Systems Administrator

About the company:

Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

About the role:

This is a newly created position. Our IT Operations team supports about 120 servers across two data centres and Azure. Expect a mix of projects and tickets. Sysadmin role for someone who likes scripting the boring parts and fixing root causes instead of rebooting. Remote position. Most of the team is in Colombo, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

What you'll be doing:

• Run monthly patching cycles with WSUS, SCCM/MECM or Ansible.
• Monitor backups in Veeam, Commvault or Rubrik and test restores quarterly.
• Administer Windows Server 2019/2022 and RHEL or Ubuntu servers.
• Plan and perform after-hours maintenance windows.
• Handle escalations from the help desk and close them with documentation.
• Own Microsoft 365 and Entra ID administration, including Exchange Online and conditional access.
• Work with security on vulnerability remediation and hardening.
• Manage VMware vSphere or Hyper-V clusters, including host patching and capacity.

About you:

• 2-4 years of systems administration experience.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for maintenance.
• Experience with VMware or Hyper-V.
• Strong Windows Server and Active Directory skills.

Bonus points:

• ITIL Foundation.

What you get:

• Medical insurance for you and your family.
• Company laptop.
• EPF and ETF contributions.

The posting will close once we have a strong shortlist.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Orchardthread Data Systems.