The Role: We are recruiting a Systems Engineer (Active Directory) for an opportunity in Lynnwood, Pretoria.
Role Objective: To manage and support the Active Directory (AD)/Exchange/O365 platforms and related components.
Skills and Experience: Qualification Required:
- MCSE MCTIP
- A+, N+
- ITIL Foundation V3/4
- Microsoft 365 Certifications
Preferred Qualification:
- Cloud technology certifications (preferably AZURE)
- Technical IT Qualification
Experience Required:
- 5+ Years AD and Exchange/O365 experience
- 5+ Years IT Experience
Key Accountabilities: Duties/Responsibilities:
- Performing the addition and removal of domain and/or domain controllers in accordance with instructions given.
- Maintaining the password policy within the AD and Provide domain name server services.
- Create and maintain CI structures and schemas, quota management, including the creation, change and deletion of End User accounts, End User groups, End User profiles, End User access passwords, rights and privileges, and applicable security administrative tasks (including logical security controls) through a high level of automation.
- Ensure Windows time synchronization and Manage DFS, share creation and administration.
- Provide DHCP Services and Manage, create, and configure the DHCP scope.
- DNS Management: Perform DNS forwarders and root hints, aging and scavenging, record creation and modification, and perform DNS name resolution.
- Perform AD Integrated DNS In-Scope Country creation and modification.
- Manage and maintain manual DNS entries.
- Account creation, including adding new End Users, groups and resources to the Active Directory and domain joined IT Equipment.
- Account modification, including modifying existing End Users, groups and resources on the Active Directory and domain joined IT equipment.
- Account deletion, including deleting existing End User accounts, groups and resources from the Active Directory and domain joined IT equipment.
- Password resets, including reset passwords for End Users on all domain joined IT equipment and Active Directory.
- Group Policy Management: Perform Group Policy creation, testing, modification and deletion of End User directories, profiles, login scripts and Group Policy Objects (GPO).
- Conduct Daily Health Check Report of all domain controllers due by 9am.
- Report on server account management pertaining to new, move, change, delete in accordance with standard naming convention.
- Plan and configure a Microsoft Teams environment
- Manage chat, teams, channels, and apps
- Manage calling and meetings
- Monitor and troubleshoot a Microsoft Teams environment
- Manage organizational settings and resources
- Plan and manage the mail transport architecture
- Plan and implement a hybrid configuration and migration
Secure the messaging environment