Middle System Administrator

About the job You will keep our infrastructure available and secure: HPE servers and storage, Fibre Channel SAN, VMware, Windows and Linux servers, Microsoft 365, SCCM/MECM and enterprise backups. Full-time, 5 days a week, in Baku (Badamdar settlement). Salary: 3,000–4,000 AZN, based on experience. Benefits: medical insurance. Responsibilities Administer Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file servers and NTFS/SMB permissions; support Entra ID integration. Administer VMware or Hyper-V: VMs, resources, virtual networking, HA/DRS/vMotion and performance. Maintain servers, RAID, SAN/NAS and iSCSI; handle HPE hardware, iLO and firmware; troubleshoot Fibre Channel zoning, LUNs and multipathing. Run Veeam jobs, investigate failures, perform file- and VM-level restores; maintain backup retention, immutable/off-site copies and DR procedures to RPO/RTO targets. Maintain network services and firewall policies; troubleshoot VLAN, routing, NAT and VPN issues; secure remote access. Support MFA, privileged account management and Conditional Access. Administer Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online: users, mailboxes, groups, licences; troubleshoot mail flow and SPF, DKIM, DMARC. Administer Linux servers: services, SSH, scheduled tasks, logs and storage. Automate routine tasks with PowerShell and Bash. Monitor health and performance; apply patches and vulnerability fixes; investigate incidents and find root causes. Follow change management, risk assessment and SLA requirements; keep diagrams, configuration records and documentation current; run regular recovery tests. Minimum qualifications 3–5 years in system administration or IT infrastructure. Windows Server 2016–2025 and Active Directory: Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, OUs, domain controllers, replication. VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter and/or Microsoft Hyper-V. Enterprise servers, RAID, SAN/NAS storage and iSCSI. Veeam Backup & Replication, backup monitoring and data recovery. Networking: TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, routing, switching, NAT, VPN and firewall troubleshooting. Linux servers (Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL-based). Microsoft 365, Exchange Online and Microsoft Entra ID. PowerShell or Bash scripting. Monitoring, patch management, security hardening, MFA and least-privilege access. Strong troubleshooting skills; able to work independently and document procedures; team player. Preferred qualifications HPE ProLiant, iLO, MSA and Primera/3PAR experience. Fibre Channel SAN: zoning, WWPNs, LUN mapping, multipathing. VMware HA, DRS and vMotion; Veeam immutable backups and disaster recovery testing. Entra ID hybrid identity, Conditional Access, Microsoft 365 security, Azure and Defender. SCCM/MECM software deployment and patching; WSUS; Failover Clustering. FortiGate, Cisco or MikroTik firewalls; Zabbix, PRTG or Grafana monitoring. ITIL, ISO 27001 and change management; relevant Microsoft, VMware, Veeam, HPE, Cisco or Fortinet certifications. Interested candidates can apply by filling out the form in the Apply for job button or can send your CV to info@digismart.az with the subject line "Middle System Administrator".