System Administrator

About the role

Careers International is hiring a full-time System Administrator in Dubai within its IT Services sector. The role covers server and infrastructure maintenance, collaboration with development and testing teams, backup and disaster recovery, and support for system upgrades.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in implementing and deploying system hardware architecture, including servers and associated equipment, and help design scalable, efficient and secure infrastructure.
• Maintain existing servers daily, assess their health, apply patches and carry out proactive maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Work with developers and testers to set up environments, configure parameters and debug business processes, and monitor system performance.
• Organise regular server backups and ensure recovery processes are in place for disaster recovery.
• Research emerging technologies and propose technical solutions, and help develop operational and maintenance strategies.
• Contribute to automation solutions for server management and maintenance tasks.
• Support system integration and upgrades, and apply patches for systems such as Exchange, Active Directory and Jira.

Required profile

• Significant experience operating and maintaining servers in large and medium-sized enterprises.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot service failures and build new environments to meet business needs.
• Experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting Windows and Linux servers, with knowledge of network security.
• Knowledge of building, maintaining and upgrading systems such as Exchange, Active Directory and Jira.
• VMware vSphere familiarity for managing virtualised environments.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Azure, GCP and AWS for deployment, scaling and management.
• Scripting with Bash or Python for automation.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator or Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.