IS Systems Engineer, Chennai in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Trimble is an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. While GPS is at our core, we have grown beyond this technology to embrace other sophisticated positioning technologies and, in doing so; we are changing the way the world works. Our solutions are used in over 140 countries and we have incredibly diverse lines of business.IS Systems Engineer Job Summary: The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the deployment, administration, monitoring, analysis and support of Trimble’s application services and the systems, servers, and databases on which they are deployed. The services run on 24x7 mission critical, high-availability systems with data replication and disaster recovery across multiple data centers. The Systems Engineer will conduct systems programming and support activities such as application software updates, maintaining backup scripts, and maintaining and automating monitoring systems. The Systems Engineer will directly support the Service Desk staff in incident and problem resolution.Key Responsibilities: Maintain data center infrastructure– install new equipment and operating systems, deploy applications and VM’s, troubleshoot and repair hardware, and retire end of life equipment. Manage VMware systems in engineering and production– deploy new VM’s, track capacity, update templates and perform backups. Manage and document production system backup and recovery procedures for offsite disk and tape storage. Document system configurations, server, OS, and VM build practices, backup procedures, troubleshooting guides, and keep infrastructure drawings current with changes.Maintain OS patching and virus scanning system updates across systems. Automate system monitoring and maintenance tasks by creating scripts and applications or identifying and evaluating off the shelf tools. Analyze and resolve problems involving interaction between applications, server hardware/firmware/OS and storage by working with software developers, QA, and equipment vendors.Support production applications, servers, and networks by responding to incidents, restoring service as quickly as possible, and investigating root causes for outages and maintaining incident logs. Support development and QA systems and the engineers’ use of these environments. Active member of ISO 27001 implementation team and like certification efforts. Provide 24x7 on-call support for production systems and applications, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems on a rotational basis. Perform end-to-end system test procedures to verify system functional operation after changes and incidents.Perform a variety of related duties and tasks as required. Skills and Experience Required: The candidate should have a BS degree in an IT related field or equivalent training and experience managing systems in an enterprise, mission critical environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.Ability to solve complex problems. Experience installing, configuring, and managing VMware, Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems. Ability to develop software tools or scripts to automate monitoring and data collection tasks using shell scripting, Perl, VB, SQL, etc. Should be capable of working independently with general to detailed instructions on new assignments.Interest in learning new disciplines. Experience with IP networking and configuring Cisco switches and routers and Hitachi SAN equipment is a plus. Flexibility to work off-hours to support global project teams and to manage systems changes during planned maintenance windows. Ability to be on call 24x7 on a weekly rotation.Ability to lift and move servers, monitors, and other equipment up to 35lb Ability to think independently and use sound judgment Other Requirements: Support the division Information Security Management System (ISMS) by participating the following and other related activities: Security training and awarenessRisk Assessment Business Continuity Planning
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