Senior Systems Administrator - Sunninghill, South Africa - Total IT Recruitment

Total IT Recruitment

Verified Company

Sunninghill, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

PURPOSE

To run all aspects of the technical and technical operations function within IT. This includes planning, technology strategy and troubleshooting of all servers.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Responsibilities (40%)

All daily tasks pertaining to Server Systems support
Responsible for all Server and PC equipment patching and updating.
Responsible for managing and creating all change controls in the IT department
Responsible for and administration of all Server documentation and policies
Responsible for maintain good relationships with vendors, affiliates, global teams and suppliers.
Responsible for working with global teams to execute companywide projects, changes and zero day vulnerability remediation's
Responsible to report any problems to the Head of IT and the Technical IT Manager
Ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects and rapidly changing priorities

Server Systems (30%)

Responsible for all server hardware equipment maintenance.
Responsible for Active Directory management, design and implementation.
Responsible for administration of all site documentation and policies
Responsible to Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain required software and hardware components.
Research, document, and implement new technology solutions.
Maintain scripts used for automation, reporting, monitoring and analysis.
DNS Records management (Exchange, Websites, Remote Applications)

Desktop Support (15%)

Responding to 1st and 2nd line support calls
Technical Troubleshooting
Onsite Software installations
Replacement of hardware
Software repair
Investigating and logging queries that cannot be resolved, for further investigation with third parties or global counterparts
Liaise with the business in terms of queries and general information

Backups (15%)

Analyse, design, and implement backup infrastructure architecture to ensure high levels of data quality and availability.
Review daily reports on the status of backup jobs and maintain a backup for each protection group daily.
Responsible for all backups and recoveries.
Implement necessary patches, hotfixes, service packs, cumulative updates, and upgrades to backup software and server hardware to maintain overall system integrity.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Networking

IT Security

Servers installing, troubleshooting and maintaining

Active Directory

SCOM (Systems Centre Operations Manager)

WSUS(Windows Server Update Services)

WDS(Windows Deployment Services)

DNS(Domain Name System)

SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

IIS(Web farm experience an advantage)

PowerShell Scripting

Hyper-V

Terminal Services

FTP(File Transfer Protocol) skills

Sound Hardware setup skills(Build, rebuild and clustering)

Systems analysis

Linux an advantage

ITIL an advantage

SharePoint an advantage

DPM(Data Protection Manager) knowledge an advantage

SCCM(System Centre Configuration Manager) an advantage

QUALIFICATIONS

Microsoft MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) or Microsoft MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)

5 years Technical Server support experience in an Active Directory environment
Linux Certification is an advantage

Network Certification is an advantage

Excellent knowledge of Servers hardware and software

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
R40, R48,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate: