Title:

Senior Microsoft Systems Engineer

Location:

York

Salary:

GBP 30,000 to GBP 36,000 per year

Description:

Job PurposeWe are looking for a solid, highly motivated systems professional to work as part of a team to administer, support anddevelop enterprise-wide Microsoft environments. The role will entail working closely with customers on a professionallevel to provide comprehensive solutions. This role incorporates out-of hours support requirements.Key Responsibilities and AccountabilitiesEnsuring availability of customer systems and infrastructure by pro-active monitoring, maintenance and management ofsystems.Provide proactive infrastructure development support to the infrastructure, carry out agreed procedures on the supportedenvironment, provide on call support, and management reporting.Specific Skills, Experience and KnowledgeMin of 5 years commercial experience in the field of bespoke enterprise-scale IT applications/systems support. Excellentworking knowledge of Windows 2003 with Active Directory, WINS, DNS and other related services. Experience of working in acorporate environment with good customer communication skills. Good planning and organisational skills. Broadknowledge/awareness of Operating Systems, firewall environments, networking and key applications.Desirable skills Broad knowledge of database administration Excellent Knowledge of core Microsoft Server Technologies (essential) Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft Operations Manager Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft ISA server Excellent Knowledge of IIS A good understanding of TCP/IP, firewall theory, and general networking. Qualifications MCSE 2003 is desirable Good customer facing and communication skills Able to communicate with people on all levels