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Skills
Application Development
SPARC
Oracle RAC
Mainframe
Oracle Linux
Microsoft Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft SQL Server
.NET
Visual FoxPro
Statistics
Legal
Intranet
Internet
Provisioning
Web Servers
Operations Management
Network
UPS
Streaming
Data Management
iSCSI
Backup Administration
Blade Servers
VMware ESXi
VMware
MDS
FC
Adobe Flash
HP Virtual Connect
Cisco
Switches
Fiber Channel
Data Deduplication
Open Source
RAC
Solaris
FMS
SAN
Business Intelligence
EMC VPLEX
Optical Fiber
Data Centers
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Replication
Capacity Management
EMC Isilon
Video
Virtualization
Cisco UCS
Dell
EMC
Unity
VMware vSphere
Computer Hardware
Virtual Machines
Storage
SQL
Oracle
Veeam
Backup
Repair
IT Infrastructure
Failover
Data Storage
Recovery
Systems Analysis
Computer Networking
Database Analysis
Systems Analysis/design
Software Design
Database
Aspen
Reporting
Finance
Financial Management
SSL
TLS
Servers
Routing
Microsoft Exchange
Regulatory Compliance
Supervision
Oracle WebLogic
SANS
Management
IT Consulting
Staff Augmentation
Information Technology
Insurance
Life Insurance
Job Details
Architect - Computer Systems Engineer / ITD-CVISN
Onsite: Jackson, MS
About the Job
Seeking the services of one IT consultant to apply strong architectural, networking and application development skills to the analysis, design, development, integration, installation, implementation and support of their existing IT infrastructure. This consultant will resolve problems, which require an intimate knowledge of hardware, OS and application stack, including VMware, Cisco and Client servers and blade systems, Sun SPARC T5-2 and S7-2 systems, Oracle RAC, Dell/EMC products, and mainframe network technologies as well as a wide range of OS, DB and application expertise such as but not limited to, Oracle Linux and other distros, Sun Solaris 11, Windows Server (all versions), VMware vSphere (consisting of ESXi 5.5, though ESXi 8, vCenter 6.5
through 8 installations), Oracle 10g through 19c database environments, Microsoft SQL Server, and .NET technologies.
Responsibilities:
Qualification:
Required Skills/Experience (MANDATORY)
DataSoft Technologies is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Founded in 1994, DataSoft Technologies, Inc. provides staff augmentation services for Information Technology and Automotive Services. Our team member benefits include:
Onsite: Jackson, MS
About the Job
- Duration: Long term Contract Position
- Location: Onsite: Jackson, MS
- Pay rate: Hourly
- Job ID: 151206 .
Seeking the services of one IT consultant to apply strong architectural, networking and application development skills to the analysis, design, development, integration, installation, implementation and support of their existing IT infrastructure. This consultant will resolve problems, which require an intimate knowledge of hardware, OS and application stack, including VMware, Cisco and Client servers and blade systems, Sun SPARC T5-2 and S7-2 systems, Oracle RAC, Dell/EMC products, and mainframe network technologies as well as a wide range of OS, DB and application expertise such as but not limited to, Oracle Linux and other distros, Sun Solaris 11, Windows Server (all versions), VMware vSphere (consisting of ESXi 5.5, though ESXi 8, vCenter 6.5
through 8 installations), Oracle 10g through 19c database environments, Microsoft SQL Server, and .NET technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Consultant will serve as ITD/CVISN Systems Architect, to integrate and unify commercial vehicle registration, permitting and enforcement functions for the maintenance of ITD/CVISN Level 1 compliance for the State. Consultant shall provide architectural guidance and recommendation and also attend monthly ITD ACCB architecture meetings.
- 1.2 Consultant will be responsible for archival data retrieval from the Automated Permit System (Client), a Visual FoxPro based commercial vehicle violation and permit issuance system in order to query, export and
- distribute archival data and also calculate statistics, financial recaps and other information as required by Permits, Financial Management Division and Legal Division and other entities.
- 1.3 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management of approximately 500 intranet and internet- exposed Windows and Linux-based virtual and physical servers located statewide. Responsibilities will include
- deployment, AD management, provisioning, and troubleshooting of OS stack issues, such as OS, SQL, Oracle, web server, application and application performance, network, name resolution, storage and other issues as they arise.
- 1.4 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of Dell/EMC Unity 480F, VPLEX VS2 and Isilon Gen 4, 5 and Gen 6 storage systems.
- 1.5 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of Cisco UCS and Client servers, blade systems, Virtual Connect infrastructure and FC switches.
- 1.6 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of VPLEX Metro.
- 1.7 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of VMware vSphere installations located in the Jackson, MS area.
- 1.8 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of Veeam v11 and v12+ Backup and Recovery systems.
- 1.9 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, including failover, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of Sun T5-2 and Sun S7-2 servers, Solaris 11 and Oracle 12c in a RAC environment running MDOT's core Financial Management System (FMS) as well as other Oracle-based systems.
- 1.10 Consultant will be responsible for the operational management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote repair/upgrade of Client MSL6480 LTO-7 tape libraries.
- 1.11 Consultant will be responsible for onsite and remote network diagnostics and troubleshooting.
- 1.12 Consultant will be responsible for onsite and remote datacenter failover processes and procedures (1 hour
- response required 24x7 in the event of both planned events and emergencies that require the complete or partial evacuation of a site).
- 1.13 Consultant will be responsible for the onsite and remote maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of APC Symmetra PX and SUVT UPS power systems.
