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As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.\nAI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.\nAt OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do-powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We are hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.\nOpenText™ Cybersecurity SMB & Consumer solutions help organizations protect their most valuable and sensitive information with products, services, and training. 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We handle all aspects of mail flow for our spam filtering and Microsoft Exchange products, server upgrades, migrations, and retiring the old hardware. We also work with various email MTAs, SCOM, Virtual Machine Manager, IIS, Octopus for automation, and troubleshooting applications on the servers. On-call rotation will be required for 24x7x365 support of production environments.\nWhat The Role Offers\nManage infrastructure of Windows Servers, Hyper-V/Virtual Machine manager, Azure, and a fleet of VMs.\nTroubleshooting SMTP, TLS, and various email transport issues.\nWorking with F5 load balancers to ensure mail flow is evenly weighted between the servers.\nAssisting our software development department as they deploy new services and build new applications.\nTroubleshoot IIS issues.\nResponsible for security and patching of the systems.\nWhat You Need To Succeed\nHighly detail-oriented with ability to manage multiple issues simultaneously.\n10+ years of Windows server management experience.\nBachelor’s degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience.\nStrong knowledge of enterprise deployment tools such as Octopus or Ansible.\nExpertise in DNS, Active Directory, SMTP, TLS, load balancing, networking, virtualization, cybersecurity, Azure, and Microsoft SQL.\nWorking knowledge of Linux is a plus.\nOne last thing\nOpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned.\nJoin us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.\nOpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.\nIf you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket at Ask HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.\nCompensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. 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