Senior Systems Administrator

Senior Systems Administrator

Permanent. 5 days on site in central London.

The client is a rapidly growing technology solutions provider focusing upon Cloud, Cyber Security, Networking, Disaster Recovery and Managed Services.

They are seeking a driven, detailed-oriented Senior Systems Administrator to join the rapidly growing team. As a Managed IT Services Provider, they consult with a diverse set of clients. Your dedicated client portfolio could potentially consist of a mix of high-pressure financial firms, medical practices, trendy hospitality providers, and manufacturing companies. Due to the various industries of the clients, your task list will shift greatly. A typical day can involve anything from working on network connectivity issues, server room buildouts, Exchange migrations, merger and acquisitions project team participation, handling of VIP and Severity 1 technical support issues. The position also requires you to be a team player that can mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities

Service Delivery (Operations)

Technical ownership of assigned clients

Active participant in determining the efficacy and efficiency of existing client infrastructure, systems, software, and processes

Make recommendations for the completion of projects to meet client needs as well as improve identified deficiencies

Ownership and resolution of escalated client technical issues

Includes working with client and their vendors until resolution is reached

Escalations focus on infrastructure and critical business impacting issues

Documentation and network diagram creation and updates

Change control approval

Reviewing changes written by other engineers

Writing changes for complex tasks to be executed by other engineers

Changes follow established processes and/or industry best practices

Problem identification, reason for outage and root cause analysis documentation for all issues depending on situation and outcome

Identify systemic and pervasive issues related to products and/or processes and drive actions to prevent future problems

Participate in 2nd Level' on-call rotation

2nd level on call consists of issues already reviewed by a 1st level on-call engineer and determined to be outside of their ability to resolve

Strategic and Account Management

Collaborate and partner with Account Management Team on Technology Business Reviews, strategic technology road-mapping, quarterly business reviews, and architecture improvements

Speak both to a wide array of technologies in-depth as well as to C-level executives

Reviewing project scopes for existing customers

Technical validation of project plan

Understand business-case and ensure project plan meets the needs of the client

Participate in technical account management and other client calls as needed

Education and Experience

Ability to work in a fast paced, challenging environment with a diverse client base

Strong analytical and end to end problem identification, management, and resolution skills

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline preferred or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience

7+ years of technical support experience with increasing responsibilities; managed services (MSP) experience preferred

Written and verbal communication skills; including the ability to clearly articulate technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences and explain impact in business terms.

Proficiency in the following technical disciplines with a mastery of at least two:

VMware Systems Administration

Windows Server Systems Administration

Exchange Administration (On-Premise, Hybrid, Office 365)

Office 365 Administration

Azure administration

Mobile Device Administration/Management Remote Computing (Microsoft RDS, Citrix)

LAN/WAN Administration (FortiGate/SonicWALL/Cisco/Meraki)

Wireless Administration (Meraki, Cisco)

Server Infrastructure Administration

SAN/NAS Administration