About Ashurst:

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history, celebrating it's bicentenary in 2022. We are proud of our history and future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit www.ashurst.com .

In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Department/Role overview:

Server Engineer role cover the day-to-day, 'business as usual' tasks to support all backend IT systems. This role will provide hands-on 3rd line operational support for Ashurst's IT systems as well as providing implementation support for any new projects or technologies which Ashurst may adopt. The role will be a mix of BAU & Project work either, directly assigned to a Project or, back-filling for permanent members of staff assigned to Project work.

Main responsibilities:

• 3rd line support of Microsoft BackOffice products - Active Directory/Exchange/IIS/DNS/DHCP/ ensuring full system availability.
• Monitoring of all servers and infrastructure applications
• Monitoring, management and support of all HP & 3PAR SAN infrastructure.
• Monitoring, management and support of all VMWare infrastructure
• Monitoring, management and support of all VMWare VDI & Citrix infrastructure
• Support and maintain all back office systems and attached services worldwide in both physical and virtual environments
• Configuration and support of Active Directory services, Group Policies.
• Reactive monitoring using various tools
• Providing and maintaining internal procedural and technical documentation

Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential skills and experience:

In Depth Knowledge of:

• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Back Office products
• Strong Powershell scripting
• Extensive experience of Microsoft Active Directory 2012,2016 & 2019
• Experience of Windows 2008/2012/2016/2019 Server and supporting technologies such as DNS,WINS,DHCP
• Microsoft clustering Technology
• Virtualisation Technologies in particular Vmware vSphere
• HP 3PAR & Dell\EMC SAN Storage
• Experience administering Citrix
• Knowledge of Dell Networker\Data Domain backup or, other backup technologies eg NetBackup
• Azure experience, in particular good knowledge of Azure AD and AD Sync
• Experience configuring & supporting ADFS and SSO technologies.
• Excellent communication & Team Collaboration skill

Desired skills and experience:

• Knowledge experience of Exchange 2016
• Experience with in configuring & supporting MFA
• Understanding of Vulnerability Management
• An understanding of LAN / WAN technologies.
• Experience of monitoring solutions - eg PRTG, Solarwinds
• Experience with Dell Open Manage
• Exposure to a scripting language such as Windows Scripting Host or VB script.
• Exposure to Dell hardware.
• Experience of Skype for Business 2015 (On Prem) & MS Teams
• Experienced working with Change Control processes
• ITIL certification
• Knowledge of infrastructure standards (e.g. ISO)
• Experience of working in a professional services environment
• Raising problem records with vendors and follow ups
• Understanding of software deployment tools, in particular SCCM
• Understanding of Business Continuity & Disaster recovery
• Working with project managers to deliver projects to agreed design and standards