System Administrator

Ceenex Global Technology; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ceenex Global Technology is seeking a Senior System Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise IT infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. You will ensure identity services, messaging, virtualization, endpoint management, and backups align with security and compliance requirements.

Key duties include Active Directory administration, Exchange Server operations, Hyper-V and Citrix Virtual Apps, SCCM and Ivanti controls for patching, and robust backup/DR with Veeam and Commvault.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with Veeam and Commvault backup technologies.
• Experience administering Citrix Virtual Apps environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise server infrastructure, preferably HPE Synergy and HPE Rack Mount Servers.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Identity & Access Management: Administer and maintain Active Directory including user provisioning, deprovisioning, group management, GPOs, and access control.
• Identity & Access Management: Ensure secure authentication, authorization and policy compliance.
• Messaging & Archiving: Manage Microsoft Exchange Server operations, ensuring email continuity and performance.
• Messaging & Archiving: Administer Veritas Enterprise Vault for archiving, retention policies, and compliance.
• Virtualization & Remote Access: Administer Hyper-V environments, VM provisioning, clustering, and capacity management.
• Virtualization & Remote Access: Perform VM lifecycle management, snapshots, replication, and high-availability configs.
• Endpoint & Patch Management: Oversee SCCM for deployments, OS deployments, updates and compliance reporting.
• Endpoint & Patch Management: Implement Ivanti Security Controls for centralized patch management and vulnerability remediation.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Manage backups with Veeam, Commvault; verify integrity and restore procedures.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Support DR planning, testing, and recovery readiness for physical and virtual environments.
• Server & File Services: Administer Windows File Servers, share management and NTFS permissions.
• Infrastructure & Hardware: Oversee HPE Synergy infrastructure, firmware updates, server profiles, resource allocation; coordinate vendor support.
• Operations & Governance: Monitor health, logs, and alerts; maintain SOPs and system diagrams; ensure security and IT best practices.

Skills

Veeam backup

Commvault

Veritas Enterprise Vault

Active Directory

Exchange Server

Hyper-V

Citrix Virtual Apps

SCCM / Endpoint management

Ivanti Security Controls

HPE Synergy

Tools

Veritas Enterprise Vault

Veeam Backup & Replication

Commvault

Ivanti Security Controls

Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM)

Citrix Virtual Apps

HPE Synergy hardware

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior System Administrator is responsible for administering maintaining and optimizing enterprise IT infrastructure This role ensures the availability security performance and compliance of identity services messaging systems virtualization platforms endpoint management backups and enterprise hardware

Key Responsibilities

Identity amp Access Management

• Administer and maintain Active Directory including user provisioning de provisioning group management Group Policy Objects GPOs and access control
• Ensure secure authentication authorization and compliance with organizational security policies

Messaging amp Archiving

• Manage Microsoft Exchange Server operations ensuring email continuity mailbox configuration performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• Administer Veritas Enterprise Vault for email archiving retention policies legal hold and compliance requirements

Virtualization amp Remote Access

• Administer and maintain Microsoft Hyper V environments including virtual machine provisioning failover clustering performance optimization and capacity management
• Perform VM lifecycle management snapshots replication and high availability configurations
• Manage Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps including application publishing access configuration monitoring and performance optimization for remote users

Endpoint amp Patch Management

• Oversee Microsoft Configuration Manager SCCM for software deployment operating system deployments system updates patching and compliance reporting
• Implement and maintain Ivanti Security Controls for centralized patch management vulnerability remediation and system hardening

Backup amp Disaster Recovery

• Manage enterprise backup solutions using Veeam Backup amp Replication and Commvault
• Ensure backup integrity regular verification and successful execution of restore and disaster recovery procedures
• Support DR planning testing and recovery readiness for both physical and virtual environments

Server amp File Services

• Administer Windows File Servers including file share management NTFS permissions storage quotas and data access controls
• Monitor server performance availability and capacity utilization

Infrastructure amp Hardware

• Oversee HPE Synergy infrastructure including firmware updates server profile configuration compute storage resource allocation and proactive hardware monitoring
• Coordinate with vendors for hardware lifecycle management and support escalations

Operations amp Governance

• Monitor system health logs and alerts proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues
• Maintain documentation standard operating procedures SOPs system diagrams and configuration baselines
• Ensure adherence to security standards compliance requirements and IT best practices

Required Skills amp Qualifications

• Hands on experience with Veeam and Commvault backup technologies
• Experience administering Citrix Virtual Apps environments
• Knowledge of enterprise server infrastructure preferably HPE Synergy and HPE Rack Mount Servers
• Strong troubleshooting analytical and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Active Directory administration and Windows Server platforms
• Hands on experience with Hyper V virtualization including clustering and high availability
• Proven experience managing Microsoft Exchange Server and archiving solutions
• Solid expertise with SCCM Ivanti Security Controls and endpoint management
• Hands on experience with Veeam and Commvault backup technologies.
• Experience administering Citrix Virtual Apps environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise server infrastructure, preferably HPE Synergy and HPE Rack Mount Servers.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.
• Strong expertise in Active Directory administration and Windows Server platforms.
• Hands on experience with Hyper V virtualization, including clustering and high availability.
• Proven experience managing Microsoft Exchange Server and archiving solutions.
• Solid expertise with SCCM, Ivanti Security Controls, and endpoint management.