About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting System Administrator to join NATO – NCIA, at Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Responsibilities

• Executing efficient maintenance (both in-house and outsourced), installation and testing, operation and user support of application software for the E-3A Component data and mission support processes, hosted on NAEW&C networks and stand-alone IT/CIS Systems (Data and Support Software)
• Assisting with application administration for the assigned software applications, to include introduction and maintenance of user groups, user profiles and site content management of portal software
• Ensuring that all assigned IT/CIS Services (including software, on-line and archived data, workflows, etc.) are adequately protected according to NATO and NAEW&C security directives, to include a viable disaster recovery capability
• Providing technical support on assigned application software to external agencies, when required
• Assisting in the product selection and acquisition, trial installations and walkthroughs, deployment, enabler training, testing and release for use, in-house and outsourced technical support and maintenance, and 2nd level user support of each assigned IT/CIS Service
• Executing review, testing, documentation, implementation and release for use of data and applications software
• Arranging for and participating in installation support for IT/CIS Service application software and data on server and client platforms, including configuration management (i.e. user and system administration, license monitoring, product version identification, etc.)
• Participating in analysis of causes and incidents of IT Service failures (including IT System trouble – shooting) and effecting appropriate action to correct problems
• Providing support needed to ensure the continuous availability of all required software application functionalities

Profile

• Microsoft COTS specialisation
• Profound knowledge of SharePoint farm administration with expert level skills on SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016
• Profound knowledge on SharePoint farm migration from SP2010 to SP 2013 to SP2016
• Deep Knowledge of Windows Server 2012R2; Windows Server 2016, DNS management; Group policy management
• Intermediate expertise in core enterprise services (MS Exchange, MS Lync, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operation Manager, System Center Orchestrator, Microsoft Deployment toolset) – Installation, patching, administration, tuning, configuration, hardening/securing, troubleshooting• Knowledge of networking protocols, ports & topologies (TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting)
• Deep knowledge of storage (SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, NFS, ZFS – setup, install, ..)
• A thorough understanding of backup techniques (configuration, administration, troubleshooting)
• Experience and understanding of Disaster Recovery (HW /OS/Storage – planning, implementation, testing, documenting
• Familiar with processes related to Change/Configuration management
• Knowledge of Intel hardware (servers, disk and tape storage)
• Understanding of Remote Desktop Gateway Services; Remote App provisioning
• Must hold Security Clearance NATO Secret
• Fluent business English; knowledge of another NATO member-state language is an asset

Desirable specific experience

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate SQL Server 2012
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert SharePoint
• Microsoft Technology Associate Developer
• Microsoft Technology Associate IT Infrastructure Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated knowledge and experience of NAEW&C Force CIS Squadron organisation, procedures and IT Systems