System Administrator - Windows and Azure
Job Type: Permanent
Job Role: Technical
Job Location: Dubai
Job Posted on: Dec 2, 2020
- System Administrator is responsible to optimize productivity of Windows servers and related components to achieve high availability and performance of the various infrastructure and business applications hosted by client IT Department.
- System Administrator will work closely with internal IT teams supporting applications, Network team, Information Security team, DBA team and business project managers as well as externally with hardware and software vendors.
- Accountable for administering Azure Infrastructure, Windows domain servers, Exchange servers, file/print servers, application servers which are operational on 24 X 7 basis.
- Responsible for very high system availability and is on call on 24 X 7 basis
- Install, Configure, administer and fine-tune Windows operating systems and components.
- Provide second level support to incidents and ensure timely closure of incidents with SLA compliance.
- Protect Infrastructure Servers from Security threats by timely updating OS patches, security patches and service packs.
- Participate in IT projects and act as a Project Manager on certain projects.
- Support and maintain 200+ Windows Servers (Physical and Virtual) deployed at Dubai Data Centers and in International Offices.
- Manage User Accounts, Group permissions in various domains and user base of 4000 accounts.
- Manage internal and external DNS servers
- Troubleshoots and resolves critical hardware and software problems.
- Monitors and tests system performance and provides performance statistics and reports.
- Recommends and executes modifications systems in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
- Define and perform system backups and recovery procedures to ensure data protection
- Manage Engine Tools
- AD Manager Plus
- AD Self Service Plus
- AD Audit Plus
- Exchange and Office365 Reporter
- MS Exchange / Office365
- EmailTopia Email Response Manager
- SMTP2Go / SendGrid
- Active Directory
- Server OS
- Server Hardware
- Hyper-V
- File and Print Server
- Right Fax
- Windows Based DHCP
- Microsoft Azure
- VMware