KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company has been established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes.

Description

Planning the further development and optimization of the system landscape. Ensuring the high availability of the infrastructure and virtualization server systems.

Main Tasks, Roles And Responsibilities

• Ensuring high availability and further development of the VMware virtualization environment
• Management of the company-wide Active Directory environment
• Management of the MS Exchange mail environment for all three KOSTAL world regions
• Creation of the strategy for the operation of the MS Windows server environment
• Management of the operations team in the KBS organization for the above mentioned areas
• Handover and training of roles to the service desk, as well as monitoring of the service
• 2nd level support in case of problems and malfunctions of the IT infrastructure
• Creation and monitoring of access control concepts
• Ensuring the availability of the required documentation
• Supporting IT projects during all project phases and ensuring a smooth transition into operations
• Definition and monitoring of KPIs
• Support for internal and external auditing
• In-depth knowledge of data center infrastructure, including servers, virtualization and network configurations
• Working with management to develop and execute strategic initiatives to improve data center performance and scalability.
• Work closely with the data center team leader to stay informed of all operational activities and proactively identify and resolve any issues or concerns that arise.
• Defining and selecting new hardware, including virtualization platforms, required for data center operations, taking into account standards and integration into the system landscape.
• Ensure that IT operations are secure and compliant and proactively managed for risk
• Coordinating with cross-functional teams to support projects and ensure seamless service delivery in data center operations
• Support server installation of hardware and software, maintenance, including experience in error analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience with management tools and software for data center
• Responding quickly to technical problems and emergencies to ensure minimal downtime and disruption.
  
  

Qualifications

Education

• Computer science degree or equivalent IT experience
  
  

Work Experiences – Time/seniority/ Sector

• At least 5 years professional experience in server and virtualization administration
  
  

Technical/ IT Knowledge

• Deep knowledge of virtualization with VMware & HyperV, Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange
• Very good knowledge of the current Microsoft server operating system
• Very good experience with Terminal server farms
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or other cloud technologies
• Project experience in the implementation of IT infrastructure projects
  
  

Language – with level

• Fluent in English (B2)
• German is an advantage
  
  

Benefits

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in Sofia
• Competitive salary, benefits and compensation packages (Medical health insurance, food vouchers, sport card, bonuses)
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company (10-20% yearly growth in the automotive and solar industry), an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative
  
  

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