Kinaxis Looking for Senior Systems Administrator (8 Months Contract) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

At Kinaxis, who we are is grounded in our common belief that people matter. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, building our culture and making a global impact.
Every day, we’re empowered to work together to help our customers make fast, confident planning decisions. This is how we create a better planet – for each other, for our customers and for generations to come. Our cloud-based platform RapidResponse ensures that the products we need – everything from medicine and cars, to day-to-day items like toothpaste – make it to market and into our hands when we need them with minimal ecological footprint.
We make the world better, and you can too.

Senior Systems Administrator (8 Months Contract)
As a member of our IT Services, Enterprise Architecture team in India you will be supporting the Corporate IT infrastructure with specific emphasis on building and delivering systems and connectivity to the business and diagnosing issues impacting applications. The successful candidate should have the ability to research, implement or integrate hardware and software solutions. You will also maintain the day-to-day operations and ensure the reliability and availability of all infrastructure components. The position requires participation in occasional on-call shifts and after-hours work.
What you will do

• You would support the IT and Network architects in delivering solutions to internal clients
• Support the operations of IT infrastructure under strict change control and documentation processes. Examples are Patching, AD clean up, anti-virus and encryptions, MDM, audiovisual, backup, and recovery, VM creation and maintenance, and license management.
• Provide IT Infrastructure support via telephone, e-mail, and our ITSM tool Service Now.
• Provide timely status updates to IT Management and participate in technical meetings to discuss recent issues and progress initiatives forward.
• Foster an environment that strives for the high availability of the infrastructure required to support business systems and processes.
• Document system configurations and follow the deployment/maintenance instructions
• Create and maintain great documentation, including SOPs and KBs.
• Handle all IT infrastructure outages with proper and timely communications
• Follow proper Incident and Problem Management procedures
• Provide L2 and 3 escalation support

What we are looking for

• BS or BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience using various monitoring tools to proactively monitor all aspects of the IT infrastructure.
• Experience managing medium to large IT infrastructure environments
• Must have Experience in VMware-based virtual infrastructures preferred, Windows Server (2008 – 2019) support – management- maintenance, Microsoft Active Directory 2008/2012/2016, VMware Center 6.X, Dell and HP server experience, Microsoft SQL Server Maintenance, and support
• Must have extensive experience in supporting Microsoft tools and applications (Share Point, Power Bi, O365, etc.)
• Experience with managing backup systems, backup schedules, and recoveries
• Experience with AV tools and hardware (Crestron or Extron switching)
• Experience in systems analysis and monitoring tools
• Knowledge of IP networking, basic routing, TCP ports, and network services, including SSH, LDAP, SFTP, and HTTP (S)
• Experience in High Availability and Disaster Recovery environments, such as load balancing, clusters, data replication, etc.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of network topology including routing and VLANs.
• Strong knowledge in DHCP/DNS/RADIUS/WINS
• Strong knowledge of Linux OS (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS), ability to install, manage and maintain various *nix-based OS
• Familiarity with SAN/NAS administration (HDS, Netapp, Open source solutions)
• Cisco Network experience with Switches, routers, and firewalls.
• Must have a proven ability to realign priorities rapidly to meet changing business requirements.
• Very strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Project Management experience would be considered an asset
• ITIL certification would be considered an asset.
• CCNA certification would be considered an asset.

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What we have to offer*

• Challenging Work – We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Great People – We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
• Global Impact – As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.

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Job Type: Full-time