Systems Administrator

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Full Time Job summary

Post on: 02-06-2017

Salary: £35,000 to £40,000

About 1ST LOCATE UK LIMITED

Why not join one of Yorkshire's fastest growing companies. Many of our activities are focused around regaining contact with missing individuals on behalf of our clients. We are also information gatherers and publishers plus we operate an extensive customer service, account recovery and specialist call centre operations.

Have you got what it takes to fulfil a role in this diverse and interesting company?

We offer an exciting career across a variety of roles. We also operate an equal opportunities policy and many of our roles are suitable for persons wishing to retrain for an alternative career. If you possess good communication skills with a helpful manner, we can teach you the other skills required for a modern office employment environment. We will provide you with the opportunity to gain full PC literacy including spreadsheets, email, internet, IP telephony, word processing and other packages enabling you to either learn new skills or upgrade your existing to the modern workplace. As with our general recruitment policy, we positively encourage all applicants and offer comprehensive retraining for those moving from other professions.

We also positively welcome applications from all ages, so whether you are a school leaver embarking on your first career position or a mature person seeking a career change or retraining post an event such as redundancy or early retirement, we'd like to hear from you.

Job description

Systems Administrator - £35,000 to £40,000 + Car Package + Bonus Package

Due to the growth of the business an exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Systems Administrator to join our IT operations team in a fast paced technology driven organisation.

The systems administrator will ensure that a high level of service is provided to the business, supporting business critical servers and infrastructure. Work closely with other IT teams to continually maintain and improve overall IT performance, as well as actively being involved in the introduction of new technologies.

Working primarily in a Microsoft environment the successful candidate will leverage a wide range of skills and will be comfortable in investigating and troubleshooting issues. Researching new tools and suggesting new solutions. Provide software and telephony support to all internal staff either via a remote connection or at the user's desk and Provide 3^rd line / help desk support where required.

Responsibilities

Install and configure internal servers, network devices and firewalls.
Pro-actively manage and maintain server, network and firewall systems
Administer and support core Microsoft and virtual technologies
Develop and implement Disaster recovery and contingency plans
Design and implement monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions
Define and document best practices and support procedures
Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation
Interact with customers and staff at a technical level, as required.
Mentor / cross train team members on existing and new technologies
Managing desktop / server / software deployments / rollouts
Advanced knowledge of Windows Server (2008/2012) /Desktop OS (Windows 7/10)
Managing server virtualization technologies like VMWare/Microsoft HyperV/Virtual Server
Group Policy design and configuration
Microsoft IIS administration and configuration
Administration of Microsoft Exchange Severs
Active Directory/LDAP user and group administration
LAN Routing and Switching design, configuration and troubleshooting (VLANs, IP Subnetting, 802.1Q trunks)

Essential Skills

Demonstrable experience in IT support
A solid understanding of LAN/WAN networking
Ability to troubleshoot network issues including back bone infrastructure issues
An excellent knowledge of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010/2013
Able to migrate and manage mass users into current versions of all operating systems
Manage PC Security and monitoring QMS
A strong commercial background in user support
Strong communication and documentation skills
Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
Must be organised and have the ability to manage projects of varying length
Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently
Must be a team player

Desirable Skills

SIP and ISDN knowledge
Understanding of SQL
Various phone system configuration, management and support
Awareness of information security good practice. PCI-DSS compliance
Change Management Process
Call Centre environment knowledge

This is a great opportunity for a person to hit the ground running and have the opportunity to work with a wide range of technologies, so please send your CV to DarrenGuest@1stlocateleeds.co.uk for immediate consideration.

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