IT Senior Systems Administrator - Middlesbrough

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Altrad are seeking an IT Senior Systems Administrator to join the Middlesbrough team. You will control, maintain and administer all company systems to a high level of accuracy, ensuring policies are followed and performance is reported to management.

You will manage Active Directory, Azure/Entra, Office 365 and a large fleet of servers, applying updates, security measures and providing support for business software owners. Excellent problem solving and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Systems Administrator role
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure/Entra
• Proven knowledge of Office 365
• Proficient with Windows Server up to 2025
• Experience with RDS/AVD and Active Directory
• Exchange SE experience.
• SCCM familiarity desired
• PowerShell scripting skills
• Networking knowledge: TCP/IP, VPN, firewall security

Responsibilities

• Manage Active Directory with GPOs, users, computers/servers
• Configure and support Office 365 and Azure/Entra services
• Oversee ~600+ servers across multiple domains and keep systems updated
• Support business software hosted on ICT servers
• Administer, upgrade and maintain back-end systems
• Follow change management to minimize downtime
• Monitor security across WAN and servers
• Manage RDS/Azure Farms and Remote Published Apps
• Assist capacity and availability planning
• Lead operational IT projects and collaborate with project teams
• Provide on-call 24x7x365 support
• Seek improvements with new technologies

Skills

Azure/Entra

Office 365

Windows Server

Windows 11

RDS/AVD

Active Directory

Exchange SE

PowerShell

Networking (TCP/IP, VPN, Firewall)

Tools

SCCM

Zabbix

Delinea Secret Server

SQL Server

ForcePoint Web Security

Linux (Red Hat/CentOS)

Nessus/Tenable

Job description

Altrad are currently looking for an IT Senior Systems Administrator to join the team based in Middlesbrough.

The successful candidate will control, maintain and administer all company systems to a high level of accuracy, ensure company procedures and policies are adhered to and report to management on performance of systems.

Key Deliverables

• Complete Active Directory Management, including but not limited to group policy, users, computers/servers, DHCP, DNS, PKI and security
• Microsoft Office 365 services configuration, management and support
• Microsoft Azure/Entra services configuration, management and support
• Management of approximately 600+ worldwide servers across multiple domains, and ensuring that the servers are maintained including MS critical/security updates, vendor software updates and remediation of monitored errors
• Provide support to business software owners running on managed ICT servers
• Responsible for administering, upgrading and maintaining all back-end systems
• Follow the change management processes to ensure all changes are logged and changes applied with no un-scheduled downtime.
• Responsible for administering, upgrading and maintaining all existing systems including Exchange, SCCM, SQL, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring security products are fully functioning and up-to-date across the WAN and all servers are protected
• To fully manage the RDS/Azure Farms and Remote Published Apps.
• To assist management team in capacity planning
• To assist management team in availability planning
• To manage and implement operational projects
• To liaise and cooperate with the projects team on business project implementations
• To ensure all servers are monitored and the expected server performance is delivered
• Use the call management system to track and action calls/changes within agreed SLAs
• To proactively look for improvements and investigate new technologies which could improve the service provided to the Altrad businesses
• 24x7x365 rota-based on-call server support
• To act as an escalation point for all ICT Teams for any technical issues they encounter and to endeavor to provide a solution and/or advice

Key Requirements / Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure/Entra is essential
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office 365 is essential
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft Windows Server up to 2025 is essential
• Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Windows 11 is essential
• Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft RDS/AVD is essential
• Good knowledge and experience of Active Directory/DNS/DHCP and other Microsoft domain technologies is essential
• Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Exchange SE is essential
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Zabbix monitoring platforms is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Delinea Secret Server/Platform is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft SQL Server is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of ForcePoint Web Security is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Linux (Red Hat/Cent OS) is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Windows Scripting (PowerShell) is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of General TCP/IP, routing, VPN's and Firewall networking is desirable
• Knowledge and experience of Tenable Nessus/Cloud is desirable
• Proven experience in a Systems Administrator role of at least 3 years
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills are essential
• Good time keeping and self-organisational skills are essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Resourcefulness and ability to work under pressure to ensure satisfactory outcomes