Senior System Administrator

Cloud Bridge Tech Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 17.9%

35 days holiday

Bank holidays

Fully funded study options

Job summary

Cloud Bridge Tech Recruitment is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator in South West London for a hybrid role. You will manage Windows/AD, VMware, and storage as part of the Technical Platforms team, ensuring secure and reliable data centre operations.

The role includes on-call duties, upgrades, and cross-team collaboration, with a strong focus on patching, hardening, and proactive monitoring. A competitive package is on offer with generous holidays and pension options.

Qualifications

• Strong Windows Server and AD
• Hands-on VMware
• SAN/storage and enterprise backup experience
• Monitoring tools such as SolarWinds or Nagios

Responsibilities

• Server management and provisioning, physical and virtual
• Manage Windows Server and Active Directory including domain controllers
• VMware admin (vCenter, vSphere, HA/DRS)
• SAN storage, backup and data centre ops
• Collaborate with teams on upgrades and new systems
• Monitoring, patching and server hardening
• Out-of-hours on-call rota

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

VMware

SAN/storage & backup

Tools

VMware

SolarWinds

Nagios

Job description

Senior Systems Administrator (Windows / VMware)

South West London, hybrid

Up to £60,000 + 17.9% employer pension + 35 days holiday + bank holidays!

I'm working with a large public sector organisation in South West London on a Senior Server and Storage Specialist hire for their Technical Platforms team.

What you'll be doing

• Server management and provisioning, physical and virtual
• Windows Server and Active Directory, including domain controllers
• VMware admin (vCenter, vSphere, HA/DRS)
• SAN storage, backup and recovery, data centre ops
• Working with other teams across the organisation on upgrades and new systems
• Monitoring, patching and server hardening
• Out-of-hours on-call rota

What they need

• Strong Windows Server and AD
• Good hands-on VMware
• SAN/storage and enterprise backup experience
• Monitoring tools like SolarWinds or Nagios

Nice to have

• AWS or Ansible
• ITIL Foundation

Benefits + Pay

• Up to £60k
• 35 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Fully funded study options