Senior Systems Manager

ARCHANA PROVISION STORES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCHANA PROVISION STORES PTE. LTD. seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to lead a team and oversee the design, planning, and maintenance of complex IT infrastructures.

You will manage servers, networks, virtualization, security, and backups, ensuring high performance and availability across systems. The role involves implementing and monitoring infrastructure, coordinating with executives to align technology with business goals, and maintaining documentation for all IT assets.

Qualifications

• Senior Systems Administrator with leadership experience.
• Experience designing and maintaining server and network infrastructures.
• Familiar with virtualization, security, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Willingness to work weekends/public holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Configure internal systems and monitor performance.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Supervise the Operations team.
• Upgrade network infrastructure.
• Install servers, devices, and firewalls.
• Provide technical services and support for IT infrastructure.
• Maintain IBM Server and ensure uptime during business transactions.
• Update technical documentation.
• Back up SQL databases regularly.
• Manage LAN/WAN, routers, firewalls, and security.
• Ensure deployment of new applications.
• Document maintenance for all systems and network infra.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define business requirements and goals.
• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements.
• Perform cost-benefit analyses for proposed systems.
• Research software and systems to support purchasing decisions.
• Gauge effectiveness of existing systems and improve them.
• Ensure connectivity of all servers and applications.
• Ensure compatibility of in-house systems.
• Monitor and report system performance.

Skills

Systems administration

Network administration

VMware

Citrix

Microsoft technologies

Security

Backup & recovery

Team leadership

SLA & on-call

Tools

VMware

Citrix

Microsoft Server

Firewalls

Job description

As a Senior Systems administrator manage a team and responsible for designing, planning, IT software and hardware maintenance, and having the highest level of performance as an expert in the system administration for computers and their complex operating systems. Plan, implement, oversee and maintain server and network infrastructures and projects.

• Configure internal systems
• Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues
• Supervise the Operations team
• Upgrade the network infrastructure
• Install servers, devices, and firewalls
• Provide technical services and support for the company IT infrastructure
• Maintain IBM Server and upkeep the server accessible during business transactions
• Monitor the performance of servers, software, and hardware
• Ensure the smooth deployment of new applications
• Update technical documentation
• Back up the server SQL database at regular intervals.
• Network-level: LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, and security
• Maintain internal systems, cloud, and network infrastructure.
• Virtualization technologies: VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft
• Remote access solution support: VPN, Terminal Services, and Citrix
• Remote monitoring and management of system alerts and notifications
• Work escalated support issues related to Microsoft's core business solutions, WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, security, and remote access solutions.
• Perform network assessments and security audits
• Work with Sales Team to Engineer projects, identify new products and solutions, and research solutions for issues.
• Document maintenance for all computer systems and network infrastructure
• Work with executive team members, decision-makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, groupware, and other applications.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
• Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
• Provide orientation and training to end-users for all modified and new systems.
• Must be able to work on both Saturday, Sunday, and Public holidays, off days, will be on weekdays only.