[jobs] Sendmail Administrator - Thomson Financial

josiah.clisby at contractor.thomson.com josiah.clisby at contractor.thomson.com
Fri Sep 15 09:00:07 EDT 2006


Description

Thomson Financial is a leading provider of information and technology solutions to the global financial community.

 

Scope:  Responsible for the administration and engineering functions required to manage, maintain and support Thomson's global messaging services, specifically Unix SendMail and Exchange 2003. 

Duties and responsibilities:

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	Setting up and maintaining SendMail servers.
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	Troubleshooting and resolving SendMail problems.
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	Working with Messaging teams to manage and support messaging services for Thomson's global Messaging environment (40,000 users). 
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	Ensuring integrity and stability of the Messaging environment, including updating of Antivirus, and service packs. 
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	Management and support of SMTP services including LDAP, Sendmail, IMSS, e-mail. 
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	Management and support of Exchange 2003 servers and connectors. 
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	Maintaining Directory Services, OWA, routing and transports. 
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	Maintaining and supporting third party applications including Trend Anti-Virus suite, Blackberry wireless, KVS Archiving, EMS, and RightFax.
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	Troubleshooting and resolving Tier II and Tier III service desk requests following established protocol and procedures. 
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	Documenting the environment and operational procedures.


	
Qualifications	

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	Minimum four years Sendmail and Microsoft email experience.
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	Four-year college degree required.
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	Related professional training and certifications a plus.
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	Expert knowledge of SendMail.
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	Strong Messaging Experience with Internet Email infrastructures. 
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	Hands on experience setting up and configuring Sendmail systems.
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	Strong knowledge in troubleshooting Internet email deliveries and auditing. 
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	Experience in Enterprise wide deployment of SMTP backbone. 
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	Clear understanding of messaging standards and protocols including SMTP, TCIP/IP, DNS, WINS, and DNS.
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	Expert knowledge of Unix SendMail, LDAP, and Linux/Solaris systems. 
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	Broad knowledge of Exchange 2003 and Windows 2003 Active Directory.
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	Working knowledge of enterprise and SAN based systems, Veritas Netbackup, HP Openview/ITO Monitoring, MSFT SQL, KVS Archiving, Message One EMS,
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	Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity tools and solutions a plus.
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	Must be able to proactively identify problem areas and provide or recommend solutions.
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	Strong critical thinking and analytical skills. 

The Thomson Financial Culture
Our employees embrace a number of commonly shared values - collaboration, accountability, customer focus, a bias toward action and results, entrepreneurial spirit and, at all times, the highest ethical standards. These values represent the behavior each employee is expected to exhibit in their role. In our view, fostering a culture that embodies these values will lead to success and growth for our employees and our business.


Thomson Financial is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. 





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