Microsoft Administrator

Cygilant

Cygilant

Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Posted on Dec 11, 2023

Job Summary:

The Microsoft Systems Administrator plays a key role in the design, build, and ongoing support of our hosted and managed environments. The role requires a diverse understanding for Microsoft Windows and Active Directory.

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Perform OS and application installations and upgrades to Windows systems; and maintain them in accordance with established policies, procedures, and service level agreements.
  • Monitor and tune Windows systems to achieve optimum uptime and performance.
  • Provide capacity planning for all Windows and Microsoft systems to allow proper expansion and growth
  • Support servers in a 24x7 environment.
  • Plan and schedule server outages to perform hardware and software upgrades within a given window.
  • Ability to quickly solve technical problems to minimize customer downtime
  • Udnerstand monitoring systems such as Systems Center Operations Manager
  • Understand and manage Microsoft, and other third party applications, such as Exchange, SharePoint, Hyper-V, Defender, Ivanti.
  • Design and build Active Directory environments

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • 5+ years experience in Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016/2019
  • Extensive knowledge of exchange migration.
  • Experience with large Exchange and/or Active Directory multi-tenant deployments
  • Advanced Scripting/Powershell experience
  • Ability to troubleshoot in complex environments and quickly identify root cause

Education and Experience:

  • Microsoft certifications, including MSCE, etc.
  • Previous experience with BES and/or Mobile Device Management solutions
  • Previous experience with SQL
  • Experience with Active Directory design and implementation
  • Excellent written & verbal skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Good problem solving skills
  • College degree or 5+ years’ experience in complex IT environments