Windows Systems Administrator - Night Shift

Spectrum IT Recruitment; Manchester; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international Software Business seeks a Windows Systems Administrator to enhance reliability and performance in a 24/7 production environment. This role involves managing Windows Server systems, supporting applications, and ensuring operational excellence, with opportunities to work remotely.

Qualifications

• Experience managing 90+ Windows Servers.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, AWS EC2, and VMware.
• Experience in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Windows Server environments.
• Participate in the On-Call rotation.
• Support multiple systems or applications.

Skills

Windows Server Administration

Active Directory

AWS EC2

VMware

SAN Storage

Production Environment Experience

Linux

Microsoft Certification

VMware Certification

AWS Certification

Education

Microsoft Certified

VMware Certified

AWS Certified

Job description

Windows Systems Administrator

Windows Server, Active Directory, AWS EC2, VMware
45,000 - 60,000
Night Shift (10pm - 6am) + On Call Rota (Fully remote)

Windows Systems Administrator required to join a leading international Software Business committed to delivering high-performance IT solutions. This is a large operation and will be working within a 24/7 production environment with 85% of your time being Windows Server and 15% VMware.
As a Windows Systems Administrator you will maintain and contribute to the ongoing reliability, performance and support of the infrastructure. This includes monitoring the operating environments, responding to incidents, problems and helping other teams as necessary.
These roles have been created by team expansion and new client wins.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain Windows Server environments
• Be part of a 24/7 production environment of around 30 engineers in this team
• Support multiple systems or applications of medium to high complexity
• Manage Mail, DNS, FTP, IIS and Application environments
• Participate in the On-Call rotation
• Work with cabling, racking and other tasks in Physical Data Centres
• Communicate events to stakeholders, teams and leadership

Skills Required:

• Windows Server Administration Experience (90 / 100+ Servers)
• Active Directory
• AWS EC2
• VMware
• SAN Storage
• Production Environment Experience
• Linux
• Microsoft Certified, VMware Certified or AWS Certified would be desirable

If you have the relevant skills for this role and are ready for the challenge, then please send your CV to (url removed)

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.