System Administrator
Adecco
Chester, United Kingdom
6 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Chester, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Microsoft Windows
Cluster Analysis
Directed Acyclic Graph (Directed Graphs)
Microsoft Exchange Server
System Center Operations Management
Powershell
Job description
You will be responsible for the operational stability, performance, and health of the organisation's Microsoft Exchange platform, working within a team that supports one of the largest messaging infrastructures globally. The successful engineer will contribute to incident management, change control, documentation, automation, and continuous service improvement., * Day-to-day operational support of Exchange 2016+ environments, including multi-node DAGs and clustering across multiple datacentres.
- Troubleshooting end-to-end mail flow issues, identifying root cause, and driving permanent fixes.
- Implementing changes through formal change management processes.
- Monitoring and maintaining service health using SCOM and related tooling.
- Producing operational documentation, runbooks, and contributing to internal knowledge bases.
- Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business.
- Supporting hybrid Exchange / Microsoft 365 environments.
- PowerShell scripting and automation to optimise operational tasks.
Requirements
- 5-10+ years working with Microsoft Exchange 2016 or newer in large, complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with multi-node DAGs, clustering, and highly-available Exchange solutions.
- Strong troubleshooting expertise within enterprise-scale messaging environments.
- Experience with SCOM monitoring and on-call operational support.
- Strong communication skills, able to work with clients, LOBs, and technical teams.
- Experience with Exchange Online / Microsoft 365.
- PowerShell scripting for automation.
- Ability to work independently and deliver consistent, high-quality operational output.
About the company
Our Client, a leading global financial institution is looking for an experienced Microsoft Exchange Operations Engineer to join their Messaging Services team. This role plays a critical part in maintaining a highly available and resilient Exchange environment supporting a large enterprise user base.