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Senior Systems Administrator: Virtualisation Architect
Job Ref
252920
Job Type
Permanent
Employer Type
Company
Date Added
23 Mar 2015
Expiry Date 20 Apr 2015
Expiry Date 20 Apr 2015
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Employer:
Stellenbosch University
Location:
Western Cape
Salary:
Market related
Benefits:
Role details:
Arts and Social Sciences
HUMARGA (Humanities Computer Users Area)
Senior Systems Administrator: Virtualisation Architect
(Ref. LSW19/083/0315)
Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers
ICT plays an important role in high quality educational service delivery to students. The large number of students and diversity of study areas in the Faculties of Arts, Education, Law and Theology pose specific challenges to empower students and academics to use information technology and e-learning. The purpose of this position is to address these needs in a practical way.
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Duties: Design, implement, maintain and, when required, migrate multi-site highly available Citrix end user solution including XenDesktop (7.6 or later), XenApp, PVS, MCS, XenClient, Synchroniser, NetScaler, Web Interface and Store Front;
Application deployment including Citrix XenApp, Microsoft RDS, Microsoft App-V, Microsoft SCCM and Application Jukebox;
Resolve application errors and performance issues and monitor end users' experience;
Apply Microsoft Active Directory computer and user group policies, group policy preferences and scripts to manage the environment;
Manage and troubleshoot Microsoft Active Directory, group policies and user profiles (Windows and Citrix), DHCP, DNS;
Install, manage, optimise and troubleshoot Microsoft Server 2012 R2 (physical and virtual);
Management and monitoring systems including Lakeside SysTrack, Microsoft SCOM, VMware vCentre and Dell OpenManage;
Implement Microsoft SQL 2012 Database Always On and Mirroring;
Implement hypervisors (VMware vSphere (5.1 or later), Microsoft Hyper-V);
Investigate new technologies which optimise the utilisation of resources and flexibility amidst a fast changing ICT landscape where cloud services are increasingly playing a role. Re-training and changes in duties may be required in this position as requirements may change over time.
Requirements:
Citrix Certified Professional Virtualization (CCP-V) or Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA);
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7;
At least five years relevant experience in Citrix XenDesktop implementations not less than 500 Virtual Machines or 500 users;
At least seven years relevant experience in Microsoft Active Directory including but not limited to group policies, DHCP and DNS;
The ability to solve technical problems independently;
The ability to function effectively within a multilingual environment;
Ability to operate in a team as well as independently;
Exceptional interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to interact with users in a professional manner;
Willingness and availability for after-hours planned and unplanned maintenance.
Recommendations:
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008;
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deployment;
VMware Certified Professional Datacenter Virtualization (vSphere 5);
Experience with:
o Management of physical servers and storage (iSCSI,NFS);
o Management of PCs (Microsoft Windows Deployment Services, Microsoft SCCM) and thin clients;
o Application deployment (to physical PCs, VMs and mobile devices, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services).
Commencement of duties: 1 May 2015
Closing date: 25 March 2015
Enquiries regarding this post: Mr Jan Louw at 021 808 2235 or jlo@sun.ac.za
Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753
The University will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition of the staff corps, especially with regard to the appointment of suitable candidates from the designated groups.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and contact details of at least two referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.
Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
Should no feedback be received from the University within four weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.