Senior Systems Engineer

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Detail information about job Senior Systems Engineer. Terms and conditions vacancy

Parmalat Australia Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the listed Italian company Parmalat SpA, which in turn is part of the Lactalis Group, the world's largest producer of dairy goods. The company is committed to playing a daily role in the health and well-being of consumers throughout the world, via the provision of nutritious dairy products - milk, cheese, yoghurt, and other soft foods and beverages.

At the heart of our business locally, we have over 2,500 passionate employees, working closely and constructively with some 500 Australian farmers to produce the finest dairy products in the country.

We are a growing global company that takes great pride in who we are. We are humble, proud and resilient. Our brands, people and know how define who we are.

We provide a workplace that delivers the opportunity to drive your development, and believe that true success comes from us.

Collaboration, flexibility and diversity are pillars of our environment. With knowledge and experience we encourage you to make a difference!

Reporting to the IT Technical Services Manager you will be pivotal in delivering IT services to our organisation. You will be highly motivated to succeed, have a genuine sense of urgency in delivering business value/benefits through service delivery and have a passion for great customer service.

You will have an opportunity to work in a long term permanent role where you will be an integral part of our company success.

Responsibilities

• Execute project work such as new system implementations, migrations and upgrades of IT hardware and software.
• Assess dependencies, interoperability, compute, security and user requirements for new server-hosted applications and undertake installation, configuration and documentation of such applications.
• Establish and maintain a standard and stable VMWare and Microsoft Server environment.
• Provide input into strategies, standards, policies and future planning.
• Understand and implement best practice security standards across operating systems and applications to ensure systems are secured from unauthorized access.
• Undertake capacity planning, understand system lifecycles and advise migration/upgrade options including capital requirements.
• Participate in ITIL processes such as incident, problem and change management.
• Mentor other team members to build internal skills and share knowledge.
• Foster healthy relationships with business and IT staff to ensure success of our projects.
• Provide leadership in the resolution of major and high severity incidents.
• Undertake rostered on-call after hours support for critical/urgent requests.

Skills / Experience / Qualifications Required

• 5+ years experience in a similar role.
• Microsoft and VMWare qualifications desirable but not mandatory.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft back office products, particularly Server, Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, WSUS, etc. SCCM not required, but desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in the planning, implementation, management, configuration and maintenance of Microsoft Servers and associated technologies including VMWare virtualisation and Group Policy.
• Experience with x86 server infrastructure including data centre implementations (HPE, IBM).
• Experience with email gateways, web filters and anti-virus/anti-malware systems and associated security software (Sophos).
• Experience with Mobile Device Management / Enterprise Mobility Management solutions (MobileIron and/or VMWare AirWatch).
• Understanding and experience with Microsoft PKI services including X.509 certificate authentication, Single Sign-On protocols and technologies (SAML, ADFS, etc).
• Understanding and experience with Network Load Balancers or Application Delivery Controllers (F5 BIG-IP/Citrix Netscaler ADC).
• Understanding and experience with backup technologies (Veeam Enterprise) and disaster recovery methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with scripting languages such as Powershell, VBScript, etc.
• Solid experience in writing policies and procedures and other support documentation.

Key Success Attributes

• Ability to communicate at all levels of an organisation
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to build relationships and work with peers within the organisation to deliver service levels that meet the needs of the organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leading global organisation during an exciting time of company growth and success. If you are confident with your experience and have the ambition, drive and competency to succeed in this role and wish to join an impressive global business and be part of a healthy working environment, please submit your application including current resume by selecting 'Apply' and following the prompts.

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