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Windows Systems Administrator (Night Shift)

Spectrum IT RecruitmentCity, Manchester🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 29 Jun 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Embrace this fully remote opportunity as a Windows Systems Administrator, where you'll gain significant experience in a 24/7 production environment and contribute to a leading international software business. This role is ideal for a mid-senior level professional with strong Windows Server, Active Directory, AWS EC2, and VMware skills who thrives in a dynamic, globally recognized company. Apply now to advance your career and enjoy a competitive salary of £40,000 - £45,000.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Remote
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Windows Systems Administrator

Night Shift (10pm - 6am) + On Call Rota (Fully remote)

Windows Server, Active Directory, AWS EC2, VMware
50,000 - 60,000 + Bonus and Benefits

Windows Systems Administrator required to join a leading international Software Business committed to delivering high-performance IT solutions. This is a large operation and will be working within a 24/7 production environment with 85% of your time being Windows Server and 15% VMware.

As a Windows Systems Administrator you will maintain and contribute to the ongoing reliability, performance and support of the infrastructure. This includes monitoring the operating environments, responding to incidents, problems and helping other teams as necessary.

These roles have been created by team expansion and new client wins.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and maintain Windows Server environments
  • Be part of a 24/7 production environment of around 30 engineers in this team
  • Support multiple systems or applications of medium to high complexity
  • Manage Mail, DNS, FTP, IIS and Application environments
  • Participate in the On-Call rotation
  • Work with cabling, racking and other tasks in Physical Data Centres
  • Communicate events to stakeholders, teams and leadership


Skills Required:

  • Windows Server Administration Experience (90 / 100+ Servers)
  • Active Directory
  • AWS EC2
  • VMware
  • SAN Storage
  • Production Environment Experience
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Certified, VMware Certified or AWS Certified would be desirable


If you have the relevant skills for this role and are ready for the challenge, then please send your CV to (url removed)

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Skills

AWS
Active Directory
DNS
VMware

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