Do you want to be part of this exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of experts in GKN Automotive's new Business Services (GBS) situated in Porto?
Working out of recently refurbished, state of the art offices we provide multifunctional support to GKN Automotive's global delivery activities across Finance, Procurement, Masterdata Management, HR, IT.
Our vision is to deliver sustainable value with standard, consistent, digitally enhanced processes and to achieve this we are seeking to attract highly motivated and skilled professionals. In return we offer a corporate culture which champions professional development, embraces and leads change, creates ingenious solutions for our customers and encourages collaboration.

We are looking for a Technical Applications Team Manager that will act as a technical project leader and provide strategical overview on the client´s account. This leader will work closely with external partners to provide a strong environment, being responsible for AD Structures, software deployment & patching, OS deployments and AVs, computing including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting operating systems and protocol suites.

The key responsibilities include :

• Managing internal Global AD Team and all external parts related;
• Develop and implement Technical applications strategy together with external partners;
• Support solutions and security architects during new requests/projects
  

The skills and experience we are looking for :

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent related experience;
• 7+ years of experience with enterprise management / setup scale AD environment;
• 7+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft product suites, including certifications experience in management of external partners;
• Experience with Azure, SCCM, O365, Intune, AV Solutions
• Experience with Patch Management Process for Servers and Clients
• Experience with compliance and security Windows solutions
• Knowledgeable in system security procedures, best practices, and implementation;
• Ability to troubleshoot software issues and customer applications as required;
• Expert knowledge in evaluating vendor products and make recommendations to purchase hardware and software.