IT Server Administrator

Vitol is an energy and commodities company with revenues of $331 billion in 2024; its primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally – it trades over seven million barrels per day of crude oil and products and, at any time, has 250 ships transporting its cargoes.

Vitol’s clients include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves clients from some 40 offices worldwide and is invested in energy assets globally including 24mM3 of storage, 850kbpd of refining capacity, and 10,000 service stations. To date, we have committed over $2.5 billion of capital to renewable projects and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.

The IT System Administrator will be located in the Geneva office and will report to the local Infrastructure Team Leader.

• Hands-on and multi-tasking: including installation, upgrades, configuration, administration and maintenance of mostly Windows server based systems
• Manage local and remote office projects from beginning to end
• Maintain bespoke application environments for Trading application infrastructure; upgrade, patch, provision
• Vendor management, providers & other internal business teams
• Cover working hours and expect duty to expand beyond normal business hours, including some weekends
• BAU 3rd line support & occasional 1st & 2nd level support escalation
• May be required to travel to remote office locations

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position
• Preferably Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or related active IT certifications
• Proficient in Active Directory Domain Services administration, DNS, DHCP and Group Policies
• Proficient in Windows Server Administration (Windows 2016 and above). Windows Core experience beneficial
• Proficient VMware ESXi and vCenter administration (7.0 at least), including experience with the upgrade cycle
• Good experience working with NetApp storage (FAS and E-Series), NFS/CIFS protocols
• Experience in Microsoft 365 products including Azure AD
• Proficient in Veeam backup technologies
• SQL Server Administration, Installation, configuration
• Centreon Monitoring Platform
• Proficient in Citrix XenApp & Desktop 7.x, NetScaler ADC, Citrix Studio/Director, Citrix DaaS will be a plus
• Good experience working with Exchange Server Administration (Exchange 2016 and above) – mailbox management, retention policies, message troubleshooting & SMTP relay settings
• Enhance team productivity and repetitive tasks by using, PowerShell, Python or Power BI, will be a plus
• Manage Microsoft patch cycle and deploy patches to Servers using SCCM
• Good working knowledge of SCCM
• Global Networking topology understanding (DMZ, load balancing, firewall, Vlans, etc…)
• Proficient experience working with datacenters (racking hardware, patching and HPE iLO configuration)

• Honest and trustworthy
• Fluency in French and English
• User focused
• Highly responsive, energetic and enthusiastic
• Flexible and ready to work extended hours when required
• Excellent judgment, attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Solution and results oriented
• Structured and rigorous
• Can work independently and within the team
• Team player, with an open non-political style and a high level of personal integrity