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Novell Systems Administrator |
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DCNOVADMIN |
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Novell OES@,SAN storage , Novell administration,groupwsie 7.x, Novell expertise, NOVELL ADMINISTRATOR
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5 years |
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Bachelors |
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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ANY |
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$NA |
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Not required |
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Telecommute:
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No |
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Job Location:
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Oakland,California
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Novell Systems Administrator
Oakland, CA
Contract to hire
Job description
Accomplish both major and minor hardware modifications with these and other
vendors' products, including customizing configurations with additional
software as needed to meet business requirements, including system
utilities, security software, and specialized application software.
Should be able to work with systems administrators in peer organizations,
internal or consultant application development teams, and DBAs to support
new hardware/software requirements for application development and QA.
Maintain and deploy enterprise applications in production environment after deployment.
Research and evaluate new products, software, infrastructure maintenance,system security, enhancements and upgrades in a complex network environment;
research best practices and trends; assess Agency product and service needs and make purchase recommendations;
Coordinate and track IT operating and capital budget and expenditures with other staff.
Keep clear and detailed records, including system documentation,
configuration procedures, and troubleshooting.
Share maintenance, system security, enhancements and upgrades in a complex
network environment; research best practices and trends; assess Agency
product and service needs and make purchase recommendations; with current IT
team and respond to requests for assistance with hardware, software, network
connectivity, E-mail and spam, or performance issues;
Perform root cause analysis and reconfiguration, diagnose problems and
ensure repair or replacement of faulty network and system hardware, disks, memory modules, controller boards and cables, peripherals and software;perform data backup and restoration; conduct various tests on components,
equipment and software during installation to ensure components work
properly and in accordance with Agency specifications.
Coordinate vendor support and purchasing of equipment and supplies for all
servers, LAN equipment, networked printers and other related IT hardware,
support all activities to sustain the present Novell iPrint-based printing
infrastructure and provide further improvement in printer management,
statistics collection and reporting; lead or support vendor selection and
contract negotiation and execution for desired service levels.
Perform User account and group administration activities using eDirectory
and GroupWise interfaces, troubleshoot application and file server
performance issues.
Install servers in a datacenter environment, upgrade
hardware/software and firmware, install operating system and patches on servers, re-configure disk space, software version and license management.
Perform system monitoring, alerts and collect performance statistics,
including system logs, for security or spam event analysis
Prepare and execute the plan to schedule systems upgrades (server and
network hardware, storage enhancements, increase service availability) and work with IT team members and directors with high degree of coordination and
professionalism.
Establish positive, professional working relationship with those contacted during the course of work; communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Establish and maintain a customer service focus within the work
unit while keeping manager informed about progress and current status.
Participate or lead in IT team activities, including strategic planning for projects such as wired & wireless network design, disaster recovery and office automation.
Experience with GWAVA Reload Backup for GroupWise and experience with other GWAVA utilities will be a plus.
Familiarity with BlackBerry smartphones and their integration with GroupWise will be a plus
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of Novell Administration experience
Novell OES2 on SUSE Linux 10 /Netware 6.5, GroupWise 7x, and server hardware.
Required Knowledge: and skills
Systems and network administration for Novell OES2 on SUSE Linux 10 / Netware 6.5, SAN storage, and VMware ESX based virtual servers.
Expert knowledge of building and supporting current Novell-based IT Infrastructure, including print services, file servers, E-mail servers and associated networking services, such as DHCP, DNS etc.
Enterprise E-mail systems (GroupWise 7.x or later) and its necessary components,
Experience in providing Helpdesk support to end users and knowledge of Helpdesk process, systems and documentation.
Deploying, configuring and supporting enterprise LAN hardware, data centers/server room environment, and network communication devices (routers/switches/cabling, VLANs, TCP/IP and other routing protocols).
Expert knowledge of managing storage (SAN) and data backup systems.
Should be able to design, build and operate comprehensive data storage infrastructure involving Fiber Chanel and iSCSI SAN (including Fiber Channel switch and HBAs ).
Developing specifications, configuring and deploying server grade hardware (HP preferred) and peripheral devices, multi-core and multi-CPU servers. Expert knowledge in high availability configurations such as clustering, automatic failover of services, RAID levels and system load balancing devices is preferred.
Please send a word document of your resume' at sparam@us-buxton.com
Sudha Parameswaran
Buxton Consulting
4637 Chabot Drive,#115
Pleasanton CA- 94588
Email: sparam@us-buxton.com
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