System Administrator / System Engineer
IRIS Corporation Berhad
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Job summary
IRIS Corporation Berhad in Malaysia is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Administrator to manage and optimize our Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, storage, and network infrastructure. You will implement, configure, and maintain enterprise systems, ensuring high availability and security across the data center.
The role requires 4+ years in system administration, strong knowledge of VMware vSphere/ESXi and Hyper-V, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, and storage technologies.
Qualifications
- Diploma/Higher Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in System Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, or System Engineering within an enterprise environment.
- Strong experience in administering Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or other virtualization platforms.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN, VPN, routing, switching, and firewall concepts.
- Strong experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Services, and Identity Management.
- Experience with enterprise storage technologies such as SAN, NAS, RAID, storage replication, and backup solutions.
- Strong knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability.
- Practical experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Shell scripting for automation and system administration.
- Experience in OS hardening, patch management, vulnerability remediation, and infrastructure security.
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring and logging tools for performance monitoring, capacity planning, and proactive incident detection.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis.
- Good communication, documentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
- Willing to travel overseas and provide on-site support when required.
Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, and support Windows and Linux servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and network infrastructure.
- Manage and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V, or equivalent virtualization platforms.
- Administer Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, certificate services, and identity management.
- Monitor system health, infrastructure performance, storage utilization, network availability, and application services using enterprise monitoring and logging tools.
- Perform server and infrastructure installation, configuration, upgrades, migration, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Plan and maintain backup, restore, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability solutions, including regular recovery testing.
- Perform OS patching, firmware upgrades, security updates, system hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues involving operating systems, virtualization, storage, networking, and applications, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Support infrastructure deployment, migration, upgrades, cloud integration, and technology refresh projects.
- Work closely with Project Managers, Software Development, Application Support, Database, QA teams, vendors, and customers to support project implementation and production operations.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including SOPs, installation guides, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and disaster recovery documentation.
- Ensure infrastructure complies with IT governance, security policies, change management processes, audit requirements, and operational standards.
- Evaluate new technologies and recommend improvements to enhance performance, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Provide Level 2/Level 3 technical support and participate in on-call or standby support when required.
- Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to junior team members.
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Job description
Administer, maintain, and support Windows and Linux servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and network infrastructure.
Manage and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V, or equivalent virtualization platforms.
Administer Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, certificate services, and identity management.
Monitor system health, infrastructure performance, storage utilization, network availability, and application services using enterprise monitoring and logging tools.
Perform server and infrastructure installation, configuration, upgrades, migration, maintenance, and decommissioning.
Plan and maintain backup, restore, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability solutions, including regular recovery testing.
Perform OS patching, firmware upgrades, security updates, system hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues involving operating systems, virtualization, storage, networking, and applications, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Support infrastructure deployment, migration, upgrades, cloud integration, and technology refresh projects.
Work closely with Project Managers, Software Development, Application Support, Database, QA teams, vendors, and customers to support project implementation and production operations.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, including SOPs, installation guides, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and disaster recovery documentation.
Ensure infrastructure complies with IT governance, security policies, change management processes, audit requirements, and operational standards.
Evaluate new technologies and recommend improvements to enhance performance, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Provide Level 2/Level 3 technical support and participate in on-call or standby support when required.
Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to junior team members.
Diploma/Higher Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in System Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, or System Engineering within an enterprise environment.
Strong experience in administering Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or other virtualization platforms.
Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN, VPN, routing, switching, and firewall concepts.
Strong experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Services, and Identity Management.
Experience with enterprise storage technologies such as SAN, NAS, RAID, storage replication, and backup solutions.
Strong knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability.
Practical experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Shell scripting for automation and system administration.
Experience in OS hardening, patch management, vulnerability remediation, and infrastructure security.
Experience with infrastructure monitoring and logging tools for performance monitoring, capacity planning, and proactive incident detection.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis.
Good communication, documentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
Willing to travel overseas and provide on-site support when required.
Experience administering IIS, Apache, or Nginx web servers.
Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or other database platforms from a system administration perspective.
Experience with Microsoft Azure or AWS cloud technologies.
Experience in enterprise infrastructure security, high availability, and large-scale infrastructure environments.
Windows Server | Linux | VMware | Hyper-V | Active Directory | Group Policy | DNS | DHCP | PowerShell | Bash | SAN/NAS | Backup & Disaster Recovery | Networking | Infrastructure Security | Azure | AWS | Monitoring | Root Cause Analysis | Incident Management | Change Management
Consumer Electronics Manufacturing 101-1,000 employees
Founded in 1994, IRIS Corporation Berhad (ACE Market: IRIS) is an MSC-status technology innovator and leading provider of Trusted Identification (ID) products and solutions. Backed by a team committed to delivering innovation, we designed the world’s first ePassport for the Government of Malaysia in March 1998. We went on to upgrade and improve the ePassport by creating the IRIS eGate which automatically authenticates ePassport.
With 27 years of experience and expertise, IRIS is now a dedicated end-to-end global integrated solutions provider for eID, ePassport, eVisa, Automated Border Control (ABC), smart cards, smart devices and other Trusted ID solutions that are highly reliable, secure and holistic.
Over the years, we have expanded our global footprint to 34 countries and we will continually strive to increase our international presence for diverse markets and customers. Every day, our experienced, agile and adaptive team delivers viable, secure and comprehensive solutions to suit the needs of our customers around the world while being grounded by our core values of collaboration, integrity, innovation, trust and accountability.
Qualified with multiple global ISO accreditations and honoured with numerous awards, IRIS innovates continuously by leveraging existing, disparate technologies and integrating them with new ideas to bring to life new solutions that will change the world for the better while promoting Malaysian innovations globally.
This is what IRIS is about. Changing the way we do things for a sustainable and brighter tomorrow.
Founded in 1994, IRIS Corporation Berhad (ACE Market: IRIS) is an MSC-status technology innovator and leading provider of Trusted Identification (ID) products and solutions. Backed by a team committed to delivering innovation, we designed the world’s first ePassport for the Government of Malaysia in March 1998. We went on to upgrade and improve the ePassport by creating the IRIS eGate which automatically authenticates ePassport.
With 27 years of experience and expertise, IRIS is now a dedicated end-to-end global integrated solutions provider for eID, ePassport, eVisa, Automated Border Control (ABC), smart cards, smart devices and other Trusted ID solutions that are highly reliable, secure and holistic.
Over the years, we have expanded our global footprint to 34 countries and we will continually strive to increase our international presence for diverse markets and customers. Every day, our experienced, agile and adaptive team delivers viable, secure and comprehensive solutions to suit the needs of our customers around the world while being grounded by our core values of collaboration, integrity, innovation, trust and accountability.
Qualified with multiple global ISO accreditations and honoured with numerous awards, IRIS innovates continuously by leveraging existing, disparate technologies and integrating them with new ideas to bring to life new solutions that will change the world for the better while promoting Malaysian innovations globally.
This is what IRIS is about. Changing the way we do things for a sustainable and brighter tomorrow.
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