WINTEL ENGINEER (Cloud Experience)
Overview: (Summary of the role)
Work within a team environment to ensure daily availability of wintel servers with significant business or IT impact, handling all Windows Server OS installations, administrations, incidents, Root Cause.
Responsibilities: (Describe the important end results of the job, i.e., what has to be achieved and why. Start with the most important and number each one separately)
- Implementation of Windows based infrastructure based on business requirements.
- Ongoing maintenance, security, and availability of Windows based infrastructure based on business
requirements.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Windows OS related incidents and problems according to customer processes.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for OS related service problems as part of problem management.
- Liaise with support vendors for maintenance, support or issues resolution.
- Support Windows Server based systems, system software, clustering software and system management
agents.
- Assist in analysing historical usage for tracking and trending by CPU, memory, I/O and storage.
- Implement capacity improvement plan.
- Assist in developing and maintaining the Technical Disaster Recovery Plan. Provide technical support
during disaster.
- Execute Technical Disaster Recovery plan during DR and DR drill.
- Setting up and managing Windows Active Directory experience inclusive of managing GPOs and user
profiles.
- Setting up and managing Windows Clustering.
- Setting up and managing VMWare hosts (inclusive of VCenters) and virtual machines including all OS
platforms (Linux and windows).
- Working knowledge in VMware vSphere 4.x and above.
- Setting up and managing Hyper-V and virtual machines.
- Setting up and managing Netbackup and/or BackupExec, including defining backup policies based on
industry standards.
- Setting up and managing enterprise-wide Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, including defining
policies based on industry standards.
- Review event logs on a regular basis based on business requirements.
- Manage the server OS patching procedure and security hardening.
Evaluate and review patches, before and after installation.
- Perform backup and restore of systems based on business requirement.
- Manage and monitor systems using monitoring software.
- Conduct operational meetings with customer.
- Writing/updating technical design, build and process documentations.
- Working knowledge in SAN Storage management.
Requirements: (Indicate the qualifications, education, associated training, background knowledge, skills and attributes to perform the job competently)
- Working experience in government agency is preferable.
- Possess reasonable leadership and interpersonal skills and have experience working in large enterprise
operational environments.
- Process good oral and written communication skills
- Ability to independently solve and troubleshoot problems.
- Familiarity in carrying out Deep level Windows server OS troubleshooting and problem resolution
- Knowledge in Microsoft Cluster is a must.
- Knowledge in Windows, where documented knowledge/certification for Windows 2003/2008 is a must
and 2012 would be an advantage.
- Working experience of installation and operation of Windows Servers (2003/2008/2012) operating
systems, software and backup solutions.
- Knowledge of server hardware and equipment such as HP/IBM /Dell servers and HP/IBM SAN would be an
advantage.
- Familiarity with enterprise virus protection software.
- Familiarity with major systems monitoring software and its functionality.
- ITIL Foundation certified or equivalent work experience.
- Some automation and scripting experience and SAN storage knowledge would be an advantage.
- Self-motivated, customer oriented and a team player when involved in projects.