Miller Maxwell Ltd
Windows Systems Administrator
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Windows Systems Administrator
Miller Maxwell has been engaged by a well-established hedge fund to find a Windows Systems Administrator who can take charge of its endpoint and server landscape across several European locations. It's a role that blends people leadership with genuine technical depth. You'll be part of a small, collaborative Infrastructure function spanning both endpoint and server-side responsibilities. The Windows Systems Administrator will be given the freedom to manage IT projects.
Windows Systems Administrator - responsibilities:
- Take ownership of IT Projects across the desktop and server team.
- Manage and grow a Desktop Support team — day-to-day management of a small but growing team.
- Take ownership of the toughest support tickets.
- Microsoft estate management, both on-premise and in the cloud (M365/Azure), with security and scalability front of mind.
- Build and enforce standards around device management, patching, and Group Policy.
- Handle the full certificate lifecycle — issuing, renewing, and revoking — across internal and external PKI.
- Govern change control and the joiner/mover/leaver process.
- Take ownership of procurement and vendor relationships.
- Work closely with wider infrastructure teams.
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Windows Systems Administrator requirements:
- 5+ years administering Windows systems in a large organisation.
- Proven Desktop support experience in a commercial environment.
- Experience managing a Windows Server estate - Windows Server 2019 - Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025 beneficial but not essential.
- Solid Active Directory experience.
- Confident with Microsoft Server tools — GPO, DHCP, DNS, NPS
- Microsoft 365 and Intune.
- VPN and network support experience.
- Financial services experience beneficial but not essential.
- Able to translate technical detail into plain language for non-technical colleagues.
- Organised, proactive, and good at managing competing priorities without dropping the ball.
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Benefits include: 26 days annual leave, private medical cover, life insurance, pension contribution, 3 days in office required. Highly competitive bonus scheme.
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