Windows Systems Administrator

WINDOWS SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

As an experienced Windows Systems Administrator, you will be responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems, hardware, software, and related infrastructure.

The core responsibility of the role will be to maintain and further develop the Windows infrastructure and support 2nd/3rd level Windows related incidents. You will have excellent knowledge of Windows in Large Scale Enterprise, Managed Services and/or Internet hosting environments. You will also be responsible for supporting and managing the ongoing design and build of the virtual environment.

TASKS

- Design, build, configure, manage and support a hosted multi-server infrastructure using Windows
- Testing, debugging and troubleshooting of platform level problems
- Working alongside application development teams, supporting and advising on best practice to maintain

EXPERIENCE

- Minimum 5 years' experience in a demanding 24x7 high availability environment
- In-depth knowledge of Windows
- Configuring, deploying and managing a virtual server infrastructure using VMware, Vsphere etc
- Monitoring an enterprise infrastructure, log aggregation, SNMP traps and monitoring software
- Monitoring and benchmarking performance for OS and storage platforms
- Strong Scripting skills
- Understanding of data centre operations
- Online payments or financial transaction expertise is highly desirable
- Familiar with Linux and Citrix a strong plus
- Java infrastructure components - Tomcat etc
- Experience with development tools - git, svn, packaging tools (dpkg, rpm), etc.