowledge of Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010 in a clustered environment. " Strong understanding on Storage Area Networks, Network Attached Storage, storage system capacity and performance, fiber channel, NFS, iSCSI, and FCOE protocols. " Strong knowledge of backup solutions, such as Symantec Commvault Simpana 8/9, tape and VTL, backup to disk, snapshots, scheduling and backup windows. " Knowledge Citrix XenApp 6.0 and above. " Knowledge of MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2012. " Knowledge of SCCM 2012, including patch management, software deploy, and inventory. " Knowledge of networking infrastructures, including switching and routing, LAN, WAN, VPN, etc. " Ability to build, configure, secure, and administer Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012 in an Active Directory environment. Excellent Knowledge of monitoring tools, such as Solar Winds, Quest Spotlight, Quest Message Stats, etc. " Experience with server hardware, such as IBM, HP, Cisco or Dell blade center or rack-mount servers that have x86 CPUs, RAM, PCIe and other expansions cards, disks, network adapters, storage controllers, power supplies, and KVM-based systems. Required: " 5+ years of experience supporting and implementing/administrating enterprise Wintel solutions in a virtualized corporate environment. " 5+ years of Active Directory and Exchange experience. " 5+ years of blade center servers. " Microsoft, Exchange, VMware, Cisco, IBM/HP/Dell, or EMC certifications required CJ-SCCM       Senior Desktop SCCM Engineer       Prestigious Enterprise Institution is currently seeking a Senior Desktop and SCCM Engineer with VDI experience. Candidate will have expertise in the distribution of packaged applications to desktop environment using Microsofts SMS application distribution model. Candidate must be able to engineer, manage and maintain a SCCM/SMS infrastructure with over 4500+ nodes. Must be able to troubleshoot and resolve desktop application issues, with the ability to identify and proactively resolve ongoing desktop issues. Responsibilities: Accomplishes tasks with minimal supervision; monitors own progress and results. Actively suggests changes that enhance operations or customer service. Demonstrates experience in specific technologies, applications or platforms. Defines tasks, deliverables and is reasonably accurate in estimating the effort required to accomplish them, Qualifications: Five or more years of experience required providing technical support and technology implementation pertaining to Desktop Operating Systems and hardware. Extensive experience supporting SCCM/SMS infrastructure and Report Management Active Directory and SCCM/SMS script Writing Some SQL Query Development (related to SMS database) Overall understanding of networking Overall understanding of Microsoft systems administration Desktop security management and forensic investigation Expert knowledge of virtual desktop infrastructure technologies, specifically Citrix XenDesktop Command of common office tools (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, e-mail) Strong technical writing skills with proven experience in documenting System standards Strong implementation and Desktop integration background. Ability to develop and maintain key business stakeholder relationships across the enterprise and to effectively communicate at all levels, including technologists and business management. Technology Experience: Applications: Enterprise Windows 2000 and XP, Active Directory, SCCM/SMS, WSUS patch management, Desktop virtualization technologies, NetBackup Enterprise Backup, Symantec Enterprise Anti-Virus, Business Process Improvement, SQL, Oracle, IIS Web services, WINS, DNS, DHCP, Exchange Email, Citrix Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, Fiber, VPN, Wireless networking Hardware: HP, Dell, Wyse thin clients CJ-IntegWintel       Windows Integration Engineer       ***Must have a Bachelors Degree*** Prestigious Global Financial Software Firm, located in the Chicago Loop , is currently seeking a Windows Integration Engineer with strong Windows Application support, integration, SQL, and remote access experience. Candidate will have a proven track record that illustrates their initiative, troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills. Responsibilities: * Assisting clients in implementing state-of-the-art, mission critical, financial software on the Windows platform * Server Hardware sizing and performance troubleshooting Troubleshooting technical issues on distributed computing platforms * Testing Software products for compatibility with Microsoft technologies Requirements include: * Extended experience with Microsoft Windows Server technologies * Administrative SQL Server knowledge * Experience with Performance Monitoring and SQL Server Tracing * Citrix or Terminal Server Experience * 4 year Bachelors Degree Experience with Financial applications and processes as well as software testing experience is helpful to this position but not required. CJ-WinEMC       Windows and Storage Architect       Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a technical Windows and Storage Engineer with strong AD, Exchange, VM, and EMC experience. Need some type of management experience, as candidate will manage over some outsourced engineers as well. Candidate will have the responsibility for developing, maintaining, and publishing corporate server and storage standards, procedures, and guidelines for IT systems across all platforms and infrastructures. Responsibilities: * Design and implement server environments to support the development of business systems that will meet or exceed availability requirements * Participate in formalizing an overall Infrastructure architecture and standards that are documented and shared across the IT organization * Ensure delivery of services from hosting provider is in alignment with business requirements * Analyze storage utilization and develop a strategy to maximize investment, reporting and capacity planning * Maintain disaster recovery plans, regular review to ensure D/R strategy aligns with business requirements. Oversight of D/R validation on a regular basis * Actively participate in technology projects providing design guidance for Infrastructure requirements * Assist in the development, maintenance, and publishing of all corporate-level information system standards, procedures, and guidelines * Research, evaluate, design, test, recommend, and plan implementation of new or improved technology software or devices. * Maintain technical reference library; develop technical information materials and workshops on these new areas for IT as appropriate * Develop strategic plans and identify key success factors; set priorities and allocate the resources to achieve operating company and corporate goals * Compare costs, recommend/select specific products, and negotiate lease or purchase agreements as necessary * Work in conjunction with application team to ensure successful delivery of IT projects Qualifications: - Strong Windows Server and EMC storage administration experience - Technical proficiency in server and storage hardware and software; ability to consult with other IT groups on system designs and support as a recognized technical expert - Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs - Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust - Confidence and leadership qualities for IT project teams in a cross functional environment - Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport and persuades others - Solid project management skills, especially in a cross-functional environment - Strong team-oriented interpersonal and communication skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people Education/Experience - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline/or equivalent experience - 5 -7 years of experience with managing a server and storage environment, familiarity with Windows operating system - Competency in strategic thinking with strong abilities in relationship management - Successfully developed and implemented new technology - Demonstrated competency in project management in a cross-functional environment - Demonstrated competency in developing effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems        VMware Systems Engineer       SBHDWIN       Level 2 Windows Support Engineer       Large Distribution Center is currently seeking Level 2 Windows Support Engineer for a 6+ Month Contract position. 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