Op****tunities abound in Vivonet, a Ready-to-Rocket (http://
www.readytorocket.com) company, which has grown more than 200%
annually each of the last 3 years.
Vivonet receives this coveted distinction because we have the
expertise and strategy to revolutionize retail and hospitality
industries. We already store more vital customer and sales data than
any other retail transaction data management company in the world. Our
unique technology and business model is cutting edge, our market is
massive, and our impact will be greater than what the word processor
did for typewriters. Excited yet? Learn more about our vision and
means to get there at http://www.vivonet.com.
Want to be part of the revolution? Vivonet is currently looking for a
Senior Network Administrator. This position will re****t to the Chief
Technology Officer.
Duties and Responsibilities:
=95 Provide supervision of IT department staff
=95 Implement actions relating to productivity, reliability & business
continuity, scalability, security, resiliency and fault tolerance
=95 Ensure stability and security of services and equipment, including
lifecycle planning, for networks, servers, shared and hosted services
(Web, FTP, database, Exchange, Active Directory, proprietary),
cor****ate applications, wireless and telecommunications
infrastructures
=95 Analyze requirements, recommend technologies, implement installation
and maintenance plans, analyze and adapt availability and capacity
(performance, bandwidth, uptime, etc)
=95 Evaluate, manage and maintain service level for internal and
production systems, re****t metrics including performance and
reliability to CTO
=95 Assist in creation and tracking of do***entation for IT policies and
procedures such as disaster recovery scenarios and other operations
guides
=95 Contribute to annual IT budget planning and management
=95 Manage enterprise-wide back-up strategy in alignment with cor****ate
governance standards
=95 Participate in technology-based projects
=95 Manage hardware, software and IT assets inventory
=95 Assist with recruiting, coaching, knowledge transfer and evaluation
of technical team members
=95 Perform security audits, implement and maintain IT security
(intrusion detection, firewall performance, virus and spam protection,
etc)
=95 Participate in and coordinate 24x7 cell phone sup****t
=95 Perform a variety of duties related to network monitoring and
capacity management
=95 Perform tasks such as scheduled changes, tuning and maintenance,
analyzing and diagnosing problems, and formulating solutions.
=95 Staging and testing of production servers
=95 Assist with management of vendor relation****ps, 3rd party service
contracts, outsourcing and contractors
Required Skills and Abilities
=95 Excellent knowledge of security, infrastructure, integration
=95 Broad technical knowledge
=95 Technology Certifications (MCSE, CCNA/CCNP, A+)
=95 IT best practice knowledge and expertise
=95 Excellent technical skills in Microsoft, Cisco, and VoIP
technologies
=95 Passion for working with and learning about technology
=95 Personally committed to team success
=95 Intimate knowledge of Windows 2000/2003 server systems understands
paging and swapping, inter-process communications, devices and what
device drivers do, file system concepts), can use performance analysis
to tune systems.
=95 Solid knowledge of current IT technologies across a wide variety of
areas, including server-grade hardware (RAIDs, multi-core systems,
etc).
=95 Experience managing systems in co-location hosted facilities
=95 Solid working experience with IIS5/6, ASP and ASP.NET based
websites.
=95 Strong knowledge and experience in administration, sup****t and
troubleshooting mail servers (IIS-based and others), DNS servers and
intimate knowledge of the SMTP protocol and email RFC.
=95 Strong knowledge of network topologies, network protocols, internet
technologies and Cisco routers and switches.
=95 A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing
environment concepts; understands principles of client/server
programming, the design of consistent network-wide file system
layouts, high traffic/high availability networking concepts like load
balancing, clustering, VLAN and subnet configuration, configuration
and usage of common networking services (DHCP, DNS, LDAP) as well as
equipment like routers, firewalls, switches and VPNs (Cisco, IPSec,
PPTP, iptables)
=95 Strong OS and application scripting skills
=95 Experience monitoring web server performance
=95 Understanding of database sup****t, operation, Oracle and/or MS SQL
server administration
=95 Excellent oral and written communication skills
=95 Good time management skills and ability to meet deadlines and deal
with multiple concurrent tasks
=95 Adaptability and flexibility
Educational and Experience Requirements
=95 Post secondary certificate or degree in computer science or
equivalent experience
=95 Minimum 3 years of system implementation administration experience
in a position comparable to that described in the Essential Functions
section
Useful Assets
=95 Experience with EMC SAN configuration and management
=95 Experience with Juniper appliances
=95 Exposure to ITIL or COBIT
=95 Experience with database and business intelligence systems
Benefits of Working at Vivonet
=95 Vivonet is a venture-backed company located in beautiful Vancouver,
BC
=95 Competitive salaries with standard benefits
=95 Rewards courageous explorers, excellence pursuers, and team success
committers
Ready to rocket your career? Email resume, cover letter, with salary
expectations to careers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or fax 604.408.4307.
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