System Engineer

Base Salary up to €60,000 + 4.6% annual Bonus + Cadre Benefits

Our client is creating a new generation of immersive destinations around the world. With their Paris location opening soon, we're bringing to life a one-of-a-kind venue where art, architecture, technology, hospitality, and entertainment come together.

Their goal is simple: to deliver a spectacular, emotionally engaging experience that makes it a must-visit destination for Parisians, visitors from across France, and international travelers alike.

As part of its launch, our client is looking for a System Engineer to join its team.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining, administering, and operating on-premise and cloud servers and systems;
• Analyze and resolve first and second-level problems with the local area network Windows servers and resident 3rd-party vendor software;
• Assist management in preparing strategic plans for server stability, growth, and capacity planning;
• Participate in after-hours upgrades, troubleshooting, and/or on-call availability as needed;
• Provide metrics and reports as directed by management. Evaluate software alternatives;
• Research and install new systems. Keep up to date with the latest technologies;
• Schedule upgrades, system design, and security backups. Maintain current security knowledge;
• Lead, organize, and maintain compliance documentation, licensure, project planning, test data, and testing plans across enterprise IT function;
• Create and maintain policies and procedures in accordance with industry's best practices;
• Provide hands-on coverage and backup where necessary to ensure stability, project completion and adherence to best practices. Manage maintenance outages for 24/7 availability;
• Oversee and coordinate upkeep of company servers and related hardware components. This includes installation, configuration, management, troubleshooting, system health monitoring, performance analysis, firmware upgrade maintenance, and warranty repair coordination. Manage storage via capacity planning, storage provisioning file permissions;
• Work in tandem with local and Group's Information Security team to complete system security auditing, breach searching, threat evaluation, anti-virus management, web filtering, etc.;
• Ensure effective disaster recovery through design, development, and testing of critical systems. Database mirroring, file replication, and tape restoration are included in the scope of these duties;
• Support software systems via installation and configuration of Operating systems (Windows and ESX), 3rd-party software (Backup, Antivirus, Citrix), patching, and performance analysis;
• Configure and monitor the health of Active Directory and/or Azure Active Directory.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from a four-year college or university in Information Technology or Computer Science. 2+ years of experience in hybrid – on-premise/cloud server landscape administration is required;
• Microsoft Azure experience is a strong plus;
• Must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Conversational/working fluency in both English and French;
• Expert knowledge of: Windows Server, Microsoft Azure, Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Exchange, VMWARE ESX, Citrix, Backup Systems, SAN / NAS Technologies and Server Hardware, Microsoft Office Suite, data center management and archiving, on- and off-line web access, email archiving, and encryption;
• Comfortable with Microsoft 365 productivity applications.