System Engineer (L3) – Hosting & Virtualization, Data Centre

We are seeking a hands-on L3 System Engineer to support hosting, compute, storage and virtualization platforms in a mission-critical data centre environment. You will take ownership of complex incidents, restore services, and improve the reliability of the infrastructure through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and resolve L3 incidents involving physical servers, storage arrays, management controllers and virtual infrastructure.
• Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter or Microsoft Hyper-V, including hypervisors, clusters and management platforms.
• Manage Windows and Linux server configuration, hardening, patching and upgrades.
• Provide infrastructure-level support for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQL, including availability, backup and performance issues.
• Maintain backup and recovery platforms, and support disaster recovery and business continuity testing.
• Lead root-cause analysis for P1/P2 incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and configuration records.
• Participate as a primary or secondary escalation contact in a 24x7 on-call rotation.

Requirements:

• At least 6 years of experience in systems, hosting or virtualization engineering, including ownership of L3 incidents.
• Hands-on experience administering VMware vSphere/vCenter; VMware VCP certification preferred.
• Strong Windows Server or Linux administration skills. Microsoft, RHCE or LFCS certification is an advantage.
• Experience with enterprise storage such as NetApp, Dell EMC or Pure Storage, and backup platforms such as Veeam, Commvault or NetBackup.
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with formal incident and change management processes; ITIL Foundation certification preferred.
• Availability for a 24x7 on-call rotation.

To apply,simply click the "Apply" button or send your updated profile to [email protected] 

EA Licence No.:18S9405 / EA Reg. No.:R1330864

Percept Solutions is expanding and actively seeking talented individuals. We encourage applicants to follow Percept Solutions on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/percept-solutions/to stay informed about new opportunities and events.

Skills

Disaster recovery planning and testing, CommVault, Certifications, Hypervisor, 24x7 Support, Escalation Contact, Preparation of Technical Documents, Root Cause Analysis, Incident Management Process, Microsoft SQL Servers, Bash, Backup Solutions, Linux Administration, Python, Server Troubleshooting, System Configuration Management