PERSOL is one of Australia's largest and longest serving recruitment providers. Delivering both quality temporary and permanent options, we specialise in the recruitment of Professional, ICT, Government, STEM, Management and Executive talent.

We are currently hiring an IT Systems Administrator for our global mining client. This role supports an 8:6 FIFO roster and offers the opportunity to be part of their Operational Technology Infrastructure Specialist team.

To be successful in this role, you must possess highly developed problem-solving skills and have experience working in a highly dynamic operational environment Additionally, you will also participate in all future OT projects and architecture proposals with the view to ensuring that solutions align with existing supported technologies.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Provide Level 2/3 specialist technical for all Operational Technology service groups for which the IT/OT team have an operational responsibility
• Strive to meet or exceed the defined Service Level Objectives and Targets established with Operations team
• Develop and maintain technology standards, documentation and processes for OT Systems
• Develop and maintain the maintenance strategies, plans and schedules
• Record all work carried out in established service management systems
• Provide expertise to other technology teams including projects involving compute, storage or communication systems
• Follow all relevant processes required to working at site (cyclone preparation, emergency and site shutdowns etc.)
• Work as a team with the other established IT and OT support functions to share knowledge and workload where possible
• Participate in industry-based workshops and seminars where it directly benefits current issues and initiatives

Qualifications and skills required:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in the technology field
• Subject matter expert (SME) in the area of Data Centre technologies including Servers, Storage, Virtualisation, Monitoring/Alerting, Backup and Recovery (Citrix, HyperV, VMware, Pure, Netapp)
• Previous experience in operational support of mission critical services in large-scale environments, preferably mining/resources
• Demonstrated experience in scripting & automation (e.g. Powershell, Python)
• Understanding of networking technologies would be advantageous
• Exposure to Process Control Systems highly desirable (GE Simplicity highly regarded)
• Exposure and experience in safety practices ideally in the mining or the resources industry
• Excellent communication skills with strong client focus
• Strong time management & organisational skills - able to prioritise & multitask
• Proven IT change management, incident and problem management skills
• *Tertiary Qualification in IT / Computer Science / related discipline

If interested in this role please apply today or alternatively send your resume to Neema Mehra, [email protected] Please note that due to the high volume of applicants only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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