Mail Engineer - Exchange 2007
Mail Engineer – Exchange 2007
Up to £305 per day – Outside IR35
ASAP start
Contract until at least Mid-September but could extend
100% remote based in the UK
Working for a global software company we are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer who has extensive experience within Exchange 2007 / 2010 to assist with BAU support while the business ramp up their migration to the cloud – AWS.
Main Responsibilities
Responsible for support the companies technical infrastructure estate
Key knowledge of Exchange 2007 / 2010 / Exchange O365 / Cisco Ironport (desirable)
Manage mail migration from on prem to Office 365
Good solid understanding of Active Directory and understanding of group policy management
Solid understanding of Powershell / cmd line
Ensuring high availability of systems using company monitoring tools and proactive maintenance
Upgrades and OS maintenance work as and when required
Advise on best practice
Project delivery
Able to help design and implement high level documentation
Accountability:
Serve as a technical resource by providing support to multiple projects and business units
Ensure servers, appliances and Windows services including associated infrastructure is properly monitored
Ensure that alerts regarding related outages are addressed in a timely manner
Provide technical assistance and support, either formal or informal, for more junior team members and mentor new and inexperienced team members as required
Follow a strict change control process
Work to tight time scales / deadlines as and when required
Maintain and implement documentation in accordance with internal policies and procedures
To assist in release management and technical integration processes for projects
To investigate and solve technical problems and long-term outstanding issues for internal business units
Good understanding of Microsoft stack (Server, SQL, IIS, Clustering, AD including GPOs, WSUS)
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grading of the post as may be instructed by management
Experience and qualifications
Understanding of core IT Concepts
Problem resolution and root cause analysis
Have a good understanding of ITIL practices
Solarwinds experience or a monitoring solution understanding
AWS / Azure / VMWare certifications or extensive experience beneficial
Help desk ticket interaction
Change process experience required
Solid MS Exchange 2007 / 2010 skills – MCSE / MCSA ideally
Solid O365 Exchange skills
Solid AD / Group policy skills – MCSE / MCSA ideally
Cisco Ironport management / implementation best practice