Senior Applications Engineer

Posted 24 April 2023
LocationAuckland
Job type Permanent
DisciplineSystems & Networking
Reference688976

Job description

A little about the company:
If you are looking for a new role where you will get a great balance of challenging projects, investment into your learning and development, and a stellar company culture, then this role could be the one for you. Working for a global, full service Technology Agency who work closely with their clients to deliver strategic solutions. This includes Security, Database Management and Development, Networking and Infrastructure Management. 

This role is hybrid - working 3 days in office in Auckland CBD and 2 days from home. 

This role is 10% BAU and the rest of your time will be project based. There is a clear career path in this role, with room to progress. 

A little bit about the role:
This role will work with other teams to create and maintain solutions that will enable your team to manage the health of a number of applications, as well as implementation of new applications, configuration, upgrades and maintenance, optimization of supported applications.

You will work with some of the brightest IT professionals in the industry using only the latest and best in class tools and platforms. With peers and clients locally and around the world, you will support leading edge infrastructures and services for 1000+ users, focused on ensuring high availability and performance

Who are you and what is your experience:
  • Strong experience in a systems administration or application support role, using technologies like as: Microsoft Windows 2003-2016 Server, Linux or Unix, Enterprise class applications with 200+ users
  • Strong experience in integration of services in a multi-platform environment
  • Exceptional troubleshooting skills, with the ability to research and solve technically challenging problems involving integrated systems.
  • Extremely organized with a strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work well under pressure.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
  • Ability to analyse, diagnose, suggest and implement process changes.
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills in English.
  • Experience managing end customers will be an asset.
  • Previous experience working with Agile methodologies will be very valuable
  • User Experience with some of the following technologies would be an asset: OpenStack, VMWare, Remote Desktop Services, Project Management principles, CRM, Collaboration Tools, Monitoring Tools (Grafana, Icinga), Business Intelligence Tools (R, Python, Tableau) and Atlassian software stack
  • Ideally experience with scripting languages
What's in it for you?
Not only are they are business who encourages work life balance, feedback from everyone who I have met in the business is that it is a company who genuinely looks after and cares for its staff. They also have a range of benefits such as insurance and an L&D budget 

How to apply? 
Apply on Seek today or if you have questions call Cha-Lee on 0272146775 or email chall@brightspark.io