[linuxjobs] Zipcar - Systems Administrator role - Wimbledon

[Andy Smith]

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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:25:19 +0100
From: Richard Smith <pobkuk at gmail.com>

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Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing company, is looking to add new
talent to our team.

Today, Zipcar provides hundreds of thousands of people with a viable
alternative to traditional car ownership, saving them money, time and
headaches. Around the world, people are making the decision to live
car free and enjoying the convenience and environmental benefits of
having "wheels when you want them".

As we continue to grow we’re looking for talented, passionate people
with great ideas to join the family in our UK office. We aim to create
an environment that is as supportive, diverse and fun as our brand. If
you’re results-oriented, dedicated, and ready to contribute to an
unparalleled experience for our community of forward thinking members,
we encourage you to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities
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The duties and responsibilities of this position described here are
representative of those an employee must perform.  This is not a
comprehensive list and other duties may be assigned, as needed.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
 - Support the activities of the information services department in
   accordance with organizational policies and goals.
 - Ensure proper functioning of company's information processing
   systems, including computers, telecommunications, and networking
   required to support Zipcar production environment and office
   operations.
 - Help business operations utilize information systems to improve
   efficiency and reduce costs.
 - Responsible for implementing and monitoring best practices
   processes, including security and data retention as required with
   PCI and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
 - Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation supporting Zipcar production
   environment.
 - Work in close concert with the engineering support to support our
   external member-facing systems, and to ensure proper integration
   where required with our internal systems.

Requirements & Qualifications
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To perform this job successfully, an individual should meet the
following minimum requirements and qualifications:
 - At least 5 years of system administration experience; you have deep
   understanding of the technologies you work with, and you can solve
   most problems independently.
 - You have supported 24/7 production environments with 99.99%
   availability requirements.
 - You are highly competent working with Linux (particularly Redhat
   and/or Debian distributions) and Windows / ActiveDirectory
   environments.
 - You have deep understanding of network protocols, from top to
   bottom: application protocols (HTTP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP), IPSEC and
   SSL VPN, TCP/IP stacks, Ethernet network building, management of
   external Internet services (ISPs, domain registrars, hosting
   providers).
 - Your solutions are simple, robust, and well documented.

Bonus points:
 - vSphere experience is a plus; VCP certification or possession of
   equivalent skills are a very large plus.
 - Experience with Cisco, Juniper and Fortigate firewalls and switches
   highly desirable.
 - Familiarity with database administration (Oracle and Microsoft SQL
   Server) a bonus
 - Experience with HP and Dell server hardware and EMC SAN equipment;
   comfortable with troubleshooting, maintenance, and system upgrades.
 - Operations support experience, including system monitoring and
   backups.
 - Comfortable writing scripts in shell and/or Perl.
 - Understand the importance of following best industry practices, but
   capable of thinking originally.
 - Strong interpersonal and communication skills, interacting with
   internal customers and external vendors.

Location: Wimbledon, London
Salary: negotiable, depending on experience
Contact: recruitment at zipcar.co.uk

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Richard Smith



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