Solaris Infrastructure Consultant

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We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big and we hire great people. Version 1 are more than just another IT services company - we are leaders in implementing and supporting Oracle, Microsoft and AWS technologies.

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• Support multiple clients across multiple technologies
• Consult with customers and across a cross-team environment.
• Documentation and development of designs, processes and procedures.
• Work within a structured ITIL / ISO20000 IT Service Management environment.
• Works directly with client to gather requirements, design solutions, build proof of concepts and implement solutions
• Excellent presentation and reporting skills arising from customer facing and on-site experience
• Very strong verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required
• Project management skills with experience in stakeholder and communications management
• Escalation point for major incidents/investigations

Experience Required

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as systems admin on Unix/Solaris and RedHat Linux
• Expert technical knowledge of Unix Solaris versions 10 and 11, Solaris Virtual Zones and LDOM's, RHEL 6 & 7 (Experience with RHEL8 would be a bonus), VMWare
• Experience carrying out patch upgrades across Solaris, RedHat Linux and VMWare
• Administrator on Solaris 10,11 using LDMS, Zones, ZFS
• Installing & Managing Red Hat Linux Servers in VMware Environment
• Troubleshooting OS boot issues on multiple OS
• Creating, managing & troubleshooting file system Using ZFS & LVM
• Interpreting, understanding and solving complex technical problems/incidents
• Strategic thinker capable of looking at the ‘big picture’
• Ability to influence internal teams and customers
• Consultancy/project delivery experience with client facing background
• Strong experience across multi-server, stand alone and clustered solutions.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills required.
• Any exposure to public cloud would also be valuable E.g. AWS/Azure/OCI

Essential Technical Skills

• Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 and 11
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• VMware Certified Professional
• ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
• Disaster recovery and site replication solutions experience

Desirable skills

• Any private cloud experience would be valued.  E.g. VMWare, HyperV, HP-UX
• Experience on SAN/Storage solutions
• Experience with ServiceNow highly valued
• Additional infrastructure skills such as networking / etc. would be beneficial.
• Public Cloud experience such as AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud.
• Experience with backup technologies (e.g. Veeam, Backup Exec, ARCserve, Data Protector, and/or CommVault)
• Project management certifications e.g. Prince2

Version 1 Talent Acquisition Team 

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