SRE or Cloud Systems Admin

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Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience., Minimum 7-10 years of experience in Windows Server environments and Active Directory., At least 2-4 years managing cloud resources in Microsoft Azure., Microsoft Certifications such as MCSE or MCST are required..

Key responsibilities:

  • Configure, install, and maintain Windows Server, Active Directory, and Azure cloud environments.
  • Develop and implement scalable IT infrastructure solutions with automation and monitoring.
  • Troubleshoot system issues and collaborate with vendors for support.
  • Support disaster recovery plans and participate in after-hours support as needed.

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Resillion Netherlands SME https://www.eurofins-cybersecurity.com/
51 - 200 Employees
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Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the key emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing in Europe and the USA.

Groups key figures are approx. 5.4 billion Euros turnover, over 800 laboratories across 47 countries and about 50,000 staff.

Job Description

As a senior member of the team, you will join a challenging and unique project team with high impact and visibility. Primary focus is the assessment, planning and implementation of new or improved IT Services as part of the project engineering team.

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is primarily responsible for the engineering, configuration, installation, and maintenance of; Windows physical and virtual servers, Active Directory, Azure cloud and onprem environments based on HyperVVMWare, storage, backups, and disaster recovery planning. We rely on our engineers to empower our users with high availability, excellent performance levels and key service. Ideally, we are seeking an experienced engineer to deliver insights and guidance as we design, build, and operate stateoftheart multicloud infrastructures. Of most interest to us is someone who brings ideas and solutions, a lateral thinker, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a crossfunctional team to develop realworld IT service.

Management Infrastructure and Identity services, Server Virtualization, Operating Systems, MultiCloud infrastructure.

Primary Focus

  • Build, configure and operate Microsoft Windows Server Environment
  • Manage Active Directory
  • Entra ID
  • HyperV
      • Manage server and storage resources
      • Develop and implement agile and scalable infrastructure solutions, with advanced monitoring and alerting, while establishing best practice tools, frameworks, and processes
          • Assists with advanced troubleshooting (proficient in all levels and phases of systems support)
              • Identify, diagnose, and resolve connection, reliability, or performance issues
              • Contact vendor technical support for Priority 1 incidents and requests
              • Develop scripts (mainly PowerShell) to deliver automation and innovation initiatives, ability to drive automation initiatives independent of automation tools.
              • Validate system upgrades and patches when required
                • Additional Focus Areas

                  • Team members are expected to grow their expertise in other systems engineering areas to provide support for the entire IT infrastructure landscape through formal training, job shadowing, service transition and documentation
                  • Evaluate, recommend, manage, and operate compute and storage resources on Cloud
                  • Support of nonWindows operating systems
                    • Core IT Infrastructure Technology Operations Duties

                      • Partner with other infrastructure Team Members to learn, develop and enhance the skills needed to support softwarebased infrastructure
                      • Ensure that IT Services are delivered effectively to business customers. This includes the execution of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), management of IT IncidentsProblems and IT Changes as per welldefined ITIL processes, as implemented in the ITSM system.
                      • Contribute to the reference documents to establish consistency and shared knowledge of Operations best practices and delivery methods.
                      • Deliver quality documentation allowing smooth daytoday operations
                          • Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery wherever possible
                          • Participate in disaster recovery plans and practicing recovery operations
                          • Consult with senior peers to learn through experience
                          • Partner with key vendors to maintain an understanding of modern technology and leading practices
                          • Cooperate closely with other Zone Regional Group IT Infra resources
                          • Provide afterhours oncall support (rotation) and participate with solution implementation (upgrades, new releases, …) and deployment activities after hours as needed
                            • Work Experience

                              • Minimum 710 years of experience on Windows 20162019 Server environments, Microsoft Active Directory
                              • Minimum 24 years of experience in managing public cloudbased resources in Microsoft Azure
                              • Experience on HyperVVMware virtualization environments
                              • Experience or knowledge on Bare Metal Servers (ILO, IDRAC, Firmware management)
                              • Experience or knowledge on Storage Concepts
                              • Experience with or knowledge on backup tools like CommVault
                                • Competencies & Skills:

                                  Technical Skills

                                  • Experience in IT Infrastructure and Operations administration, engineering, architecture (enterprise scale), including demonstrated working experience with:
                                    • Windows OS system administration
                                    • Microsoft Active Directory
                                    • Entra ID Administration
                                    • Microsoft PKI Services
                                    • Virtualization technologies like HyperVVMware
                                    • Infrastructure Services (DNS, DHCP, NPS, etc.)
                                    • Automation and selfservice solutions
                                    • Scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, etc…
                                          • A solid understanding of Windows Systems Administration, Active Directory virtual machines, and networking fundamentals.
                                              • Knowledge on Azure fundamentals (IAM, network, security, etc.), plus working experience with (provisioning of migration to support of) Azure Server & Storage resources
                                              • Handson experience creating resource groups, virtual networks, load balancer, virtual machine, attaching storage disks, amongst other Cloud operations
                                              • Experience supporting IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS based solutions
                                              • Experience with or knowledge of backup & disaster recovery preparedness, monitoring, testing, and activation
                                                  • Experience in monitoring, alerting and analytics, proactive maintenance, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting. Working experience in observability tools
                                                  • Exposure with IaC: Terraform, Ansible, etc. is a plus
                                                  • Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes and Jenkins, etc.
                                                    • Other Soft skills

                                                      • Passion for technology and staying current with emerging security trends
                                                      • Accustomed to working in a fastpaced environment with a career trackrecord of engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining business critical systems
                                                      • Able to troubleshoot complex problems, and translate technical issues into understandable business language for end users
                                                      • Compliance with standards for quality, performance, or productivity
                                                      • Able to prioritize, drive results and provide clear and documented status updatesmetrics to management.
                                                      • Translate business requirements into scalable infrastructure designs, cost models, and forecasts.
                                                      • Excellent writing and communication skills (fluent spoken and written English); excellent interpersonal skills and able to interact and work efficiently with people at all levels in an organization (internal employees, contractors, managers, third parties, etc.).
                                                      • Apply curiosity and technological intellect to analyze emerging concepts and make necessary recommendations to achieve transformational results in Deployments, Application & Infrastructure Support, and Automation Setup and Implementation.
                                                      • Knowledge of laboratory (regulatedcontrolled environment) operations and processes is a plus
                                                        • Familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements (GxP, HIPAA, GDPR, …) is a plus

                                                          Qualifications

                                                          Qualifications

                                                          Education

                                                          • Bachelors degree in computer science comparable fields or equivalent working experience
                                                            • Additional Certifications

                                                              • Microsoft Certifications like Former MCSE, MCST are required
                                                              • Certifications in any of the following or similar technologies are a plus: Azure, VMWare
                                                              • ITIL Foundation certification is a plus
                                                                • Additional Information
                                                                  • Must be able to work in CET hours (MY time 3pm–12am)

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Social Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

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