Specialist - Systems Administration
MMC Corporate
Description:
Windows Server Engineer
What can you expect?
1. Work in a large global IT organization of ~5000 and collaborate effectively. This will require working outside normal business hours when necessary to collaborate with other regions and deliver on projects.
2. To provide operational and engineering support for - both - Windows Server and Azure/AWS cloud platforms in a very large global environment (~16,000 Windows Servers).
3. Act as a consultant and subject matter expert for Project Managers, Developers, and Engineering teams, to resolve technical obstacles and improve the product's vision.
4. Work closely with multiple Project Management and Software Engineering teams on understanding ways to improve Windows Server, IaaS and PaaS service offerings.
5. Perform installations, migrations, patching, upgrades, capacity planning and performance tuning while adhering to change management processes.
6. Act as Level 3 escalation for high severity incidents in the Windows Server and Public Cloud areas.
7. To lead, estimate, plan and deliver technical projects
What is in it for you?
8. Benefits - including a generous Pension contribution, Private Medical Insurance, Life and Health cover
9. An extensive suite of flexi benefits, which include a discounted gym membership, cycle scheme, Dentist & Doctor
10. 27 days annual leave - with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
11. In addition, we also give all our colleagues one paid day each year to perform volunteer work at a non-profit organization
12. Discretionary Bonus, Corporate Discounts & flexible/remote working within a hybrid role
13. Employee andpany sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies - we feel it's important that we always strive to expand, grow and learn
14. Flexible work opportunities for work/life balance
15. A culture of internal mobility, diversity, inclusion, and collaboration
16. The chance to join an evolving, highly skilled Global team
We will count on you to:
17. Work within a global team reporting into a regional lead and work closely with other technical teams supporting the Windows server fleet, on premise and within the public cloud
18. Provide technical leadership in your areas of expertise
19. You may lead internal project initiatives or work closely with Project Managers to understand deliverables and meet delivery deadlines
20. Estimate and plan projects requiring you to organize your own work effectively
21. Work with the business to outline, plan and execute changes
22. Analyse operational data to identify and plan remediation as needed
23. Manage and maintain service performance through diagnosis, monitoring and troubleshooting
24. Investigate root cause of system failures and propose corrective actions to prevent future occurrence
25. Maintain the lifecycle of system agents, patching, systempliance and capacity planning
26. Maintain and monitorpliance to Corporate Security policies; Administrative Accounts use, Anti - virus, Patch status, Services etc.
What you need to have:
27. Extensive, deep, technical knowledge of the Microsoft Windows Server ecosystem - ideally with multiple certifications.
28. Proven track record of infrastructure support of Microsoft Server environments on physical, virtual and public cloud platforms
29. A track record of identifying and delivering operational improvements, both technical and process.
30. High level (English)munication skills to be able tomunicate at all levels of the organization including senior managers/leaders and to be able tofortably chair meetings, lead presentations and run training sessions as required.
31. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and shareplex concepts across a large Global team.
32. Working experience with Active Directory and Identity & Access Management
33. PowerShell Scripting: Create, enhance, and maintain PowerShell scripts designed to automate administrative tasks across various systems and applications. Scripts to streamline workflows in identifying repetitive and time consuming administrative processes and develop PowerShell solutions to automate them in improving efficiency, and reduce manual interventions.
34. Hands on experience withmon Windows server functions/agents/processes - such as anti-virus, patch management, vulnerability scanning, Microsoft failover clustering & Hyper-V
35. Knowledge of Group Policy Management and how to configure
36. A proven track record of aplishment in identifying and delivering operational improvements, both technical and process
37. A willingness to work across technical teams globally (including flexibility with working hours to collaborate globally).
What will make you stand out:
38. Certifications in Microsoft Windows Systems Engineer, Azure and AWS
39. Hands-on experience with full range of Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments and services, including but not limited to core IaaS (IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, ELB) and native AWS PaaS Services (Lambda, AWS Config, EMR, Athena, EKS, etc.)
40. AWS or Azure public cloud experience in solution development or architecture.
41. Have and to maintain an in-depth understanding of AWS and Azure public cloud technologies to ensure all appropriate options are considered to support business initiatives.
42. Hands-on experience with large Azure (and/or) AWS public cloud environments, including core pute, storage, networking) platform, PaaS and IAM offerings. Certifications will be looked on favourably.
43. Experience with containers and container orchestration, Kubernetes, and Docker, including lifecycle management of containers.
44. Proven track record of estimating, planning and leading technical projects
45. Knowledge of web, security, and networking protocols, private cloud or on prem solution architecture experience.
46. Prior experience with implementing enterprise cloud management platforms.
47. Have experience in task automation and orchestration, PowerShell scripting and mapping outplex process workflows to create future automation
48. DevOps/coding skills in Python, CloudFormation, Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
49. Amitment to best practices and striving for the elimination of manual operational processes to promote a DevOps oriented software delivery model.
50. Experience with SOAP and REST APIs to support integration of infrastructure, cloud and PaaS technologies.
51. Experience with web-based applications and/or web services-based applications.
Job ID R_250241