Systems Administration Apprentice

The Opportunity:

Consolidate your entry level IT skills as our new junior network engineer. We require a junior engineer to look after a range of home and small business networks and to provide back up to our senior engineers. As your skills grow, your role will increase to the provision of service for larger networks. The work will be varied, including basic remote and onsite support for small businesses, installation and configuration of PCs, Routers and switches, VPNs and wireless equipment. It will be predominantly home user and introductory router and wireless work but will increase in complexity as quickly as you demonstrate the ability to deal with more technical challenges.

During your first year you would be expected to sit at least 3 Microsoft Exams, for which you will receive $500 per exam sat.

This position would ideally suit a recent graduate of a CCNA program with good general PC knowledge.

Please note this is an Apprentice position through the New Apprenticeship scheme. Applicants with a Cert II/III/IV in Information Technology are not eligible for this position.

You will need:

• Basic experience with Cisco Routers
• Great written and oral communication skills
• Good general PC knowledge including the ability to troubleshoot hardware issues
• Server experience would be helpful

How do I get the job?

We have an extensive hiring process which may include: Phone, Group and Panel interviews, psych testing, and actual IT problem solving tests as well as some surprises to see how you think on your feet.

Our hiring criteria include:

• Ability to configure Cisco routers
• Wireless LAN knowledge
• Personality and communication skills
• Living close to the Mornington Peninsula
• Drivers licence and reliable car

About Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks is located in Seaford provides IT support to Small and Medium sized Enterprises from Dandenong and Braeside through to the Mornington Peninsula. We were listed in the BRW Fast 100 in 2004 and we are a Microsoft Gold Partner. We value learning and we pay for you to sit your MCSE exams as well as pay bonuses for every exam you sit. We take our Extreme name seriously and in the past Team Extreme has done rock climbing, horse riding, APC Driving, and paintball. The last activity was pistol shooting. Next is parachuting!