Key purpose:
As a Microsoft Server Specialist youll be responsible for supporting the IT infrastructure of our organisation. This will involve installing and maintaining servers on our network and ensuring that theyre running at peak performance. Youll also need to ensure that all server hardware is uptodate with respect to software drivers and OS patches.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provides training to other members of the organization to enable them to install and manage the system as well as to install new applications or software or troubleshoot current problems
- Sets up configures tests operates and maintains servers
- Recommends new application software and recommends hardware software and peripheral equipment to satisfy operational and service requirements
- Provides configuration guidance to end users service providers and/or OEMs on installation servicing maintenance and configuration of Microsoft Server and Desktop products
- Develops new systems applications and databases and maintains and/or supports existing systems and databases
- Ensures that the server hardware is configured properly for the application it is running and has minimal impact on other servers systems users or services
- Troubleshoots any issues that arise in the infrastructure
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science IT or related field required
- 5 year experience working with Microsoft products and services preferred
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field required
- Experience with Active Directory and/or Exchange Server is necessary.
- VMware and Hyper V certified or highly capable.
- Azure Cloud experience
- Dell Hardware / Storage / SAN experienced