Application System Administrator

About RS Group

Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses. We provide global access to an unrivalled range of over 750,000 stocked industrial products. Each day our team of experts deliver solutions to resolve our customer’s challenges across design, procurement, inventory and maintenance. We consistently strive to deliver the best possible service to all of our customers and challenge ourselves to provide a seamless procurement experience.

We are one team. We deliver brilliantly. We do the right thing. We make every day better. These are our values. They unite our c.9,000 global colleagues and differentiate us from our competition. They are a mix of how we work today and how we must step up for the future. Most importantly, it is one set of values shaped by our people, for our people.

Together, we can make great things happen. Aim for amazing and beyond.

About the Role

Role Purpose

The Application System Administrator position primarily focuses on Application and Platform Services supporting the Enterprise Environment, as well as the Infrastructure required to run those services.

Enterprise Platforms and Applications –O365 / Entra ID and application suite, Active Directory and SQL administration and MS server clustering

Skills – system monitoring, patch management, application virtualization, application architecture, redundancy / HA / disaster recovery planning and testing

Networking – TCP / IP, DHCP, DNS, Routing Protocols

Storage / Backup / Virtualization – Enterprise storage, backups, archiving, virtual hardware administration, VMWare, Cisco UCS, hyper converged hardware

Infrastructure Security – Identity and Access Management (IAM), Firewalls, filtering (URL, Email), Web Application Firewall, VPN, AV / MP software, Certificate Authority infrastructure, SSO, SIEM, FIM, IDS / IPS

Desktop Security – Microsoft and third-party patching, windows image build and maintenance, agent maintenance, build and maintain patching and software delivery environments

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain and support Infrastructure Systems and Applications including Windows Servers, Office 365 Services and IAM services
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to provision, install and support required resources to support Enterprise Applications such as SAP, other middleware and systems integrations
• Monitor, respond to, and resolve system-related events such as disk space, performance threshold and service disruption alerts
• Collaborate with internal teams to review and develop continuous improvements to technology policies regarding operational best practices, information security, lifecycle management and asset controls.
• Consult with internal teams to identify, track, update and test system and disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity and maximal system availability
• Install application and system patches and upgrades to maintain supportability and lifecycle management activities.
• Support information security remediation and enhancement activities.
• Regularly confers with database programmers, analysts, other systems administrators, and users regarding current and prospective projects, system changes, technology forecasting and functional enhancements.
• Provides support to other technical staff regarding system administration, incident resolution, problem management and change control.
• Cross-functional activities including technical documentation, knowledge management, participation in updating a CMDB and training to support a diverse and matrix-style operating environment
• Models non-discriminatory practices in all activities.
• Participate in 24 / 7 on-call rotation.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the manager.

Candidate Requirements

Education and / or Experience

Required :

Preferred :