Description: IT Administrator:

My client based in South Dublin is looking for an ambitious Window IT Administrator to join their team and act as lead on setting up their new infrastructure.

Summary:
In this varied role you will be responsible for, amongst other duties, managing the IT helpdesk (allocation and resolution), test planning and execution and working with external suppliers to both improve the current service provision and deliver IT projects through the full project lifecycle.

You must be flexible in your approach and have the ability to think on your feet as there are new things to get involved in on a weekly basis. Excellent communication skills are a must and you need to be adept at dealing with senior management and external suppliers.

Key areas of responsibility:
• Management of our external hosting provider.
• Management of Level 3day to day issues raised on the IT Helpdesk. These include hardware, system and infrastructure issues.
• Set up and deployment of laptops/desktops and any other hardware or software.
• Manage the IT Change Request process and take responsibility for managing any formal Requests For Change (RFC’s) either raised internally or received from external customers.
• Manage project delivery from an IT service and infrastructure perspective and lead continuous improvement activities to ensure effective use of deployed assets.
• Create and execute test plans for any required website or system changes.
• Conduct research on, and make recommendations for, hardware or software products in support of procurement and development efforts.

Required Experience:
• Five or more years of related experience working in an IT support role
• Thorough knowledge of desktop and business/technical support systems.
• Competency with managing client and server devices in a Microsoft Windows domain, utilising at minimum these tools: MS Active Directory, MS Group Policy, MS File Services, MS Print Services.
• Experience of working with Microsoft Exchange.
• Ability to efficiently manage the deployment of desktops/laptops
• Knowledge of data networking, wired and wireless.
• Demonstrable ability to effectively document procedures and IT systems.
• Developing test plans for System and Regression Testing
• Experience working through and executing test plans

Desirable Experience:
• Familiarity with ITIL standards is desirable
• Experience with MS Terminal Services or similar remote desktop platform.
• Experience with VMware View, MS Virtual PC or similar virtual desktop platform.
• Advanced level Windows system administration skill.
• Skill with VPN client deployment and troubleshooting

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience/training.

Contact katie@eolas.ie for a full job specification and more details on this exciting position.

Description: SAN Technical Team Lead

My client is seeking to recruit an experienced SAN Technical Team Leader
The successful applicant will manage a small team of 4 with responsibility for the operations of the data centres, SAN, servers, VMware, Windows OS and backups.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with the latest server and storage technologies;

Responsibilities include:
• Manage day-to-day systems administration tasks
• Meet operational objectives for availability, performance and security
• Act as technical lead for assigned technologies
• Resolve support issues in line with agreed SLAs
• Develop metrics and KPIs to track and report team performance
• Oversee Change Management process
• Manage imaging, patching, and vulnerability management processes
• Maintain inventory and configuration management systems
• Manage primary and regional Data Centres

Experience Required in all 3
• Windows 2008 / Active Directory
• VMware
• Storage Area Network

Plus
• Five plus years relevant post qualification experience
• Must have people management experience
• Experience working in complex multi site environment with international connectivity to other territories

How to Apply

For further information and to apply please send an updated CV to Lorraine@eolas.ie or call 01 286 6666

SKILLS: San Technical Team Lead, SAN, Storage Area Networks, VMware, Senior SAN, Server / Storage Team Lead

Description: My Client has a permanent role available for a Junior Systems Engineer based in North Co Dublin.
This role will suit someone with 1-2 years Systems engineer experience.

Requirements:
• Experience with Microsoft Server 200308, including Active Directory and exchange
• Experience with network equipment, Firewall, switches, routers, etc
• Experience troubleshooting PC hardware, software, and peripherals, e.g. printers, scanners
• Experience in technical support, (Trouble shoot and solve internal and external software issues)
• Experience in producing technical documentation for system implementation and training
• Experience SQL server 200508

This role will suit someone who is comfortable doing deskside and Remote support.
If you can drive and have a car it is an advantage
Apply now to Nollaig@eolas.ie for full details.

Description: Overview:
My client based in Dublin City Centre is looking for a Junior Helpdesk Analyst to join their team. This is a great opportunity to be exposed to a wealth of new technology.

Job Description:

Working in a small managed services provider you will provide Level 1 support to the SME sector in the greater Dublin region. The company has a strong focus on Cloud Technologies so this is an excellent opportunity for career development in this area.

This is a permanent role paying circa €25k per annum.
Technology you will be exposed too:
• Virtualisation
• Microsoft Product Family, Windows Server (2003,2008), Office, Windows 7, etc
• Cloud Technology implementations
• Citrix, VCP, Cisco, Firewall technologies, Security products
• Knowledge of Linux Operating Systems an advantage
• Can do attitude!

Contact katie@eolas.ie for a full job specification and more details on this exciting position.

Skillset: Windows, Systems, Administrator, Network, SAN, Virtualisation

Description: Systems Administrator

We are currently recruiting a Systems Administrator for IT Department based in Dublin Northside.

The successful candidate will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be flexible and have the ability to work off their own initiative.

The key responsibilities of this position will include:

• Provide providing premium support for key business processes within the IT Department.
• Provide first and second level support to local and remote users.
• PC & Application configuration and installation.
• Mobile device (phone, iPad) support.
• Perform and ensure the success of nightly system backups and restores.
• Maintaining user accounts and permissions in Microsoft Active Directory.
• Diagnose problems including hardware, application and operating systems.
• Support applications for all internal systems after suitable training has been provided.
• Act as primary contact with users for specific projects.


Key attributes, skills and experience required for this role include:

• 4 years+ experience in an network and system administrator role or similar
• Citrix XenServer and/or VMware VSphere experience
• Backup and restore systems
• Linux systems (Centos or Debian)
• Asterisk / FreePBX VOIP experience / support
• Web Servers including IIS & Apache
• Cisco IOS Firewall / Router setup, support & Troubleshooting experience
• Configuring and Maintaining Switch/Wireless networking
• Internet technologies such as DNS, SMTP and NTP
• Microsoft Server 2k3/2k8 technologies e.g. Active Directory, DNS/DHCP/WINS Management
• Microsoft Windows XP/7 and Office 2003/2010
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 support

Interviews will be taking place next week - so I need a quick turnaround on this position Apply today - if you are interested

For further information and to apply please forward an updated cv to Lorraine@eolas.ie or call Lorraine on 01 286 66 66