Senior Microsoft Exchange & AD Systems Engineer

Samsung SDS; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-notch medical, dental, vision and

Parental leave

401K match and savings plan

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Time off

Additional benefits

Job summary

Samsung SDS America, the North American arm of Samsung SDS, seeks a Senior Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise messaging and directory services. You will manage Exchange environments, DAGs, mail flow, AD DNS, Group Policy, and backup solutions in a 24/7 on-call environment.

The role requires deep Windows Server, PowerShell, and archiving tooling expertise, with a focus on security, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years’ experience as a Windows system administrator and Active Directory/Exchange engineer.
• Experience in Planning, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory environments.
• Experience with Email Archiving Systems, Barracuda Email Archiver, Enterprise Vault, Exchange Native Archiving.
• Ability to configure, troubleshoot, and manage Enterprise Vault Email Archiving Solutions.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot at an advanced and high level of end-to-end MS Exchange environments.
• Experience with Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, and Windows desktops.
• Ability to use and implement monitoring tools, patch tools, and application management tools.
• Ability to recommend upgrades, refreshes, and improvements to system infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of networking especially in relation to MS Exchange.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL Change Management Process.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, document, test, troubleshoot and deploy IT system solutions related to Exchange (Exchange 2013/2016/2019/SE)
• Design and configure MS Exchange infrastructure to maintain a stable, secure and highly available Exchange email environment.
• Maintain, monitor, and configure DAG Databases, Replication, Backup & Restore, Free/Busy, Address Book Policies, Mail Flow, Exchange Certificate.
• Maintain and update Active Directory DNS.
• Deploy, and manage Microsoft Active Directory forests, Domains, and Active Directory Certificate Services.
• Configure and maintain Group Policies.
• Troubleshoot Active Directory replication issues and logon issues.
• Maintain and support Email archives for end users and compliance.
• Provide tier 3 end user support.
• Work with business clients to evaluate, streamline, and improve current systems, processes, and workflow.
• Maintain and develop documentation.
• Own processes related to, and supporting, Email Archiving & Patch Management.
• Recommend, design, and plan upgrades and system improvements.
• Participate in on call rotation providing 24x7 uptime & support.

Skills

PowerShell scripting

Exchange/AD expertise

Networking knowledge

ITIL Change Management

Tools

VMware vCenter/ESXi

Email Archiving Systems

Monitoring tools

Job description

Samsung SDS America, the North American arm of Samsung SDS, seeks a Senior Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise messaging and directory services. You will manage Exchange environments, DAGs, mail flow, AD DNS, Group Policy, and backup solutions in a 24/7 on-call environment.

The role requires deep Windows Server, PowerShell, and archiving tooling expertise, with a focus on security, reliability, and performance.