Systems Administrator in Luxoft

Project Description:

Luxoft's client is a leading FinTech company offering advanced technology and business processing services to Hedge Funds and Asset Managers. Their unique value proposition includes a top-tier in-house trading and risk management platform, complemented by comprehensive business processing services. With a highly skilled core team based in London, Connecticut, and Hong Kong, Luxoft is set to augment and enhance this team.

This position presents an excellent opportunity for personal development in a dynamic environment. The client is experiencing significant growth and seeks high-performing and motivated individuals to join Luxoft's services teams.

As a Systems Administrator at Luxoft, you will be responsible for implementing and managing our client's IT infrastructure, covering Windows, Linux, and networks. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of systems and servers.

Responsibilities:

• Continuously triage Infra Engineering support ticket queue to (re)prioritize and assign tasks to other engineers as necessary.
• Manage, monitor, and maintain IT Infrastructure services, including support and engineering for core infrastructure applications and services, particularly Windows servers, VMware virtualization, Pure & NetApp storage, Microsoft AD/AAD, Dell and HP server computing hardware, and public cloud environments.
• Integrate, deploy, and manage all essential Windows server software packages.
• Participate in the Disaster Recovery program, including managing and performing DR tests, maintaining processes, and executing live DR invocation.
• Maintain and monitor all relevant Windows servers, Pure/NetApp storage systems, and software patching to comply with Cybersecurity requirements.
• Continuously improve server and application performance and availability through automation tooling and scripts.
• Manage hardware and software refresh initiatives, including scoping, procurement, implementation, migration, and decommissioning.

Mandatory Skills:

• Wintel
• VMware vSphere, Vcenter, ESXI, NSX, Horizon
• Storage area networks - Pure & NetApp hands-on storage skills, including the configuration of snap management
• Backup systems
• HP and Dell server hardware and supporting systems
• Microsoft Windows server build and support (all versions), including High Availability (HA) and clustering configurations
• Microsoft Active Directory on-premise and Azure AD (particularly Group Policy), including DHCP, DNS
• Amazon AWS in enterprise production environments, including management and use of Terraform
• Microsoft Exchange 2016 / Office 365
• Powershell scripting in enterprise production environments
• Microsoft SCOM & Logic Monitor monitoring
• Windows 10 & 11 desktops - performance troubleshooting and optimization
• Microsoft SCCM/MECM

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Proficiency in network protocols, security, and firewalls
• IT certifications such as CompTIA Server+, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator, or equivalent are a plus
• Knowledge of server operating systems (Linux) and server hardware

Languages:

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate