Beschreibung
Platform Expert (VMWare, RedHat Linux) - Geneva, OR Zurich - Switzerland
NextLink Solutions need to hire a Platform Expert for a crucial and very complex project, where all your skills will be tested.
This very exciting and critical project is for a global and highly sought after company in Switzerland.
Technical Skills:
- Expertise in Virtualized infrastructure and design patterns
- Expertise in Operating System configuration, management and deployment focused on Windows Server and RedHat based OS
- Extensive experience with infrastructure management and monitoring
- Extensive experience in Software and hardware configuration management
- Good experience in release management, DevOps and Continues Delivery
- Good experience in Stakeholder management
Other Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication in English.
- Team player with excellent inter-personal skills to participate in workshops with domain experts as well as collaboration with team colleagues.
- Good stakeholder management and moderation skills.
- A broad technical curiosity with proven technical understanding and problem solving.
- Datacenter experience, with both virtual and bare metal hosts.
Purpose:
The Platform Expert is responsible to design the infrastructure architecture to support the deployment of the hybrid target software components based on requirements delivered to him by the Integration Architect and the Solution Architects.
He/she is accountable for overall platform health, aligned with Non Functional Requirements.
Main Tasks:
- Define and revise the target platform architecture taking into consideration solution needs, non-functional requirements and costs
The target platform architecture being hybrid between physical and virtualization based, a key responsibility is to provide design pattern supporting the entire landscape
- Provide strong governance and architectural guidance to Solution and Integration Architects to ensure consistency across implementation, supporting infrastructure harmonization
- Design and promote new infrastructure solutions: Virtualization, Dynamic software deployment, Technical Monitoring and Control or dynamic provisioning
- Position new software services in the skyguide network landscape (Block/Zones) to ensure optimal security and efficiency
Collaborative Tasks:
- He/she should work with Network, Security and support teams to understand dependencies which require to be factored in the definition of the targeted infrastructure architecture
- Work with the Solution and Integration Architect to understand Solution Non Functional Requirements : Performance, Scalability, Availability or Reliability
- With support of Legacy system experts, he/she acts as technical reference in projects to migrate Legacy solution into the new design platform
Interactions:
The Platform Expert interacts within the ICoE with:
The Integration Architect to further understand infrastructure requirements and potential solutions recommended by TIBCO
The Provisionning experts to issue requests supporting incoming change requests or project deliveries
The Network Coordinator to validate the location of each deployed service in the skyguide Block/Zone landscape
The Release Master to ensure that all provisioned infrastructure components fits with the deployed software packages
Job Title: Platform Expert (VMWare, RedHat Linux)
Location: Geneva, OR Zurich - Switzerland
Duration: 3-6 months
Languages: Mandatory English written/spoken, Optional German or French spoken
Start Date: ASAP
Interviews are now taking place, so call Greg immediately for a confidential chat. The Sun is shining in Switzerland, the top cuisine and clean air is waiting for you. Auf Wiedersehen for now.