Thursday, February 08, 2007

MAJOR BROKERAGE FIRM SEEKING SENIOR MESSAGING SPECIALIST/ENGINEER MIDTOWN NYC!!! in New York, NY

Thursday, February 08, 2007
ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS CONTACT RACHEL COHEN AT FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION!!

MAJOR BROKERAGE FIRM SEEKING SENIOR MESSAGING SPECIALIST/ENGINEER MIDTOWN NYC!!!

THIS FIRM IS INTERVIEWING NOW, SO SEND YOUR RESUME RIGHT AWAY!!

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE ALL OF THE MANDATORY TECHNICAL SKILLS, SPECIFIED FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, AND THE OTHER SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT LARGE/GLOBAL SERVERS.



Position Description:

. Candidate will be a part of a global team that manages day-to-day operations of a 100+ server global
. Exchange 2000/2003 and Active Directory infrastructure; Provide Level-3 Support to desktop support
. groups; Day-to-day administration of the Messaging & AD infrastructures in a fast-paced and dynamic financial services company.
. Prior experience in a financial services firm is mandatory for consideration.
. Day-to-Day operations include: Insuring that all servers are performing properly; Perform daily system checks; Proactive capacity planning, trending, analysis and maintenance; User and development group notifications for all production infrastructure changes; Virus signature deployment (Microsoft Antigen);
. Responding to Help Desk escalations; Mailbox, Distribution List and Public Folder administration;
. Completion of user service requests to ensure that all SLA's are met; Evaluation and deployment of operating system and application patches, hotfixes or updates; Administer Postfix MTA's; Administration of anti-SPAM message filters (SurfControl); Administration and support of 2,000+ BlackBerry PDA's and 6 BlackBerry Enterprise Servers.
. The candidate will also be responsible for interfacing with the help desk and end user support in order to insure that the group is performing effectively and providing service to our business users.
. Messaging & Active Directory Operations support is a 7X24 organization with follow-the-sun worldwide coverage.



Operations support includes:
. Building and deploying new servers to SOE (could include travel)
. Upgrade, retire or expand existing servers
. ?Software upgrades
. ?24x7 on call support for problem resolution (call rotation with other team members)
. ?Configuration and deployment of new applications turned over from Engineering teams.
. This position requires a B.S. degree or equivalent, and a minimum 5 years hands-on experience in
. messaging, specifically working with Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003 and Active Directory in a multi site
. global environment. Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 experience required. Hands-on working
. knowledge of Exchange 2003 clustering is required. Experience with Linux and Postfix are definite pluses.
. Experience with Exchange running on EMC Symmetrix or DMX, NetApp or Clariion SANs are desirable.
. Additionally, candidates with working knowledge of KVS Enterprise Vault and Ilumin Assentor or CA
. Message Manager is highly desired.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:
. This position requires a B.S. degree or equivalent
. Minimum 5 years hands-on experience in
. Messaging
. specifically working with Exchange 2000
. Exchange 2003
. Active Directory in a multi site global environment.
. Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 experience required.
. Hands-on working knowledge of Exchange 2003 clustering is required.
. Experience with Linux and Postfix are definite pluses.
. Experience with Exchange running on EMC Symmetrix or DMX, NetApp or Clariion SANs are desirable.
. Additionally, candidates with working knowledge of KVS Enterprise Vault and Ilumin Assentor or CA
. Message Manager is highly desired.



The following Products are Administered & Supported Messaging Operations, so the applicant should have Hands on Experience and a thorough understanding of each of the following technologies:
. ?Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
. ?Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory
. ?Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 and Exchange Server 2003
. ?Microsoft Exchange Lotus Notes Connector
. ?Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005
. ?Parlano MindAlign 6.x
. ?Microsoft Office 2002 and Office 2003
. ?Microsoft Communicator 2005
. ?Redhat Linux Advanced Server 4.0
. ?Postfix
. ?SurfControl eMail Filter (anti-SPAM)
. ?BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1
. ?BlackBerry Handhelds (Cingular 8700, 7290; Verizon 8703, 7250; Nextel 7520)
. ?Symantec Enterprise Vault 6.0
. ?Quest ActiveRoles
. ?Quest MessageStats
. ?Symantec NetBackup & BackupExec
. ?Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition
. ?Symantec pcAnywhere
. ?Netpro Directory Analyzer
. ?DoubleTake
. ?St. Bernard UpdateExpert (patch management)


ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS CONTACT RACHEL COHEN AT FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION!!

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