At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and modernise IT systems while mentoring junior engineers in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Fast-growing global SAAS company with a stellar reputation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working, and generous holiday allowance.
- Other info: Join a supportive team with excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Enjoy technical ownership and make a real impact on IT improvements.
- Qualifications: Experience in systems administration for Windows and macOS environments.
The predicted salary is between 43500 - 43500 £ per year.
Hybrid - Around 3 days in office per week in Central Glasgow or Central Edinburgh.
Lorien's client, a fast-growing, global-reaching SAAS company with a great reputation in their domain, are currently looking to hire a Senior Systems Administrator to play a key role in strengthening and modernising an internal IT environment. This is a hands-on senior technical role, ideal for someone who enjoys a mix of operational ownership, improvement projects, mentoring junior engineers, and driving best practice across infrastructure, identity and endpoint management.
What You'll Be Doing
- Acting as a subject matter expert for Windows & MacOS, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and Microsoft infrastructure services.
- Administering and improving Microsoft 365 including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Entra ID.
- Managing modern endpoint environments across Windows 10/11, macOS and iOS using Intune.
- Supporting and maintaining Hyper-V virtualisation, storage, and backup platforms.
- Leading 2nd/3rd line escalations, root cause analysis and preventative improvements.
- Driving patching, system hardening and vulnerability remediation.
- Contributing to internal IT upgrades, migrations and wider improvement initiatives.
- Keeping technical documentation, runbooks, and asset records accurate and up-to-date.
- Providing mentoring, guidance and knowledge-sharing with junior IT colleagues.
What We're Looking For
- Proven track record in systems administration across Windows and macOS environments.
- Hands-on skills across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune / device management.
- Strong understanding of Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP and core Microsoft infrastructure services.
- Demonstrable record across Hyper-V / virtualisation, backup solutions, DR planning and resilience testing.
- Solid networking knowledge: LAN / WAN / VLANs / VPNs / firewalls.
- Ideally PowerShell skills and a strong grasp of automation.
- Desirable: Linux, Terraform or Ansible, Teams telephony, IIS, DR simulations.
Why This Role Might Suit You
If you enjoy real technical ownership, modernising environments, driving improvement, and mentoring others-while working across identity, endpoints, infrastructure, and security-this role offers strong variety and impact. They offer a comprehensive benefits package including annual and spot bonuses as well as a generous holiday allowance, and a supportive, evolving work setting. So if you're looking to join a great firm with major expansion and evolution on the horizon, offering a host of benefits with staff at the centre such as flexible working, bonuses and recognition rewards, healthcare, progression and more, apply now with your latest CV and let's have a chat.
