First DistributionIT Technician
Oct. 2007Cape Town Area, South AfricaIT Technician: Installing and configuring hardware into various IBM Technologies (Servers/storage/POS) according to the customers requirement;
Updating of firmware on all IBM Systems;
Checking that all Servers and Hardware is in optimal working condition, according to manufacturer specifications;
Quality control of demo/POC/loan hardware;
Internal and external technical support on all hardware and configuration related queries;
Offsite support for new installations, software, hardware upgrades and firmware updates;
Installation and configuration of Windows O/S and hyper visors on servers, if requested by customer;
Troubleshooting and diagnosing various hardware related problems; Junior Systems administrator: Scheduling, performing and verification of daily Active Directory, SQL and Mail backups;
Installing and configuring desktop's and notebooks for internal staff;
Troubleshooting and resolving hardware, operating system and software related problems;
Hardware asset management e.g: procurement of new assets and upgrades, reallocation of existing assets, replacement of faulty hardware and writing off of faulty and end of life assets;
Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running;
Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords,etc;
Designing, Planning, implementation and management of internal VMware View infrastructure;
Installation and configuration and management of various VMware products e.g: ESXI, VMware View, Vsphere;