Professional 2 System Administrator

Job Description:

EDUCATION – Engineering OR Diploma background. If technically very strong, then we may consider even Bsc/Msc candidate also. 

Experience – 5 to 7 years of experience , having VMware detailed knowledge along with Microsoft Hypervisor as well. 

Certification – Vmware certified 

Budget – 8 to 9 L 

VMware L2
1. Administrative support for user registration, creating and maintaining user profiles, granting user access and authorization, Biometric enrollment & authentication, providing ongoing user password support, and providing administrative support for print, file, and directory services.
2. Management of the usernames, roles and passwords of all the relevant subsystems, including, but not limited to servers, applications, devices, etc.
3. Periodic review of privilege and redundant username/ Ids and submit report thereof.
4. Setting up and configuring servers as per configurations documents/ guidelines provided.
5. Installation / Upgrade / Re-installation of the server operating systems and operating system utilities on existing or new servers. In case of servers with OEM / 3rd party vendor support, service provider shall co-ordinate with respective OEM / 3rd party vendor for the performance of such activities.
6. OS Administration including troubleshooting, hardening, patch deployment for all kind of operating systems viz. MS Windows, UNIX, Linux etc. and Virtualization software (Citrix XEN, VMware, Hypervisor etc.).
7. Managing file systems and configuration.
8. Ensure proper configuration of server parameters, operating systems administration, hardening, tuning and integration with Syslog server/ SIEM tools etc. as per the requirement of the Bank.
9. Regular backup of servers as per backup policies and its restoration as and when required by SIDBI with appropriate permissions. Proper check of restorability of backup media needs to be carried out periodically. Currently, Backup & recovery is being managed using Automated Enterprise Backup Solution implemented using Veritas NetBackup & DELL Tape Library.
10. Regularly monitor and maintain a log of the performance monitoring of servers including but not limited to monitoring of CPU, disk space, memory utilization, I/O utilization, etc.
11. Regular analysis of events and logs and maintain the reports for future audit purpose.
12. Apply OS Patches and updates. However, Bank may also implement alternate patch management tool during the contract period, which shall be managed by the vendor.
13. Installation / updation / Rollback of SIDBI business applications based on guidelines provided.. Periodic installation / updation / Rollback of business applications patches as and when released.. However, the application patch testing shall not be the responsibility of Server Administration/ Management Team.
14. Responsible for periodic health check of the systems, troubleshooting problems, analyzing and implementing rectification measures.
15. Logical access control of user and groups on systems.
16. Responsible for managing uptime of servers as per SLAs.
17. Take appropriate steps to comply with the audit observations made by various internal/ external auditors and timely closure/ compliance of such observations.
18. Inform to the Bank about any gaps & improvement related with security, performance, organization in the current setup.
19. Regular BIOS & firmware upgrade of Infrastructure.
20. Depending on the nature of applications deployed, Service Provider shall suggest appropriate security measures to be applied on various servers.
21. Installation and Management of other software e.g., Citrix, VMware, IBM Domino Notes, Oracle, Application Server (Tomcat/JBoss/Oracle Application Server/IIS), IBM WebSphere application server, IBM WebSphere Portal, Visual Source Safe (VSS), Oracle WebLogic Server, Middleware tools, Web services, Security software(s), various monitoring tools / agents as per requirement etc.
22. Installation, porting & configuring SSL certificates wherever required. 
23. Co-ordinate with SSL vendor for issuing and deployment of SSL certificates. 
24. Installation, Management including installation/ re-installation, patch deployment, maintenance including Coordination with OEM / third party for Bio-metric or any other two-factor authentication system. 
25. Installation, Management including installation/ re-installation, patch deployment, maintenance including coordination with OEM / third party for e-kuber, Swift, Bloomberg, Reuters, Gilts, CBLO etc.
26. Maintenance of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services Licensing server and Citrix XenApp licensing Server for smooth functioning of Citrix environment.
27. Up-gradation & Maintenance of Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) and IBM’s Tivoli Directory Services (TDS). 
28. Ensuring that the Security policies & regulatory guidelines / advisories are implemented regularly.
29. Operating system hardening through appropriate configuration and patch updates. 
30. Root domain administration by creating the root and sub-domains and setting the root level security policies such as authentication mechanisms (single/multi factor), password policies such as password length, password complexity, password expiry, account lockout policy, certificate policies, IPSEC policies etc.
31. Periodic reviews of domain level rights and privileges.
32. Preparation/ regular updation of the new and existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents for all activities. 
33. The SP will be required to install and configure the applications as per SOP provided by the Bank and maintain thereafter, so as to make applications available for usage by the Bank. Wherever SOP is not available, SP will be required to prepare and maintain it. The SP will also be required to coordinate / seek support, if required, for installation of third-party applications.
34. Installation/ re-installation, Configuration, management of Server Virtualization software.
35. Currently, using Citrix XenApp Enterprise Edition for Application virtualization and VMWare for server virtualization. During contract period SIDBI may install /procure any other Server virtualization product which also needs to be managed.
36. Creation, configuration and resource allocation of guest machines (VMs) on the host servers as per bank’s requirements.
37. Deployment of OS, security patches, anti-virus and applications on the VMs.
38. Allocation of Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) to VMs from SAN 
39. Ensure optimum performance and high availability of VMs making use of critical features of virtualization viz. VMotion, High availability, Dynamic workload management, dynamic provisioning services etc.
40. Backup and restoration of host server and VMs as per bank’s backup policy.
41. Conduct regular internal audits of all deployments at Data Center and DR Site to identify the security gaps and improvement in current setup. 
42. Providing timely compliance to the audit observations as observed during various internal/ external audits.
43. License management as per OEM policies vis-à-vis actual deployment.
44. Preparation of the new and updation of the existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents.