System & Network Manager

Job description / Role

System Manager
AED 22,000 – 25,000
Dubai, UAE

Our client is one of the region's largest, most progressive, multi-cultural law firm and they are looking for offer a fantastic career opportunity as a System and Network Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and provision user accounts in Active Directory Infrastructure
• Ensure healthy DNS Server - DNS health check, removing stale DNS records and DNS replication among the member DNS Servers in the AD Domain
• Resolve any issues and ensuring healthy Active Directory Replication
• Provision new Domain Controllers in the Active Directory as and when required
• Create and maintain Change Requests (CR) as and when required for performing any changes to the Server Infrastructure
• Create plan of action for any major task - including Server provisioning, Installing new server roles and any other LOB applications
• Perform preliminary market studies in the event of hardware procurement and providing valid points to support the need for capacity expansion
• Maintain updated document on the Server Infrastructure
• Manage the Storage Infrastructure and maintaining proper documentation of the Storage Infrastructure
• Ensure that the regular maintenance of Server and storage infrastructure is performed on frequent intervals
• Maintain the Backup Infrastructure - Check the status of scheduled backups, configuring and reviewing the backup jobs, media handling, movement and management
• Ensure that the Data center and data rooms are managed properly
• Maintain the Server infrastructure clean from virus threats and ensure that all the servers are updated with the latest virus definitions available
• Handling and removal of virus infected servers
• Maintain the virtual infrastructure including creation, management & provisioning of the virtual machines using Hyper-V
• Ensure that the Virtual Infrastructure is managed by following the best practices as recommended
• Ensure SAN storage capacity is in place, and manage storage per application requirement.
• Create and provision mailbox for the users, ensure that the mailbox for the users are created in the respective mailbox databases
• Resolve and ensure healthy replication of the mailbox databases
• Problem identification and resolution of the Server environment
• Provide inputs to server sizing and capacity management
• Ensure that the firewall is up to date and running health check periodically
• Ensure that the fiber switches is up to date and running health check periodically

Requirements

Criteria:

• 4-6 years of experience in managing Windows Server environment
• Experience working in an enterprise server environment
• Sound knowledge and experience in managing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory
• Expertise on SAN architecture and manage link drives, partition and allocate space
• Expertise on fiber switches architecture
• Expertise in managing Backup, Antivirus Servers, DNS and DHCP
• Expertise on Virtualization technologies like Hyper V and Citrix
• Expertise on network and security technologies is preferred
• Expertise on routers, switches VPN, internet lease lines and MPLS
• Expertise on firewall and maintain / update existing cisco systems

Unfortunately due to the high volume of candidate applications only the successful candidates will be contacted.

About the Company

Connect Executive Search Middle East is a full service selection and placement agency that is focused on supplying the best pool of talent to the Middle East. Offering an unrivalled level of service, our aim is to connect organisations with leading professionals through our team’s sector specific knowledge and in-depth understanding of the Middle East market.

We cover multiple sectors as following:

• Emiratisation & Government • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Legal & Business Support • OIL, Gas & Energy • Industrial and Engineering

At Connect Executive Search Middle East, finding employees the work they are best suited for, and by finding employers those candidates who are the right fit within their organization, we provide value to society as a whole. By finding the right balance between the needs of the employer and the changing wishes of employees, we will bring supply and demand closer together. It is our mission to inspire individuals and organisations to work more effectively and efficiently, and create greater choice in the domain of work, for the benefit of all concerned.