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Windows Server Manager
A Financial Services company in London are seeking a Windows Server Manager that has previous experience in managing Wintel environments in a leadership position to transform and automate the server estate.
This person will have knowledge of legacy and cloud systems with experience of on-premises, virtualization, and cloud-based environments, while also focusing on managing and leading the Windows team.
You will be:
- Overseeing the maintenance of the on-premises Wintel infrastructure, which will cover Active Directory, Windows servers, and virtualization platforms
- Ensure the availability and reliability of all Wintel services.
- Plan and roll out system upgrades, patches, and maintenance activities.
- Create plans to migrate legacy systems to the cloud, and ensure their seamless integration.
- Manage the team that provides 24/7 support.
- Be a point of contact for the team to guide other members.
- Coordinate lifecycle management through delivery of roadmaps and 3rd party support agreements
- Be able to resolve technical production issues as needed.
- Effectively use Risk assessment and risk management methodologies or processes
- Allocate work and ownership to team members in projects as well as operations
- Drive automation and efficiencies across infrastructure services
- Supporting the implementation and management of cloud-based solutions, such as Azure and AWS.
- Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost-efficiency.
- Manage backup and disaster recovery plans for critical systems.
- Lead the team and ensure a collaborative and supportive environment.
You will have:
- Experience in both legacy and cloud environment, using technologies such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Exceptional experience in a Windows environment, while managing a team.
- Experienced in technologies such as VMWare Virtual Centre, Citrix XenApp/Xen Desktop, and SCCM.
- Been in a lead/management position previously, and have excellent management, prioritization, and delegation skills.
- Good problem-solving, analytical and decision-making skills, able to determine the approximate impact of issues quickly
- Strong relationship management skills with ability to liaise confidently with senior internal stakeholders and outsourced providers.
This is a permanent position based in London, operating on a hybrid work set up.
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