American University In the Emirates Hiring for System Administrator – Information Technology Department Job at Dubai Full Time

The American University in the Emirates is looking for a System Administrator in the Information Technology Department

Job purpose:

Responsible to provide support, technical direction and expertise of enterprise systems infrastructure, including planning, administering, and implementing all Information Technology/Information Systems requirements. Performs systems administration related duties with a primary focus on enterprise IT/IS infrastructure (storage, email, virtualization, databases) and other core layer technologies.

Qualifications & Education:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer or information science/computer engineering or electrical engineering from an accredited
• Certificates like MCSE, CCNA, VCP, and
• Have excellent experience with Veeam and Vmware.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar position.

Skills / Training / Knowledge:

• Ability to multi-task
• Bilingual preferred
• Good Communication & Report Writing Skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure in a fast paced work environment.
• Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime as required, should be available 24/7 on call in case of major services outage

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of all IT infrastructure, including storage, applications, databases, email services, systems management, network resources, and server/virtual infrastructure. This includes scheduling upgrades and maintenance that minimally impact core business and instructional functions. Performs off-hour upgrades, installing patches, service packs, maintenance releases, troubleshooting, etc.
• Automate tasks and improve operational efficiencies by designing VBS, PowerShell, or related scripts.
• Installs, configures, maintains, and troubleshoots all network resources, including servers, network infrastructure, virtual infrastructure, storage, applications, and sub-systems.
• Performs routine system audits and vulnerability assessments and verifies IS security compliance.
• Performs multi-tiered incident, change management, problem resolution, and end-user support.
• Monitors faults, performance, and capacity issues; prepares remediation reports and documentation.
• Continuously identifies process and quality improvement opportunities and implements applicable technologies and/or process changes.
• Implement and configure highly available infrastructure, including design and test of fail-over services, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, load balancing, etc.
• Implement and configure systems management and proactive monitoring tools; troubleshoots and resolve identified telecommunication and network issues.
• Implement and oversee backup systems. Protect all systems and end-user data: schedule and maintain onsite and offsite backups, review backup logs, develop and maintain backup procedures, restore data and configurations, document recovery plans, and implement new backup technologies.
• Document all systems administration processes and installation procedures.