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Cyncly transforms the way customizable products and spaces are imagined, designed, sold, managed and made. Our end-to-end software solutions connect professional designers, retailers and manufacturers to the world's largest repository of product content.\nToday, our business spans across the Kitchen & Bath, Furniture, Window, Glass & Door, and Flooring industries with operations in North & South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa.\nCyncly offers over 30 years of experience to deliver more value for our customers through an expanded portfolio of end-to-end solutions. Our global presence allows us to provide world-class support and sales with a local touch, providing the best possible customer experience.\nCyncly is now embarking on an exciting journey as we continue to expand through strong organic growth and complementary acquisitions, backed by leading growth private equity firms specializing in technology.\nAbout the Role\nThe role responsible for maintaining stability, high availability, and performance of Cyncly's critical production infrastructure including all the on-prem and cloud hosting. This role serves as the 3rd escalation point (Level 3) for complex operational incidents. The Engineer will utilize deep systems knowledge to proactively identify and resolve issues, manage monitoring systems, and lead maintenance projects. The Engineer will strictly adhere to ITIL processes, leveraging Freshservice as the core platform for Incident, Problem, and Change Management. The ideal candidate brings deep domain expertise across Microsoft technologies including Active Directory, Azure AD (Entra ID), and Microsoft Intune, alongside strong hands-on experience with virtualization platforms, enterprise backup and disaster recovery, certificate lifecycle management, and cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) PowerShell Scripting.\nKey Responsibilities:\nServe as the primary Level 3 escalation point for complex and recurring incidents affecting hosted systems, services, servers, and network devices.\nPerform proactive and reactive health checks, diagnostics, and high-level troubleshooting to ensure continuous availability and performance of the production environment.\nConduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major incidents, developing and implementing permanent remediation actions to prevent recurrence.\nManage incident and problem resolution workflows within the FreshService ITSM platform, ensuring clear communication and accurate documentation.\nAdhere to and promote ITIL-aligned processes, specifically in Incident, Problem, and Change Management.\nAdvanced System Administration:\nProvide expert system administration and maintenance for enterprise hosting at on-prem and cloud.\nHands-on experience in troubleshooting, patch administration, installation, and remote administration of systems and network.\nDemonstrate extensive Active Directory expertise including design, administration, and troubleshooting of AD DS, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy Objects (GPO), Organizational Units (OU), trust relationships, domain controller management, and AD replication.\nAdminister and maintain Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) including hybrid identity configurations, Azure AD Connect, Conditional Access policies, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and integration with enterprise applications via SAML and OAuth.\nManage Microsoft Intune and endpoint management at an expert level, including device compliance policies, configuration profiles, application deployment, Windows Autopilot provisioning, and co-management with SCCM/Configuration Manager.\nAdminister and maintain enterprise PKI and certificate lifecycle management, including issuing, renewing, revoking, and monitoring SSL/TLS certificates across internal and public-facing systems, and managing certificate authority (CA) infrastructure.\nManage enterprise backup and disaster recovery systems, including configuration, scheduling, monitoring, and testing of backup jobs; ensure RPO and RTO objectives are met and maintain documented DR runbooks.\nHigh focus on automation and AI (infrastructure as code, scripting, etc.)\nConfigure, maintain, and optimize core infrastructure services, including Proxy servers and web servers (e.g., Apache).\nManage the M365, Azure and other core service admin centres.\nVirtualization and Cloud Infrastructure:\nDesign, deploy, and administer virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V, covering VM lifecycle management, resource allocation, host configuration, clustering, and performance tuning.\nManage VMware vCenter environments including host clusters, datastores, vSAN, distributed virtual switches, and snapshot management.\nMonitoring and Infrastructure Maintenance:\nDesign, configure, and maintain enterprise monitoring solutions, specifically Zabbix, ensuring comprehensive coverage of servers, network devices, and critical services.\nLead technical improvement and maintenance projects, including OS and package patching, system upgrades, and capacity expansion planning.\nProvide technical support and knowledge transfer to L1 and L2 Service Desk/Operations teams.\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a similar relevant technical degree.\nMinimum of 10+ years of experience in a high-availability IT Operations or Infrastructure role, with a strong focus on systems and networking.\nWindows and Linux Expertise: Deep, hands-on administrative experience in Windows and Linux OS variants, including advanced troubleshooting and system hardening.\nExtensive domain expertise in Active Directory (AD DS), Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, and Microsoft Intune, including hybrid identity architecture and modern endpoint management.\nProven experience managing enterprise virtualization platforms - VMware vSphere/ESXi and/or Microsoft Hyper-V - in production environments.\nDemonstrated experience designing and maintaining enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions, with knowledge of backup tools, replication strategies, and DR testing.\nHands-on experience managing certificate infrastructure including PKI, internal and public SSL/TLS certificates, and certificate authority management.\nPractical, working knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud service models, with strong Azure platform experience.\nCertifications: Microsoft Certifications (e.g., AZ-104, MD-102, SC-300, MS-102), VMware (VCP), CISCO certifications, and RHCSA/RHCE are highly desired.\nExpertise in patching enterprise systems and packages.\nProven experience installing and configuring enterprise monitoring tools such as Zabbix.\nStrong understanding of network concepts, protocols, and the ability to monitor and troubleshoot network devices.\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to handle complex, high-pressure situations.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, suitable for detailed technical documentation and stakeholder updates.\nMust be a self-starter, highly energetic, and a collaborative team player.\nAbility to work across cross-functional teams spanning infrastructure, security, cloud, and service desk disciplines.\nDemonstrated ability to take ownership of complex problems end-to-end, from initial escalation through to permanent resolution and documentation.\nNice to have:\nExperience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation, infrastructure-as-code, and operational efficiency gains.\nAdvanced Active Directory experience covering multi-domain and multi-forest architectures, AD Federation Services (ADFS), AD sites and services optimization, and schema-level administration.\nExperience with Azure AD (Entra ID) advanced capabilities including Entitlement Management, Access Reviews, Identity Protection, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) beyond basic administration.\nFamiliarity with virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).\nKnowledge of backup and disaster recovery systems.\nFamiliarity with IT service management (ITSM) frameworks, such as ITIL.\nWorking for us\nAt Cyncly, we call our team OneCyncly, a reflection of how we work together as one, united by our purpose: powering businesses that bring spaces to life. Our strength comes from our diversity of experiences, perspectives, and skills - and we thrive when we work together with openness, trust, and respect.\nHere, you’ll join a group of colleagues who take ownership, solve problems, and focus on making an impact. We embrace curiosity, welcome new ideas, and see mistakes as opportunities to learn. You’ll have the freedom to work flexibly and autonomously, supported by teammates and leaders who are committed to your growth.\nWe celebrate the different ways people contribute and encourage everyone - from every background - to bring their authentic self to work. 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