Description
Role: Senior System AdministratorDaily Rate: Negociable
Location: North County Dublin
Type: 12 month contract
An enterprise scale client based in North County Dublin require an immediately available Senior System Administrator to join their team of 9 engineers. Specialising but not limited to Microsoft technologies, the purpose of this role is to design, build, support and maintain all complex and quality infrastructure based solutions.
Some of the day-to-day duties include:
- Provide Level-2 and Level-3 support as and where required.
- Produce high-quality documentation to support workarounds and/or resolutions to assist in knowledge transfer and efficiencies.
- Monitor IT systems and react appropriately in the event of an incident
- Complete daily, weekly or quarterly System Administration task as and when necessary ensure that the environment remains in a healthy state.
- Lead or provide expertise to Projects and Business Service Requests as required to ensure tasks and milestones are achieved in a timely manner.
Required Skills:
- MCSA, MCP and/or CCNA certified
- Ideally over 7 years' experience working in a large enterprise environment
- Excellent Windows Server implementation & administration skills
- Expert knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy
- Good knowledge of Exchange 2010
- ADFS / Office 365 a bonus
- Excellent knowledge of network protocols and concepts
- Excellent knowledge of backup solutions and principles, Netbackup experience a bonus
- Excellent knowledge of monitoring technologies and principles. Preferably SCOM .
- Good knowledge of SCCM or other System Centre products a bonus
- Excellent Windows client OS skills - Windows XP, 7, 8.
- Virtual platform and technology experience is desirable
- Proven analytical and problem resolution skills and methodologies
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
- Good team member with good communication skills at all levels of seniority
- Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
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If you are interested in this position please email your CV to me at
NOTE: You must be an EU resident or have a valid STAMP 4 for visa to qualify for this role. Sponsorship not considered.
John Petherbridge | Head of Infrastructure & Networks | Computer Futures