Systems and Network Engineer at Greenpeace International

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

Purpose of the job:
To provide high value and reliable and sustainable shared IT services to the global organization in order to enable our staff to carry out their day to day work and win campaigns.

Main responsibilities:
- Maintenance and support in order to provide highly secure and reliable services.
- Monitoring and trend analysis in order to guarantee availability, capacity and security.
- Provide backup and disaster recovery in order to provide continuity.
- Change management so that changes will not (unexpectedly) interrupt services.
- Develop, implement and enforce procedures and standards so the team’s work is predictable and sustainable.
- Develop and implement new systems in order to provide the organization new services it needs.
- Research and advise about possible improvements and the application of new technologies in order to enhance the value of IT for the organization or improve the IT unit’s services.
- Technical contact to external system and network providers in order to provide operational continuity and get information on new usable technologies.
- Documentation of systems and procedures in order to preserve knowledge and provide predictable and sustainable services.

Skills qualifications / required:
- B.Sc. or University degree relevant to Systems and Network engineering (e.g. Computer Science, Electronics) and/or comparable work experience/certification.
- Hands-on experience with systems and network administration on large scale systems.
- Excellent knowledge of VMware, LAN and WAN Networking, Windows, Linux, SAN, Databases, firewalling, application delivery systems, Cisco IOS, DNS, QoS, LDAP and email.
- Proven track record in working in a project-based environment.
- Ability to create or identify technology trends for consideration by the organization.
- Experience of working in an international environment with a culturally diverse user community.
- Fluent in English, both verbal and written and preferably one other language.

Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please upload your CV along with a letter of motivation via our application form.