Senior Systems Administrator

AImagineers; Manila; Teletrabalho; PHP 837 000 - 949 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

HMO from day one

13th-month pay

Connectivity & power allowance

Company MacBook & licenses

Resumo da oferta

AImagineers Managed IT seeks an experienced IT administrator to own a client’s Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, and Exchange Online environment. You will be supported by a team, including a lead engineer and backups, while delivering security baselines and day‑to‑day IT operations in an offshore, fully remote setup.

You'll manage patches, backups, and network essentials for a single client with Australian hours, including growth through certifications and planned career progression.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of systems administration experience, including work for foreign clients.
• Strong Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Exchange Online administration.
• Hybrid Active Directory experience.
• Networking fundamentals: firewalls, VPN, DNS and DHCP.

Responsabilidades

• Run the client’s Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Exchange Online environment.
• Apply and maintain the AImagineers security baseline: MFA everywhere, Conditional Access, least privilege and device compliance.
• Manage patching, endpoint health and backups, and test that restores actually work.
• Look after the client’s network: firewall, VPN, DNS, Wi‑Fi and internet providers.
• Handle joiners, movers and leavers, so new staff are ready on their first day.
• Deliver the first‑week health check and the 30‑day quick wins for new clients.

Conhecimentos

Microsoft 365 administration

Entra ID administration

Intune administration

Exchange Online administration

PowerShell

Strong written English

Hybrid Active Directory

Networking basics

Ferramentas

Veeam

Datto

Acronis

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Be the entire IT department for one business, with a whole team behind you.

This is the anchor seat of our business. You become the IT department for one Australian or New Zealand company. The owner knows your name. The staff call you first. Identity, devices, email, security, backups, network and vendors: all yours, end to end.

And you are never on your own. A Lead Engineer takes your escalations, a backup engineer covers your leave, and specialists in cloud, security and AI join the moment the work needs them. You get the ownership of an in-house role and the backing of a full team.

You work Australian business hours: about 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM Manila time, or 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM when Australia is not on daylight saving. That is a day shift in Manila. New Zealand seats start around 4:00 AM and earn night differential for the hours before 6:00 AM.

You are an AImagineers employee, never a contractor on loan. AImagineers directs and supports your work, sets the standard and stands behind you. The client tells us what they need, and we agree together how it is done well.

Pay

Monthly compensation package: PHP 75,000 to 85,000. Placement within the range is based on our technical assessment.

Why people join us

• A day shift, for real. Australian hours run from about 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Manila. Most offshore IT jobs for Australia and the US run all night. Ours finish in time for dinner.
• Your own client, and a whole team behind you. One business to master, whose owner knows your name. Behind you stand a Lead Engineer, a backup engineer who covers your leave, and specialists in cloud, security and AI. Staffing agencies hand you a client and nothing else. We hand you a team.
• AI-equipped from day one. A company MacBook, Claude, and Syncro with AI tooling built in. You learn the way the best IT teams will work for the next ten years, and you get paid while you learn it.
• A tour of duty, with a promotion in sight. You agree an 18‑month plan with us: the outcome you own, the certification you will earn, and the role you move to next. At month 12 we sit down together and plan your next tour.
• Their win is your win. When your client renews, you get a bonus. Good work is noticed and paid for here.
• Strong pay, always on time. We aim to pay in the top quarter of the Philippine market for every role. Payroll is never late. We fund your certifications, and we pay tenure bonuses at 12 and 24 months.

What you will do

• Run the client’s Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Exchange Online environment
• Apply and maintain the AImagineers security baseline: MFA everywhere, Conditional Access, least privilege and device compliance
• Manage patching, endpoint health and backups, and test that restores actually work
• Look after the client’s network: firewall, VPN, DNS, Wi‑Fi and internet providers
• Handle joiners, movers and leavers, so new staff are ready on their first day
• Deliver the first‑week health check and the 30‑day quick wins for new clients
• Manage the client’s IT vendors and licences, and coordinate on‑site partners when hands are needed
• Keep the client’s runbooks complete, so the backup engineer could run the account tomorrowAutomate repeat work with PowerShell, Syncro scripting and Claude
• Raise risks and improvement ideas before the client has to ask

Core requirements

• 5+ years of systems administration, including work for foreign clients
• Strong Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Exchange Online administration
• Hybrid Active Directory experience
• Networking fundamentals: firewalls, VPN, DNS and DHCP
• Experience with at least one backup platform, such as Veeam, Datto or Acronis
• PowerShell for day‑to‑day administration
• Clear written English: you can write a runbook another engineer can follow without asking you
• Two separate internet connections at home, power backup for at least 2 hours, and a quiet private workspace

Strong signals we look for

• You have been the main IT person for a business and kept it running
• You know SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and why they matter for invoice fraud
• You document as you go, not after the fact
• You say "I don't know yet, I will find out" instead of guessing

Good to have

• MS-102, AZ-104 or MD-102 certification
• Familiarity with the Australian Essential Eight
• Experience with an RMM or PSA tool such as Syncro, NinjaOne, ConnectWise or Datto

Pay and benefits

• A bonus each time your client renews
• A backup engineer covers your leave, so you can switch off when you are away
• 13th-month pay, plus SSS, PhilHealth and Pag‑IBIG
• HMO from your first day, extended to one dependent from your second year
• A monthly connectivity and power allowance
• Company MacBook, Claude and every licence the job needs
• Tenure bonuses at 12 and 24 months
• 15 days vacation leave and 15 days sick leave a year from regularisation

Growth

• Funded certifications: MS-102 and AZ-104 in your first year
• An 18‑month development plan with a named next step: Pod Lead, Cloud and AI Engineer, Security Engineer or Lead Engineer

About us

AImagineers Managed IT runs the IT of growing businesses in Australia and New Zealand, most with 20 to 150 staff. Each client has a named engineer who knows the business and works its hours.

A team stands behind every engineer: a Lead Engineer for escalations, a backup engineer for leave, specialists in cloud, security and AI, and a service coordinator. All of it is delivered from the Philippines, fully remote.

AImagineers Managed IT is part of AImagineers Software Philippines OPC, an AI engineering studio based in BGC, Taguig.

How we hire

We aim to decide within about 10 days.

• Screen (days 0–3): CV review, a 15‑minute call and a short written English sample.
• Practical (days 3–5): a 90‑minute lab in a test tenant. You fix a broken Intune policy and set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
• Panel (days 5–6): with the Lead Engineer. You write the runbook for what you fixed, and we role‑play a client conversation.
• Client meeting (days 8–10): shortlisted candidates meet the client. It is a conversation about fit, not a technical exam. AImagineers makes the final decision.
• Offer (around day 10), then a background check and a home‑setup check.