Application Engineer/ Administrator

The consultant will perform the following tasks/services

• application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments;
• application monitoring, performance tuning and continuous improvement of the efficiency and quality of service;
• applications support and maintenance activities such as incident, change, release and problem resolution;
• writing and validating application procedures manuals, including troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans;
• automating administrative procedures for recurring system administration activities and provide installation and technical support documentation where required;
• contributing to the structuring, maintenance and development of the technical knowledgebase supporting the ICT Operations activities;
• reporting on application availability, performance, capacity and overall usage where required.
• Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience.
• Presents excellent command of English, at least at B2 level.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience working as an IT professional in mid/large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support and maintenance of applications.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working as an IT professional in the area of application administration.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience administering and supporting Elasticsearch.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with enterprise Microsoft or Linux server solutions.
• Good knowledge of the deployment and administration of Elasticsearch clusters.
• Good knowledge of micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks using Kubernetes, Helm charts, Docker and Rancher.
• Good knowledge of configuration management concepts and technologies (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, Chocolatey).
• Good knowledge of shell and/or PowerShell scripting.
• Good knowledge of ITIL, including the incident, change and release management processes.

Desirable

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with Public or Hybrid Cloud services and solutions (AZURE or AWS).
• Good knowledge of DEVOPS.
• Good knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and how they interact with applications.
• Good knowledge of Kong API Gateway.
• Good knowledge of Public or Hybrid Cloud services and solutions (Azure or AWS).
• Certifications in the above mentioned technologies.