Wintel Server Engineer

Location:
Dublin 1, Ireland (Onsite and Hybrid, initially onsite and then option for hybrid on agreement)
Contract / Permanent:
12 Months (with option to extend twice, up to 24 additional months)
Start date:
To be confirmed (Q4 2025)
Overview
The Client is seeking a Wintel Server Engineer / Administrator (Senior) with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
The role of the resource in the IT Systems Administration & Infrastructure Support Team is to actively contribute to the effective delivery of the agreed outputs of the Team, including but not limited to the areas below.
Liaising and interacting as necessary to troubleshoot problems as they arise.
Pro-actively seeking to identify root causes for recurring support issues.
Minimum Requirements (Pass/Fail)
· Minimum 7+ years' professional experience in Wintel server/system administration.
· Relevant industry certifications are a must, Microsoft 365 certification, Azure Certification, VMware certification, Veeam certification.
· Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent in a related field and/or proven experience in the administration field.
· Fluent in English.
Responsibilities
Support the design and troubleshooting of Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP and other Windows core services.
Knowledge of SCCM and understanding of deploying and managing devices in an enterprise network.
The candidate will work closely with network, application, and middleware teams to support Windows based product installations, customizations, and deployments.
Virtual Environment Administration and Management (VMware administration) include creation, configuration and resource allocation management.
Physical Server and SAN Storage Monitoring and Management (DELL).
Experience in managing Veeam Backup & Recovery Suite.
Coordinates capacity planning and analyse information concerning job-processing time, hardware/software utilization, CPU/Memory loads, and system tuning.
Assist the SharePoint Administrators and Network Administrators in developing and implementing plans for new enterprise applications.
Assist our Microsoft 365 team as we continue to move from on-prem solutions to cloud.
Assist our Citrix Administrator in maintaining a large on-prem farm.
Analysing system, server, application, network, and input/output device performance.
Providing guidance to junior members of the team.
Familiarity with scripting technologies such as PowerShell is required.
Provide necessary instruction and documentation for change requests.
Participate in Business Continuity Planning and Exercises as needed.
Requirements
The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role.
Job Requirements.
Strong experience with Windows server system administration.
Strong experience with system management tools, logical file systems, and client/server environments.
Experience administering Active Directory, Group Policies, DNS, DHCP, File Servers and IIS.
Experience in the following areas: Patch Management, Anti-Virus, Clustering, OS upgrades, Computer Security and System Monitoring.
Experience implementing, maintaining and administering SCCM.
Experience upgrading server operating systems, imaging, configuration management, security certificate installs and renewals.
Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining computer hardware in a networked environment (VMware and Dell).
Experience building, configuring, and managing Microsoft Windows servers in multi-tenant enterprise environments.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex incidents in order to proactively prevent business impacts and disruptions.
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