IT System Administrator

Description:

Your Responsibilities will require you to:

• Manage the company’s IT infrastructure resources
• Install, configure, and maintain physical and virtual servers and networks (locally and remotely)
• Manage the company AD , GPO, DNS, DHCP etc.
• Provide hands-on local & remote support and higher-level troubleshooting
• Assist with management of infrastructure licensing and purchases
• Manage an extensive VMware virtual environment
• Do routine maintenance and update procedures on various environments
• Manage data backups for the organization including recovery, security and administration
• Manage on-premises and cloud-based resources
• Maintain backups, replications, and the safeguarding of company data
• Assist with Disaster Recovery and Incident Response activities
• Document policies and procedures
• Execute infrastructure-related ongoing tasks and projects
• Sustain network integrity and performance, server deployments and data security
• Troubleshoot compute, storage and network problems
• Proactively monitor and search for metric anomalies – to improve performance and resiliency

Requirements:

• Proven 5 years of hands-on experience as a system administrator in environments of at least 100 servers / 500 users – based on both Microsoft and Linux servers
• Solid background with installation, management, upgrades and troubleshooting of both VMware virtualization and Veeam data backup/recovery systems essential
• Microsoft 365 administration and use of PowerShell and scripts for automation
• Very high troubleshooting level in a domain environment (Active Directory, GPO, permissions, shares etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Linux based servers – installation, configuration and troubleshooting – a distinct advantage
• Knowledge and experience with setup and operation of SAN/NAS storage devices: HPE Nimble / MSA a distinct advantage
• Proven experience in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of networking devices (VLANs, VPN etc) –firewalls and edge/backbone switches – Fortinet and HPE a distinct advantage
• Experience with fibre optic networking an advantage.
• Knowledge of I.T security systems including AV \ EDR solutions, NAC, vulnerability assessment tools, patch management and server hardening
• Strong capabilities in independent work and being an escalation point for Tier 1 support
• Assist IT Infrastructure manager in diverse tasks
• Capable of managing multiple tasks under pressure and meeting deadlines
• Self-motivated, detailed-oriented, highly organized and willing to learn
• A strong proactive and “can do” approach.