Systems Administrator

Objectives of this role
• Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware
• Take responsibility for projects and solutions within the larger business initiative
• Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in the global marketplace
• Enable faster and smarter business processes, and develop analytics for meaningful insights
• Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements
Responsibilities
• Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly
• Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed
• Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments
• Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed
• Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups

Salary:
AED 900 to 12,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

Required skills and qualifications
• Proven success in an IT role
• Experience with operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, systems performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
• Experience in cloud computing (specifically Microsoft Azure)
• Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms
• Expertise in analyzing and repairing large-scale distributed systems; creating volumes and assigning them to servers; and remote replication
• Administrating the cloud system through patches, permissions and service deployments
• Monitoring and analyzing network performance to match on-demand requests
• Defining and implementing policies for cloud-based systems
• Establishing connections to and from various cloud network types and managing firewalls
• Clearly communicating with IT and non-IT professionals to ensure effective use of all services
• End to end Management of Microsoft office 365 and SharePoint
• Certifications in related fields will be preferred

About the Company

The history of Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group is an enchanting tale that spans over 40 years. This pioneer in Arabian perfumes was founded in the year 1974 by Mr. Hussein Adam Ali, a visionary young man from Yemen with a wealth of knowledge and a deep passion for perfumery.

Over the following years, Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group grew from strength to strength. The company was enriched by its association with Givaudan SA, one of the world’s largest and most respected manufacturers of exclusive perfume ingredients. Today, we operate five modern manufacturing facilities spread across an area of 165,000 sq. ft., producing more than 35 million perfumes annually and exporting to over 80 countries.