Ably Resources are currently recruiting for a Remote Senior Systems Engineer for one of our clients based in Scotland.

The successful applicant will be responsible for (but not limited to):

• Providing helpdesk services and support for customer systems and infrastructure up to 3rd level across a varied range of systems but mostly Microsoft based; in line with business requirements and to agreed SLA objectives

• Liaising with customer and 3rd party support and operations teams

• Monitoring and maintenance of customer infrastructures and security

• Providing application/ hardware configuration, deployment and technical project assistance and guidance for internal and customer projects

• Participation in on-call rota for out of hours support to internal and external customers

Applicant required technical attributes:

• MCSA certification – Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016 or equivalent MCP’s across multiple Microsoft Architectures

• In-depth understanding of Microsoft technology stack including Server, Exchange 2013 and up, Active Directory, DNS, IIS, Group Policy, Hyper-V

• In-depth understanding of Microsoft end user technology stack

• Experience of management/administration of VPN’s, firewalls, endpoint protection, anti-malware and email-security solutions

• In-depth understanding of LAN/WAN technologies including switch, firewall, router configurations and deployments

• PowerShell scripting (from an administrative/automation perspective)

• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/Backup Solutions

• Dev-Ops Experience

• Awareness of ITIL framework and methodologies

• Linux exposure or experience