IT Administrator Full Time

IT Systems Administrator

Well established furniture manufacturer located in Tyseley in Birmingham have a fantastic opportunity for an IT Systems Administrator with proven experience in working with and supporting a Windows Server Environment (2003 – 2016)

The successful candidate will:

• Maintenance of systems, hardware, software and related infrastructure.
• Experience in a MS Windows infrastructure, including the following: Active Directory, WINS, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy Management , anti-virus rollout and administration, local firewall configuration (Sophos UTM9)
• Group Policy Management.
• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
• Maintain daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Microsoft SQL Server Administration.
• Maintain and support network equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls.
• Office 365 administration.

Highly desirable but not essential:

• Telecommunications administration.
• Desktop support

Qualificationsexperience

Extensive system administration experience in a windows environment.

Systems Administration/System Engineer certification.