System Specialist

ThoughtBot; Strasbourg; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm located in France is seeking an experienced IT professional to provide support and troubleshooting for complex platforms. Key responsibilities include server management, configuration of virtual environments, and administration of backup solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in VMware, scripting skills, and extensive experience with Oracle infrastructures. Proficiency in English is required, with additional knowledge of French considered an advantage.

Qualifications

• B2 level of English is required; knowledge of French is a plus.
• Minimum 9 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with server management and storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide IT support, design, and troubleshooting for complex platforms.
• Administer backup and restore solutions including VEEAM.
• Manage Oracle infrastructure and various server environments.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of VMware (vSphere, vSAN, Horizon)

Scripting skills in Ansible and Powershell

Knowledge of Oracle HW management

Basic knowledge of DB systems, MS SQL, Oracle

Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Nagios

Splunk

VEEAM

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Responsibilities

• IT support, design and troubleshooting ranging from large Server, SAN farms to complex platforms;
• Configuration/Troubleshooting of Virtual environments: VMware vSphere, vSAN, Horizon;
• Server management, Operating System (OS) knowledge (UNIX, Linux, Windows);
• Design, implementation and administration of backup and restore on solutions like VEEAM and StoreOnce;
• Administration of servers, bladesystems and composable infrastructure;
• Administration of Storage systems on traditional SAN, CEPH and VSAN;
• Managing OCP platform in DEVOPS mode with related supporting systems like Red Hat Service Mesh, GitHub, Helm, GitOps, Ansible Automation Platform, Kafka;
• Development, execution and troubleshooting of Ansible and Powershell scripts;
• PKI and certificate administration;
• Administration of monitoring systems like Nagios, Splunk;
• Administration of Oracle infrastructure, namely EXADATA and ZDRLA;
• Administration of mail servers and mail relays (postfix), anti-virus and anti-spam;

Requirements

• B2 level of English minimum. Any knowledge of French is an asset.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant education (master or equivalent) after the secondary school.
• Minimum 9 years of relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge and experience with HW management, racking, cabling, replacement, FW upgrades;
• HW/SW inventory and configuration management;
• Advanced knowledge and experience with VMWare (vSphere, vSAN, Horizon);
• Knowledge and experience with managing Oracle HW;
• Knowledge and advanced experience in Redhat, Windo
• Active Directory (AD) / LDAP and Keycloak Management;
• Network Attached Storage (NAS) and distributed file systems;
• Centralized IT security policy management;
• Knowledge and experience in administration of servers, bladesystems and composable infrastructure;
• Knowledge and experience in administration of Backup & Storage systems (VEEAM, StoreOnce, vSAN, traditional SAN and CEPH);
• Advanced script development and troubleshooting skills (Ansible, Powershell);
• Experience in software compliance monitoring and enforcement;
• Advanced knowledge of OCP platform administration with supporting tools like Red Hat Service Mesh, GitHub, Helm, GitOps, Ansible Automation Platform, Kafka;
• Knowledge to support mail servers and mail relays (postfix), anti-virus and antispam;
• Basic knowledge on DB systems, MS SQL, Oracle and Elastic search;
• Knowledge and experience with monitoring and observability systems (configuration, customisation, further development), Prometheus, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Fluentd, Kibana, Jaeger, NAGIOS and Splunk;
• Excellent analysis and problem solving skills;
• We can only proceed with EU citizens due to security clearance requirement.