Senior System Engineer

About the role

NAKILAT is looking for a Senior System Engineer to maintain and improve its IT infrastructure, including email, Active Directory, server farms and client security, while working on several projects at once under the guidance of the team lead.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the email infrastructure for NAKILAT and its joint ventures, and administer and monitor the Active Directory infrastructure.
• Manage server farm and client security through regular patching and updates, and ensure servers and services are backed up as required by the SAP team.
• Handle printing services, server and auto-mount configuration, disk group and volume setup, package and patch installation, and system security.
• Manage server access and account maintenance, including additions, changes and removals.
• Use industry-standard monitoring and configuration tools, create and deploy software packages, and research new technologies and recommend hardware and software purchases.
• Install, test and apply software updates and patches, and meet with executives and users to plan priorities and development.
• Protect confidential information, review server logs and activity, maintain data integrity on the file server and perform recoveries when needed.
• Troubleshoot problems, involving outside vendors and external support when necessary.
• Follow SHEQ policies and implement approved policies and procedures; carry out other duties directed by the Systems Engineers Team Lead.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 6 years of experience, of which at least 3 years in a similar position, preferably in a similar industry.
• MCSE Server Infrastructure, MCSE Messaging, MCSA Office 365, and Microsoft 365 Teamwork Administrator Associate certificates are mandatory.
• Preferred: Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate, Azure Infrastructure, Veeam Backup Administrator, Hyper-V, private cloud, SQL Server, SharePoint, ITIL/PMP and CEH certificates.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of System Center (SCOM and SCCM).
• File print, AD, DNS, NS, SMTP, Symantec Enterprise Vault, Hyper-V, Symantec Bright Mail and MS Cluster server administration.
• Microsoft development frameworks, Azure.NET and Office 365.
• Exposure to HP SAN and NetApp NAS.