Microsoft Systems Administrator I at The Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives    

• Incident Management
• Process and task documentation
• Administer and maintain Microsoft Windows Servers.
• Administer and maintain multi forest and domain Microsoft Active Directory Domain and Certificate Services.
• Administer and support core Microsoft Windows roles and features such as: IIS, Failover Clustering, File and Storage Services, DHCP, DNS and NPS.
• Administer and maintain Office365, Exchange and Teams
• Scripting and automation
• Implement and assist with Disaster recovery management, procedures & documentation

Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer): Infrastructure Engineer
• Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer): Private Cloud (Desirable)
• Industry Certification: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (Desirable)

Experience    

• 2+ Years Extensive experience with Microsoft Windows Server
• 2+ Years Extensive experience with core
• 2+ Years Microsoft Windows roles and features
• 2+ Years Extensive experience with Microsoft Active Directory Domain and Certificate Services.
• 2+ Years Proven history of incident response, diagnostic activities, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action Plans, and advanced troubleshooting
• 2+ Years Experience with Microsoft Private and Public Cloud (Desirable)

Knowledge and Skills    
JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE

• Understanding of Microsoft Windows Server fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of Microsoft Exchange and Office365
• Understanding of Microsoft Active
• Directory and its components (DNS, DHCP, Group Policy etc) fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of virtualisation technologies fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of network and storage principles 
• Understanding of the concepts of "cloud" Years
• Understanding of other Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint, Teams, etc.
• IBM and HP hardware knowledge Years

JOB RELATED SKILLS
Time Essential Desirable

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server architecture design and implementation
• In-depth knowledge in architecture design and implementation of other Microsoft products such as Active Directory Domain Services
• Scripting experience, specifically with PowerShell to automate existing and workloads and routine system admin tasks. 
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS protocols, firewall, load-balancing technologies and firewalls.
• Strong knowledge of working with load balancing technologies and large-scale server farms.
• Virtual environments knowledge including
• HyperV and VMWARE.