Computer Futures is a leading IT recruitment consultancy, specializing in placing IT experts in permanent and contract roles across Asia, Europe and the US.With a proven track record in IT recruitment, we enjoy success within all sectors and business types, placing a candidate every 38 minutes. From single job vacancies to large-scale projects, our proficiency in providing exceptional professionals across the board has carved our reputation as a secure and significant supplier partner.A robust and financially strong business we have grown organically from our first office in London in 1986, to 18 offices in Europe; including Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Paris as well as one office in San Francisco and Tokyo.Gaining market share, year-on-year, we have the largest client base of any IT recruitment business across Europe. We work with a range of clients, from SMEs to large multi-nationals and high-profile names.Passionate about recruitment, our 350+ specialist IT recruitment consultants' priority is to secure the right person for the right role, within a specified time frame and budget. Through Computer Futures' methodology, our consultants – who focus on a specific IT technical market and geographical area - create a bespoke service to meet our individual clients' recruitment needs.Job DescriptionSplit time approximately 60:40 between project based work and support based work; split may change depending on workloadStrong Windows Server administration experience in an enterprise environmentDevise and automate procedures for provisioning new system instancesImplement and lead continuous integration, automated testing, configuration management, release management, deployment, cloud hosting and systems monitoringSupport incoming server incident and request tickets in a distributed high volume environmentRack, configure, decommission, and deploy OS for physical servers in co-located and local datacentersAdminister and troubleshoot OS-level issues in a VM environment, as well as hardware problems on physical servers (Dell, Cisco)Manage Print Server queues, drivers, and DRManage and respond to daily alerts from monitoring systems (SCOM, xMatters)Patch deployments to 1,500+ Windows Servers during predetermined outage windows; software, driver, and firmware deployment and configurationQualifications5+ years of relevant, hands-on experience supporting Windows Server 2012/2008 (R2) in an Enterprise EnvironmentExpertise with scripting languages such as Powershell, VB Scripting, Python is desirable.Experience with server management tools such as MS System Center (preferred), Altiris, or similarExperience managing an automated patching of Windows Servers with SCCM (preferred), Lumension, or a similar toolThorough understanding of working principles, and experience supporting Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS, IIS, Virtualization (Hyper‑V or VMware), Symantec Endpoint Protection (or similar enterprise AV)Experience with monitoring systems such as SCOM, WhatsUpGold, NetScout, HP NMS, Syslog, or othersBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experienceExperience in Financial sector preferredAdditional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.#J-18808-Ljbffr