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Role & Location: IT Senior Systems Administrator - Altrad Cargo Fleet Offices - Middlesbrough
Contract type: Permanent
We are the leading provider of infrastructure services. At Altrad, we transform our nation’s critical infrastructure to operate safely and sustainably. With over 11,000 talented people, we provide the full spectrum of critical engineering and construction services for industries both onshore and offshore.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Control, maintain and administer all company systems to a high level of accuracy
2. Ensure company procedures and policies are adhered to
3. Report to management on performance of systems
4. Provide third line support to all ICT teams
5. Actively engage with other team members in internal training, mentorship and knowledge transfer
6. Provide support to the Systems Administration Manager
7. Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve service, software and hardware issues
8. Install, configure and maintain service, software, hardware and application components
9. Identify and implement new strategies for optimal system operations and processes
10. Enforce security best practices to prevent cyber-attacks and security breaches
11. Document internal processes for achieving consistent implementation and optimal performance of systems and services
12. Complete Active Directory Management, including but not limited to group policy, users, computers/servers, DHCP, DNS, PKI and security
13. Microsoft Office 365 services configuration, management and support
14. Microsoft Azure services configuration, management and support
15. Management of approximately 600+ worldwide servers across multiple domains, and ensuring that the servers are maintained including MS critical/security updates, vendor software updates and remediation of monitored errors
16. Provide support to business software owners running on managed ICT servers
17. Responsible for administering, upgrading and maintaining all back-end systems
18. Follow the change management processes to ensure all changes are logged and changes applied with no un-scheduled downtime.
19. Responsible for administering, upgrading and maintaining all existing systems including Exchange, SCCM, SQL, Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix, RDS/AVD etc.
20. Responsible for ensuring Anti-virus is fully functioning and up-to-date across the WAN and all servers are protected
21. To fully manage the Citrix/RDS/Azure Farms and Remote Published Apps.
22. To assist management team in capacity planning
23. To assist management team in availability planning
24. To manage and implement operational projects
25. To liaise and cooperate with the projects team on business project implementations
26. To ensure all servers are monitored and the expected server performance is delivered
27. Use the call management system to track and action calls/changes within agreed SLAs
28. To proactively look for improvements and investigate new technologies which could improve the service provided to the Altrad businesses
29. 24x7x365 rota-based on-call server support
30. To act as an escalation point for all ICT Teams for any technical issues they encounter and to endeavor to provide a solution and/or advice
Key Requirements:
1. Proven experience in a Systems Administrator role of at least 3 years
2. Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills is essential
3. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Windows 10/11 is essential
4. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft RDS/App-V is essential
5. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM is essential
6. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure is essential
7. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office 365 is essential
8. Good Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Windows 2003 through 2022 is essential
9. Good Knowledge and experience of Active Directory/DNS/DHCP and other Microsoft domain technologies is essential
10. Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Exchange 2013-2019 is essential
11. Good time keeping and self-organisational skills are essential
12. Good Knowledge and experience of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is desirable
13. Knowledge and experience of Zabbix monitoring platforms is desirable
14. Knowledge and experience of Microsoft SQL Server is desirable
15. Knowledge and experience of ForcePoint Web Security is desirable
16. Knowledge and experience of Linux (Red Hat/Cent OS) is desirable
17. Knowledge and experience of Windows Scripting (PowerShell) is desirable
18. Knowledge and experience of VMware ESX is desirable
19. Knowledge and experience of Citrix Presentation Server/XenApp is desirable
20. Knowledge and experience of General TCP/IP, routing, VPN’s and Firewall networking is desirable
21. Excellent communication skills
22. Resourcefulness and ability to work under pressure to ensure satisfactory outcomes
Why Join Us?
Altrad is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, and passion for making a difference. In return for your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary package, 25 days’ holiday, and the opportunity to part of our exciting journey.
Quite simply, a journey with Altrad begins with a desire to create a better tomorrow…
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Administrative
Industries
IT System Operations and Maintenance and Administrative and Support Services
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