Country: United States of America
Closing date: 09 Mar 2017
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Assignment
The infrastructure operator will provide infrastructure support in any of the eight hour shifts.
UNICEF New York Headquarters Data Centers are 24x7x365 operation and are the backbone of UNICEF operations around the globe. Infrastructure Operators work on semi-fixed shifts, nonetheless these are subject to change with minimal notice. The major responsibilities and duties are to maintain daily operations, carry out proactive/reactive monitoring to ensure the integrity of platforms, systems and applications by taking the appropriate preventive and/or corrective actions and/or escalation as needed.
Assignment Tasks
Duties and responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Data Centre Specialist, the Infrastructure Operator is expected to:
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Education
Completion of secondary education supplemented with study in computer science or related field.
Years of relevant experience
Four years of practical hands on experience in a multi-platform/multi-location data centers.
In addition, please note the following requirements:
Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=503128