On-Premises Exchange & Infrastructure Administrator

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Job Description VAM Systems is currently looking for On-Premises Exchange & Infrastructure Administrator for our Bahrain operations with the following skillsets & terms and conditions: Required Skills & Experience Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of dedicated professional experience managing Windows Server and Active Directory environments within an enterprise setting. Exchange Expertise: Proven track record with bare-metal and clustered engineering for Exchange 2016, 2019, or Subscription Edition (SE). Virtualization Mastery: Hands-on administrative competency inside production VMware vSphere and Hyper-V compute topologies. Network Foundations: Firm grasp of SMTP routing, DNS infrastructure (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC architectures), and on-premises mail gateway security. Automation Capabilities: Strong programmatic capability utilizing PowerShell to automate complex messaging administrative flows. Key Responsibilities Exchange & Infrastructure Management: Install, update, and manage standalone and clustered on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers (2016/2019) and SE across physical and virtual systems. High Availability & Clustering: Configure, test, and optimize multi-site Database Availability Groups (DAGs) and Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) to ensure uninterrupted email communication. Hypervisor Administration: Deploy, provision, and maintain virtual machine resources across both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments supporting core enterprise services. Directory Integration: Maintain Active Directory structures, manage user mailboxes, distribution groups, security permissions, and schema updates tailored for Exchange implementations. Lifecycle Management: Plan and execute patches, hotfixes, Cumulative Updates (CUs), and Security Updates (SUs) alongside migrating legacy infrastructures toward Exchange Server SE platforms. Backup & Disaster Recovery: Formulate, validate, and execute bare-metal restoration workflows, mailbox database consistency checks, and transaction log truncation policies. Performance Monitoring & Automation: Create advanced PowerShell scripts for programmatic administration, bulk provisioning, monitoring, and automated response reporting. Core Technical Stack Messaging : Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 / 2019 / SE (Subscription Edition) Virtualization : VMware vSphere (ESXi/vCenter) & Microsoft Hyper-V Directory Services : Windows Server, Active Directory (AD), DNS, Group Policy (GPO) High Availability : Database Availability Groups (DAGs), Windows Failover Clustering Terms and conditions Joining time frame: (15 - 30 days)