- 1.14 Consultant will be responsible for troubleshooting of streaming video issues using in house developed monitoring tools and capacity scaling during peak demand.
- 1.15 Consultant will be responsible for the data management and on site/remote device troubleshooting and repair of approximately 6 de-duplicated and non-de-duplicated DAS and iSCSI-connected storage repositories for production systems backups located in the Jackson, MS area.
- IT infrastructure includes two datacenter locations housing Client BL460c Gen 8 blade servers running VMware ESXi and vCenter which are contained in Cisco UCS blades and Client blades with Client Virtual Connect storage connectivity virtualization through Dell/EMC MDS 9148T FC switches to Dell/EMC Unity 480F Flash SAN storage and Client Virtual Connect
- 10GbE connectivity to Cisco core switches. In addition to commercial storage products, also uses a similar approach to Fortune 500 technology companies building some hardware in-house. designs and builds custom high-
- performance storage and compute devices to meet specific requirements. These systems include high performance workstations, Fibre Channel block storage targets, and deduplication appliances using Windows/Linux and open source storage software.
- In addition, maintains an Oracle 12c RAC environment running on Sun T5-2 servers in separate datacenters. This environment hosts MDOT's critical Financial Management System (FMS) that is a core system.
- The SAN storage data is distributed as a synchronously, bi-directionally replicated, stretched cluster via Dell/EMC VPLEX Metro over redundant 100Gbps fiber between datacenters.
- These Jackson-area sites currently host approximately 500 Windows and Linux VMs.
- IT Consultant will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, upgrade, and troubleshooting of any and all aspects of this infrastructure and VM farm, including OS and application issues within the VMs themselves.
- Additionally, IT infrastructure includes two Gen 4, Gen 5 and Gen 6 Dell/EMC Isilon clusters containing production data as well as Veeam backup of VMs, with the data being partially replicated via SyncIQ and failover managed via Superna Eyeglass.
- IT Consultant will additionally be responsible for management and troubleshooting of backup issues, replication issues and capacity management, as well as Isilon-related issues including OneFS upgrades.
- also operates Traffic Management Centers (TMC) with approximately 1100+ remote camera sites that transmit video image data through the TMCs to physical and virtual servers located across the State. Virtualization includes Cisco UCS, Client DL380 and DL385 G7 G10+ servers, Dell/EMC SAN, Dell/EMC Unity 480F, VMware vSphere. IT Consultant will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, upgrade, and troubleshooting of any and all aspects of all hardware infrastructure and associated VM farms, including OS and application issues within the VMs themselves.
- maintains de-duplicated DAS storage repositories for SQL, Oracle, and certain Veeam server and workstation backup data. IT Consultant will be responsible for the installation, tuning, management and repair of approximately 6 storage systems located at 3 datacenter facilities located in the Jackson area. IT Consultant will be responsible for the management and maintenance of these systems.
- IT infrastructure support will occasionally include emergency response requiring IT Consultant to be available and present to respond to critical, time sensitive issues that involve IT infrastructure power and cooling problems as well as scheduled management tasks and maintenance. These tasks will require IT Consultant to occasionally be available and onsite both after hours and on weekends within an hour's notice in addition to being onsite during normal business hours.
- Emergency responses can include but are not limited to datacenter failover, powering down of compute and storage systems, monitoring of critical systems and recovery.
- Consultant will additionally serve as an ITD/CVISN (Innovative Technology Deployment/Commercial Vehicle Information
- Systems and Networks) Systems Architect, serving who is a stakeholder in this federally sponsored program to nationally integrate and unify commercial vehicle registration, permitting, and enforcement functions. Mississippi's ITD/CVISN Architect must have a strong background in systems analysis and design, as well as networking engineering and database analysis and design, and application design as required for the maintenance of CVISN Level 1 compliance for Mississippi. Consultant must have experience with ITD/CVIEW (Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window) databases and software including multi-Agency deployments of FMCSA systems including SafetyNet, SAFER Data Mailboxes, Aspen and other Federal systems.
- Consultant will be responsible for the maintenance, query development and execution, data export, report generation, and calculation of financial and statistical metrics from in-house developed systems used by the Permit Division and Financial Management Division, including the Automated Permit System (Client). These systems were developed in Visual
- Consultant will be responsible for the maintenance and update of SSL/TLS certificates installed in approximately 140 servers within the infrastructure
Qualification:
Required Skills/Experience (MANDATORY)
- Provide the minimum required skills and/or experience the contractor must possess to qualify for this position. These requirements will be transferred to the Score Sheet and candidates without these requirements reflected on their resume will NOT be presented to the manager for consideration.
- 8 year's experience Department of Transportation oversize and overweight permitting rules, regulations, procedures, and with current oversize and overweight vehicle permitting and routing technologies.
- 8 year's experience Commercial vehicle rules, regulations, registration, permitting, and enforcement processes.
- 8 year's experience with architecture and implementation of CVIEW data exchange and ITD/CVISN Level 1 Compliance
- Provide any skills/experience that would be helpful for the candidate to possess but not required. Examples: Previous supervisory experience, WebLogic experience helpful, etc.
- Implementation and management of IT projects within the government sector including specific experience working with state government.
DataSoft Technologies is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Founded in 1994, DataSoft Technologies, Inc. provides staff augmentation services for Information Technology and Automotive Services. Our team member benefits include:
- Paid Holidays/Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical/Dental Insurance Group
- Accident/Critical Illness Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401 (K)
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