Senior IT Systems Administrator

Overview:

Our client is a well-established US company expanding their operations opening a brand new facility in Dublin. Are you looking to work for a company that values its people then this is the one for you.

They are an open-source driven secure networking company that provides high-performance and affordable appliance and software-based firewall, VPN, and routing solutions for the home, office, and cloud.

They are opening a new site near Dublin Airport and they are looking to a Senior IT Systems Administrator to join their growing team. This is a full time permanent position. The site is based in North Dublin. The role is fully remote intially moving to hybrid once the site is open.

****Must hold Stamp 4 Visa/EU Passport at minimum for this position****

Responsibilities:

The Senior IT System Administrator will work within the IT team to ensure maximum performance of a high traffic network infrastructure while maintaining system integrity and supporting onsite operational workflow in Ireland. Responsible for all infrastructure supporting the Ireland location, you will have critical hands-on responsibilities with assistance and backup from your worldwide team members, network engineers and software engineering staff.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee the installation, configuration, maintenance and integrity of servers, clusters, desktop/laptop computers, networks (including Wifi), switching, telecommunications/VoIP, and peripheral IT system components such as printers, copiers, scanners, and audio/visual assets.
• Service requests from internal employees through a ticket system, responding and completing requests in a timely manner.
• Provide direct server support for production and test hardware, OS, software, and operations issues.
• Collaborate with developers and other stakeholders to bring new features and services into production and ensure new environments meet requirements and conform to best practices.
• Real-time incident response for all critical service interruptions and outages as well as 24x7 on-call support for mission-critical operations.
• Monitor, coordinate and conduct timely software installation and upgrades to operating systems and software packages to include, but not limited to, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS.
• Assist in the configuration, support, and maintenance of services such as,but not limited to, DNS, LDAP, DHCP.
• Assist in maintaining Proxmox infrastructure.
• Ensure system security through access controls, backups, and firewalls.
• Ensures server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing system backups, data redundancy measures, and relevant elements of a disaster recovery plan.
• Monitor system and network performance and troubleshoot problems and outages when required.
• Engage in data network fault investigations.
• Secure network systems with policies that define and monitor access.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree educated in a relevant field with 3+ years of system administration experience.
• Operational knowledge of network and routing protocols.
• Operational knowledge of LINUX, and Windows Server operating systems.
• Operational knowledge of server virtualization and virtual desktop technologies.
• Operational knowledge of router configuration and programming.
• Operational knowledge of contemporary programming languages.
• Ability to adapt, integrate, and modify existing programs or vendor-supplied packaged programs for use with existing information systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform routine maintenance on firewalls, routers, servers, computers, and peripheral equipment.

If this Senior IT Systems Administrator job in Dublin is of interest to you apply now or contact David Smith at Collins McNicholas to learn more