System Administrator - Contract

📋 Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled System Administrator to manage and maintain our growing IT infrastructure. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring our systems remain secure, scalable, and highly available - while enabling teams to operate smoothly across platforms.

🏢 About Acceldata

Acceldata is a company focused on managing and maintaining IT infrastructure to ensure systems are secure, scalable, and highly available.

🎯 The Role

As a System Administrator, you will oversee daily operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networks, servers, and related hardware/software. You will also monitor system performance, identify issues, and proactively implement improvements to ensure availability and reliability.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networks, servers and related hardware/software.
• Monitor system performance, identify issues, and proactively implement improvements to ensure availability and reliability.
• Lead implementation of security protocols - firewalls, encryption, and access controls-to protect against cybersecurity threats.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, and access rights in compliance with internal policies and security standards.
• Collaborate with vendors and third-party providers for integration, upgrades, and issue resolution.
• Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, processes, and incident responses.
• Support audits, compliance efforts, and technical evaluations across internal teams.

📌 Required Qualifications

• End-user support for Mac/Windows within the organisation.
• Exposure to Okta, G Suite administration and Active Directory
• Exposure to MDM tools like Cisco Meraki, Hexnode.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Hands-on experience with Windows and Linux system administration.
• Expertise in networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VLAN).
• Knowledge of security tools (firewalls, IDS/IPS, access controls, encryption).
• Responsible for managing assets and conducting routine asset audits on a regular basis.
• Familiarity with virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Bash for automation.
• Experience with monitoring tools and performance optimisation.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of explaining simple procedures in writing or verbally; good phone skills.
• Experience working in fast-paced, multi-location, cloud-first organisations and high-availability production environments.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting Mac-related systems, ensuring the seamless functioning and uninterrupted productivity of the organisation.

🎁 Benefits

Relocation assistance is offered to new employees. The office features height-adjustable desks, conference rooms, phone booths, a well-stocked pantry full of snacks and drinks, a fully catered daily meal, wellness rooms, private car and bike parking, and more modern in-office amenities.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

This role is based in our Bengaluru office, and we are not considering remote applications at this time.