We have an urgent requirement for an Infrastructure Specialist for a 3 month contract based in Dublin city centre. This role is key in the delivery of a large Infrastructure project onto a customer site. The role of the Infrastructure includes Design, planning and implementation of IT Infrastructure projects in the Information Technology space Design and build of the IT infrastructure as well as operational transition to the production environment Attend weekly operational meetings and provide senior management within the Infrastructure team with appreciate information You will act as a coordination point for IT Infrastructure & Security during the life of Project Some Key Responsibilities You shall work closely with Senior IT Infrastructure Specialist to design IT Infrastructure solutions Partner with Senior IT Infrastructure Specialist to implement IT Infrastructure solutions Follow best practices when building, configuring, testing and deploying new IT Infrastructure Review business requirements and translate into IT Infrastructure deliverables Identifies, assesses and minimizes project risks to successful project completion Support and contribute to IT Infrastructure projects to deliver new and change activities into production Serve as solution delivery expert for the design & implementation of assigned areas Experience Required 5+ years experience in a similar role Experience of implementing IT infrastructure projects ideally within financial services Experience in designing, building, testing and implementing IT Infrastructure solutions Ability of following best practices in the design, build and implementation process Experience with Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008, Experience with VMware Esx/Exsi, Vsphere, Vcenter Storage: SAN (HP - MSA), NAS(Isilon) administration Experience with Citrix Active Directory, IIS, DHCP, DNS, NLB, Cluster This is a daily rate contract paying 300- 400 depending on experience, also this has a high possibility of extending beyond the initial 3 months