We are currently looking for an Exchange & Infrastructure Administrator for our Bahrain operations with the following skillsets:
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Required Technical Skills & Qualifications
- Education & Certifications: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent field. Vendor-specific certifications (VMware VCP, Microsoft MCSE/Messaging) are highly advantageous.
- Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience managing Windows Server and Active Directory environments.
- Networking & Mail Protocols: In-depth understanding of standard mail flow protocols (SMTP, IMAP, POP3), local load balancers, split-brain DNS setups, and SSL/TLS certificates.
- Network Infrastructure: Strong functional literacy with layer 4-7 hardware load balancers, split-brain DNS zone configurations, firewalls, and complex mail-routing rules.
- Virtualization Expertise: Deep operational literacy provisioning and managing multi-hypervisor nodes via VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V ecosystems.
- Automation Proficiency: Strong proficiency writing advanced administrative PowerShell scripts for bulk mailbox operations, configuration audits, and log analysis.
- Problem Solving: Proven track record troubleshooting Tier-3 mail delivery failures, tracking down transport delays, and handling database corruption recovery.
- Hardware & Storage: Solid background managing enterprise storage frameworks (SAN/NAS/iSCSI).
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural planning, clean installation, and technical upgradation from previous Exchange legacy versions (2016/2019) to Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE), ensuring zero data loss and minimal user disruption.
- Install, update, and manage standalone and clustered on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers (2016/2019) across physical and virtual systems.
- Configure, monitor, and optimize multi-site Database Availability Groups (DAGs). Perform routine database defragmentation, stability audits, and proactively manage storage caps.
- Provision, scale, and maintain enterprise hypervisor environments using both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V to support core messaging infrastructure.
- Manage schema extensions, directory replication, permissions, group policies, and object compliance directly tied to the underlying Microsoft Exchange messaging infrastructure.
- Manually plan, validate, and deploy Cumulative Updates (CUs) and Security Updates (SUs) across all local Exchange and Windows Server hosting nodes.
- Implement regular bare-metal backup strategies and lead verification drills for instant disaster recovery and mail database restoration.
Terms and Conditions
- Joining time frame: (15 - 30 days)
Location: Bahrain
