Senior Systems Administrator (Contract)

• Be part of a geographically diverse team of Systems Administrators and reports to the Systems Administration Team Lead.
• Ensure availability, integrity and support for Active Directory, Cloud technologies, Exchange, Mimecast, virtual infrastructure, Veeam backups and storage.
• Provide technical oversight of third-party operational support delivery.
• Provide third-level escalation support, maintain and develop the IT infrastructure in production and non-production environments.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior / intermediate members of the System Administration Team and colleagues in the broader IT department.
• Analyze security vulnerabilities and determine appropriate remediation.
• Participate in national- and global-level projects; understand business needs and recommend technical solutions.
• Provide knowledge transfer to colleagues and support staff within the IT team and third-party partners providing operational support.
• Create and maintain systems documentation, standard operating procedures and disaster recovery procedures.
• Review IT department processes related to Active Directory, Backups, Cloud and Messaging, looking for opportunities for automation and streamlining.
• Conduct and manage compliance searches using eDiscovery, Content Search, and Compliance Center tools in Exchange Online.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize mail flow rules to ensure proper email delivery both internally and externally.
• Manage email routing and connectors, ensuring reliable communication with external clients and partners.
• Propose processes, workflows or strategies to improve IT infrastructure operation, administration and recovery.
• Expected to be on call 24 / 7 in the event of a system outage.MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class otherwise protected under applicable human rights legislation.

MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled and all other qualified applicants

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience with Windows Server administration
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience with on-premises Exchange administration
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience administering virtual infrastructure (VMWare, Hyper-visor)
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience administering Cloud solutions (Azure, Office 365, MS Teams, etc.)
• Experience with Dell Servers / Blades, Azure Stack HCI platforms, Powershell scripting
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent organization and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills
• Team coordination with ability to leverage team member strengths, coach improvement on weaknesses, and coordinate efforts in support of large objectives
• Experience working in a disciplined change control environment
• Experience in the legal industry would be an asset

Client provide the world's pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service

Fantastic Opportunity with a global Company,

Opportunity to go Permanent in the future.