Senior System Administrator

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We are hiring in our Sydney headquarter office a Senior System Administrator. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated technical expert in system administration for complex operating systems.

This role involves working closely with all the stakeholders and provide project leadership and management to provide a high level of service to the end user. Also, will be responsible for the technical design, planning, implementation, and recovery procedures for mission critical enterprise systems. The role reports to the IT Manager and is based in North Sydney.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate IT business plans and progress to the business.
• Engage business stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities to enhance productivity and lower system risks.
• Set standards for IT performance and service to the business.
• Lead and manage IT team for performance.
• Work closely with IT team and third party suppliers to ensure that services are always available. 
• Ensure the incident, request, problem, change and release processes are managed and adhered to, dealing with and working with team to resolve incidents and requests, escalating as appropriate. 
• Project manage the implementation of new technology solutions and upgrades as appropriate as well as implement best practice ITIL service management procedures and embed them within operational services.
• Main point of contact in an IT disaster, responsible for Management of disaster recovery procedures and data backup planning.
• Managing projects through conception, business case development, initiation, definition, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Managing the IT function, effectively and efficiently ensuring the delivery of IT services to meet the current and future needs of the business.

Required Skill & Experience

• Good understanding of the current IT systems environment and development paths (Active Directory Exchnage, OS: Linus, Windows, ESX, Networking experience, Skype for business etc)
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of current IT hardware and software trends and new technologies, and an understanding of their interaction with existing systems/technologies.
•  Minimum 5 years IT support experience in Systems Administration role within a corporate environment
• Tertiary qualifications in IT or related discipline

Personality matters

• Excellent verbal, written and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proactive approach
• Ability to work autonomously and interact as in integral part of a small team 

Little something about ourselves

Objective is Australian owned global product development company. With 300 employees and around 100 of them being based in our Sydney office, we still have that feel of a family business. We see the benefits in being agile and having flat structure so you will witness an equal treatment and opportunities for everyone.

• We have a brand new, beautifully appointed office on Level 30, the top floor of the Vodafone building in North Sydney, with 360-degree views of the city.
• There is unlimited coffee from a barista Italian coffee machine. No worries, we will teach you how to use
• We have twice-yearly Hackathons where you can test any idea no matter how crazy and pitch the idea to your peers. Winners are chosen and some of these ideas have been incorporated into our products.
• You’ll have the best equipment to support your neck and back; we have Herman Miller chairs and electronic stand-up/sit down desks.
• If you get the 3 pm munchies, we’ve got coco pops and plenty of other breakfast cereals and a drinks fridge to keep you going. (To answer your question, yes, we provide daily breakfast)
• On the first Friday of every month, we take turns to host drinks and nibbles in our kitchen