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Johannesburg - South Africa

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Not Disclosed

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Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

As a Windows System Administrator you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability security and optimal performance of our IT infrastructure. You will collaborate with crossfunctional teams to design implement and maintain systems applications and services across both virtual and physical environments. Your expertise in Windowsbased technologies will be crucial in managing our internal systems including SCOM Active Directory and Office365 to support the daily operations of the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the design implementation configuration and ongoing maintenance of systems applications and services in virtual and physical environments.
  • Manage and maintain critical internal and hosting infrastructure
  • Active Directory and Group Policy management
  • Conduct capacity planning and management for hosting office and networking infrastructure to ensure optimal performance.
  • Adhere to security best practices at all times and ensure that security measures are operational and effective.
  • Monitor system logs analyze performance data and troubleshoot and resolve systemrelated issues.
  • Provide training and thirdlevel support to support departments assisting them in resolving complex technical issues.
  • Participate in incident response and problem management to minimize downtime and maintain system availability.
  • Apply operating system updates patches and configuration changes to enhance system security and performance.
  • Introduce and integrate new technologies into the existing environment to improve efficiency and functionality.
  • Document all changes made to the environment and adhere to change control processes to maintain a clear record of system modifications.
  • Perform system performance tuning and provide recommendations to enhance overall system efficiency.
  • Make security recommendations and implement best practices for hardening systems to safeguard company data.
  • Backup Management: Ensure that backups are up to date and recoverable
  • Designing and implementing systems and tools
  • Troubleshooting issues with a companys systems and networks
  • Automating tasks for production environments
  • Installing new hardware and software
  • Performing system upgrades
  • Managing backup and recovery
  • Monitoring and capacity planning for servers
  • Conducting version management
  • Developing system security standards
  • Assessing resources to meet organizational needs

Qualifications and Experience:

  • 5 years experience as a Windows Systems Administrator or similar position
  • M365 Administration
  • Microsoft Systems Centre Suite (VMM ORCH SCOM)
  • Scripting and automation (PowerShell)
  • Windows Server 2012 through 2022 with a solid understanding of Windows security fundamentals.
  • Active Directory architecture and replication in a multi domain environment
  • Strong understanding of IIS DNS DHCP Group Policy.
  • Database configurations and administration of MSSQL & MySQL
  • Experience administrating HyperV Virtual infrastructure
  • Monitoring systems ex. PRTG / Grafana others
  • Proficient with server resource management (disk/memory) performance management
  • Network experience advantageous
  • Microsoft certification is advantageous

Employment Type

Full Time

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