Senior Systems Administrator

Systems Administrator

My client based in the upper highway area seeks a Systems Administrator to be based at their Head Office. The key areas are Networking, Installations, Upgrades, Troubleshooting, Installations of servers, Hardware and software support, Office 365, IT Technician L1/L3, Onsite and telephonic support.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage the company’s corporate and commercial network (active directory).
• Monitor and manage company’s servers and services against agreed SLA (99.98% uptime).
• Monitor and manage the company’s database performance (drop partitions, check stored procedures/check max connections/long running queries/loading, etc.).
• Monitor and manage the company’s network security in compliance with EU’s GDPR directive and any related ISO specifications (Annual audits/pen tests/patches).
• Architect any new requirements to fulfil the company’s objectives.
• Manage all ITC related assets to ensure high availability.
• Interface with key suppliers.
• Oversite and design of monthly executive reports (BI reports).

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
• Must have CCNA accreditation.
• Strong networking/firewall/security knowledge.
• Strong Linux and Windows server knowledge.
• Virtual machine environment experience (Docker/Proxmox setup/installation and management knowledge).
• Strong DB administration knowledge for MySQL.
• Strong network and DB security understanding.
• Fortigate firewall experience an advantage.
• Live in the upper highway area and must have own reliable transport.
• Self-motivated and takes initiative.
• Strategic thinker and strong in observability culture.
• Ability to interface with all levels of employees within the group as well as strategic suppliers.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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