Windows System Engineer

Windows System Engineer

Description -

Job Summary
We are seeking to hire a Senior Systems Administrator who brings strong expertise on Windows Servers and virtualization technologies. The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to standards, ensuring maximum productivity for IT staff and users.

Responsibilities

• Working within a team, the Systems Administrator is responsible for server hardware, operating systems, storage (SAN & NAS), and supporting systems.

• Troubleshoot internal and external applications, hardware problems, operating system issues, storage issues (SAN / NAS) and work with new services daily acting as an escalation point for more challenging technical problems.

• Implement automation, monitoring, centralized logging, and providing analysis and reporting.

• Perform hardware and operating systems capacity planning for existing services, providing recommendations to application owners and implementing solutions to allow for application and database expansion and performance.

• Contribute to Windows standards discussions and documents (with respect to operating system, hardware, storage, networking, and security) and author appropriate documentation where necessary.

• Work with database and application teams to gather requirements for new projects and expansion to existing applications.

• Provide functional or program leadership by acting as a team representative to multi-functional projects.

• Follow ITIL best practices, including Change Management, Problem Management, and Service/Support standards.

• On call as needed (24/365).

Education & Experience Recommended

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, IS/IT or equivalent education and/or experience.

• 5+ years of systems administration experience with the following: Windows Server (2016+), virtualization technologies (VMware preferred)

• Solid experience in the installation, configuration, optimization / tuning, hardening, monitoring and automation on Windows Servers

• Familiarity with HPE Blades/Synergy or similar X86 hardware

• Familiarity with HPE Nimble and NetApp storage arrays, and Brocade SAN equipment.

• Scripting skills using PowerShell Python and/or Python.

• Advanced working knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and GPOs

• Working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol suite (e.g., ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, UDP, and SNMP) and associated operating system tools (snoop, tcpdump, traceroute, etc.).

Highly desirable:

• Operational experience with AWS Cloud and AWS SSM for Systems management

• Automation of system administration tasks using configuration management tools such as Ansible

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication

• Results Orientation

• Learning Agility

• Digital Fluency

• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

• Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

Complexity

• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Disclaimer

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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Software

Schedule -

Full time

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No shift premium (India)

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Relocation -

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