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Avanade Inc. System Administrator in Lisbon, Portugal
Introduction:
As an System Administrator, you build modern and powerful applications, guiding your clients on the architecture and implementation of sophisticated software applications. You create the processes, procedures and tools that transform businesses, working with our technology and design teams to create fully integrated technology, operations, strategies and solutions.
Come join us:
Our Infrastructure team plays an instrumental part in doing what Avanade does best: delivering outstanding, complex projects with global impact and helping our clients transform their businesses through digital innovation. We are a fast-growing, diverse group of more than 100 passionate enthusiasts and specialists in Microsoft technologies. We actively encourage learning, focus on progress, and acknowledge, and reward quality. We’re ambitious and curious and want to bring on more people with a similar passion for technology.
At Avanade, everyone has a career advisor who works with you to create a plan and guides you in choosing from the many training opportunities we offer, as well as being a mentor in making sure you thrive and feel valued. We have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people, and making sure our employees are proud of working at Avanade is central to us!
Together we do what matters.
What you’ll do:
Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure to support business applications and services.
Partner with the technology and design teams to turn strategies into solutions
Create and adapt Infrastructure solutions
Define projects’ documentation, including design, build and operations guides, as well as the management processes, procedures and toolsets
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Azure infrastructure and services.
Support your clients to transform their technology landscapes
Work with global and offshore teams
Guide and mentor less experienced colleagues.
Skills and experiences:
You are a skilled communicator, with good written and spoken English, who can convey sometimes complex information to technical and non-technical partners
You collaborate with your colleagues locally and globally to make full use of their knowledge and experience to develop effective strategies and solutions
You’ve got good understanding of business, too, and you understand the finances of a project
You are likely to have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, Information Technology or similar. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be suitable
You also have at least three years of relevant experience in systems engineering and/or infrastructure
We will help you attain your Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate certification in Windows Server 2012 and your Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certification in Server Infrastructure within two years of starting with us.
About you:
Good knowledge of core Microsoft platforms, including SQL, Exchange, and Hyper-V
Infrastructure solutions (especially Microsoft), Cloud technologies (not mandatory), networking, data centre operations, platform migration and enterprise directories
Operation management, systems security, testing, databases and mobility considerations
Experience working with global teams.
Enjoy your career
Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training
Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.
A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.
Create a future for our people that focuses on:
Expanding your thinking
Experimenting courageously
Learning and pivoting.
Inspire greatness in our people by:
Empowering every voice
Encouraging boldness
Celebrating progress.
Accelerate the impact of our people by:
Amazing the client
Prioritizing what matters
Acting as one.
Learn more
To learn more about the types of projects our Infrastructure team works on check out these case studies:
- [3] Ventilator Challenge UK manufactures 20 years’ worth of ventilators in 12 weeks to help save lives
Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade?
Check out our blogs:
References
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https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/career/benefits
https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity
https://www.avanade.com/en/clients/ventilator-challenge-uk
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.