Jobs in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Serves as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems. In large companies, this requires understanding a global or multi-office network infrastructure.

Helps develop, document, communicate, and enforce a network technology policy.

Is responsible for the installation and configuration of new software and hardware, including the server network, devices and firewalls.

Is responsible for monitoring system performance, IT system operations and storage utilization.

Plans ahead for necessary hardware or software upgrades to support system growth.

Manages user accounts and assets, and assigns and updates security permissions on the network according to security policy.

Provides support with escalated help desk requests.

Leads a team of systems administrators, coordinates with different departments.

Mentors team members and educates users.

Architecture and maintenance of network storage, virtualized and non-virtualized server environments, and all WAN/LAN networking segments

Building and configuring Windows and Linux Servers for Development, Corporate, and Production datacenter environments, leveraging automation tools for deployments and system consistency

Developing and operating various tools to monitor Network, Server, and Storage health and performance

Contributing to the capacity, scalability, and budget planning

Performing maintenance and upgrades during off-hours and provide 24 X 7 on-call support

Assist in root cause analysis of production issues and provide report which includes recommendations for identifying future issues more quickly preventing future failures entirely, whether through process or technology improvements

Resolve system emergencies with significant impact on the integrity of user data and systems

Establish software/hardware standards and systems policies and procedures

Conceptualize and implement systems within broad technical or structural frameworks

Perform capacity planning for system configuration, software services, network services, load distribution, and service interrelationships among computer systems

Qualifications:

At least 3-5 years of experience working in the information technology sector.

Bachelors degree in the field of computer science, information science, information systems or related field.

Advanced knowledge of networking and distributed computing environment concepts, as well as a sound understanding of the principles of routing, firewalls, and client/server applications. Also have experience with troubleshooting and issue resolution principles, methodologies and techniques.

Good knowledge of applicable laws and data privacy policies.

Requires team management and problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, strong organization skills, and initiative.

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: MCSE, II, IAT, MCTS, MCSA, VCP, ITIL, MCITP, MCP, CE

Network Infrastructure Permissions Scalability Routing System Administration Analysis Firewalls Load ITIL ROOT Information Systems Operating Systems Storage Team Management Servers Architecture Automation Infrastructure Networking Troubleshooting Information Technology Computer Science Security Linux Windows Administration Software Maintenance Planning Science Management