System Administrator Full Time

Transguard Group was established in 2001 and has diversified significantly. We lead in the fields of Cash Services, Security Services, Manpower Services, Facilities Management & Aviation. Transguard Group is the UAE’s most trusted business support and outsourcing provider and has a large, dynamic and culturally diverse workforce with 50,000 employees!

We are currently recruiting for a System Administrator – ICT Infrastructure to join our team at Transguard Group.

Scope:

The System Administrator role requires the holder to analyze, troubleshoot and maintain the corporate ICT Server Infrastructure. This includes cloud-based computing platforms and on-premises.
The individual must participate in technical research to enable continuity innovation within the infrastructure and projects. The System Administrator will be accountable for the following domains:
physical and virtual servers, storage, backup, and emails.

Responsibilities:

• Design and propose a three year business oriented strategic roadmap for infrastructure that will encompass human resources, Cloud and mobile solutions, security and disaster recovery, and new technologies
• Lead and expand the knowledge and value of a team of Systems Administrators
• Manage critical vendors and approve SLAs
• Ensure operations and services by ensuring SOPs and documents are fit for purpose and practical
• Give TG business a competitive advantage by moving solutions to mobile applications
• Help TG leverage the business functions of Microsoft lync server, and SharePoint on the Cloud
• Hands on experience in managing and optimizing MS Office 365 Hybrid deployment
• Ensure TG operates the best enterprise mobile management solutions (BES and Air Watch)
• Find creative solutions using Microsoft Azure to reduce costs and operational risks
• Safeguard business operations by deploying high availability and redundancy at primary and DR sites, thereby being integral to the organizations business continuity plan
• Assist in evaluating and implementing DR sites and Business continuity plans
• Be a driving force behind security, resulting in the best blend of security and functionality
• Take full ownership of the latest full HP converged infrastructure and Matrix Cloud Solution
• Make Transguard a leader in the use of Hybrid Virtual environment, using Vmware and Hyper V
• Design and implement the latest VDI solutions using Citrix and Microsoft Technologies
• Advise on capacity planning and optimal resource utilization using dashboard and benchmarks
• Create and rollout a long term optimal backup strategy and design for the latest HP D2D backup system, HP MSL tape library and HP Data Protector
• Familiarizing with and adhering to the information security policies and procedures along with the policies and procedures applicable to their area of responsibility
• Protection of the issued equipments (e.g. laptops, mobile devices, etc.) against unauthorised access and damage
• Responsible for clearing the desk from all the sensitive material and logging off or locking workstations at the end of the day and when leaving their desk
• Shall report security incidents, suspected weaknesses in the security system, software malfunctions and/or failures to the information security team as soon as possible.

Experience:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience, including 2 years in a similar position

Technical skills:

• IT Infrastructure, Platforms and Devices
• Troubleshooting, Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis
• Technical Documentation and Drawings
• Advanced Office Application skills.