Windows Systems Administrator

Who We Are

As the European servicing hub of the internationally renowned TransMarket Group (TMG), Oryctérope Transalpin creates, develops, and improves proprietary trading strategies in order to capture opportunities and manage risk in the most competitive financial markets around the world. Working at the intersection of finance, mathematics, and technology, we develop our edge through expertise in quantitative research, algorithms, and infrastructure to produce systematic trading solutions which contribute significant liquidity across global markets to facilitate price discovery and risk transfer.

Our structured employee training and development proves we value our people and provide continuous support to succeed at all levels in their careers. Our superior results are achieved by the collaborative and entrepreneurial nature of our teams and the discipline and patience to relentlessly advance our business and improve our expertise.

Description:

We are seeking a Windows Systems Administrator to help maintain and automate our Windows infrastructure, manage servers and workstations, and support network services and security in a fast-paced trading environment. 

Responsibilities:

• Automate Windows server and workstation build, configuration, deployment, and administration tasks using PowerShell, CMD, and Python via Ansible and Group Policy.
• Help us configure and run Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SMB, and CA services reliably in a highly dynamic environment
• Harden our security technical infrastructure to ensure that our teams are ready to respond to the markets at a moment’s notice.
• Help us build and maintain firm-wide disaster recovery and continuity plans, particularly focusing on systematically maintaining gold copy backups of important data.
• Manage our trade and support workstations as the need arises, including purchasing, provisioning, configuring, troubleshooting, replacing, and liaising with third-party vendors
• Document both new and established procedures to establish and promote best practices throughout the company
• Maintenance of the Microsoft Windows environment, including adherence to naming conventions and inventory management within NetBox.

Requirements:

• 3-5 Years IT-related education or experience
• Experience with Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2016+ operating systems.
• Understanding of complex Active Directory, Group Policy, Root Certificate Services, & WSUS administration.
• Maintain and manage software inventory through automated and manual processes.
• Understanding of Active Directory Domain Integrated DNS Zones.
• Be able to manage and maintain Microsoft Server DHCP Scopes over WAN.
• Good high-level knowledge of Windows troubleshooting (Active Directory, logs, services)
• Experience with Windows-based tools and software troubleshooting (Excel, Python, MySQL, Anaconda)
• Extensive knowledge of PowerShell and Basic knowledge or willingness to learn programming (Python, Bash, Ansible)
• Experience in developing and maintaining monitoring automation (Icinga2, Prometheus) a plus
• Experience with NetApp FlexCache / SMB hosting is a plus
• Experience with mixed Windows and Linux environments.
• Understanding of automated provisioning tools (PXE, Foreman) is a plus
• Experience in managing and server configuration automation (Ansible) is a plus
• Good general IT technical and communication skills
• This position requires physical presence and is on-site (no remote working).