A leading provider of integrated business & technology
solutions across Africa in the Financial, Telecom, Real Estate, Service
Industries & Government, is looking to fill the position of Senior Systems Engineer - Servers & Storage
This role will report directly to the Practice Lead - Data
Centre Solutions.
Job Purpose / Summary
The Senior Systems Engineer-Server & Storage will help
develop business objectives & determine the data centre practice’s
operational vision in line with the company strategy.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Working
with the implementation team in project implementation & deployment,
which may include overseeing elements of the project or team when
assigned.
- May
be called on to take over supervision of implementation tasks assigned
& working to ensure proper implementation & troubleshooting if
necessary.
- Supervising
the implementations of Proof of Concepts (POC) in consultation with the
team.
- Technical
consultancy & recommendations.
- Working
on assigned tenders and/or proposals, providing pre-sales support
including assisting in solutions design, preparation of Bills of
Materials, preparation of client presentations &assisting in client
site surveys.
- Induction
& mentorship of trainees as well as delegated supervisory duties for
any student on professional attachment, assigned to the project by the
supervisor.
- Assisting
in providing post-sales support after project implementation, including
management of any support contracts assigned in consultation with the team
leader & other senior engineers on the project.
- Working
with the internal support team on any requirements for equipment or
systems that need specialization, including implementation &training.
- End
user support for contractual customers.
- Troubleshooting
customer faults to achieve fault resolution for escalating incidents.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 3-6
years’ experience in servers & storage technologies especially
Sun/Oracle.
- Solaris
systems administration skills.
- Knowledge
of servers & storage technologies.
- Demonstrated
ability to solve complex technical problems with accounts in complex
technical environments.
- Linux/Unix
skills.
- Cisco
Unified Computing Systems experience is an added advantage.
- Project
Management experience and certification will be an added advantage.
- Technical
sales experience will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge
of High Availability &Business Continuity Technologies will be an
added advantage.
Required Certifications
- System
administrator for Solaris 10
- Solaris
network administration for Solaris 10
- VERITAS
netback up specializations
- Oracle
SPARC servers specializations
- Oracle
Exadata certification will be an added advantage
- Sun
Cluster 3.x administration certification will be an added advantage.
- Oracle
specialization certifications will be added advantage i.e. Oracle Linux
Presales speciality, Oracle Sun Flash Presales speciality, Oracle Sun
storage 6000 Array Presales speciality & Oracle Pillar Axiom 600
Presales speciality
- VERITAS
Storage Foundation 6.0 Presales expert will be an added advantage
- VMware
Certifications will be an added advantage
- EMC
Storage certifications will be an added advantage
Personal Attributes
- Strong
planning & organizing skills
- Excellent
communication skills
- Ability
to mentor, lead projects & make effective decisions
- Ability
to work in a highly driven environment
- Result
oriented
- Innovative
thinker
How to apply: If you
are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is
looking for, we would like to hear from you.
Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current
salary and benefits package to info@dorbe-leit.co.ke before close of business
11th March 2013.
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
