Senior Systems Engineer

Requisition #: 13727 

 

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Summary / Role Purpose

The Senior System Engineer role will be to spearhead administration and support of Windows Servers and Active Directory environment. The role will be instrumental in delivering Windows Standard Operating Environment, playing a pivotal role in the infrastructure, engineering applications, cutting-edge automation, and monitoring tools. The Windows Systems Engineer may, from time to time, lead corporate IT projects in accordance with team goals and objectives. This role will also be responsible for maintaining relationships with the business and driving tasks related to local requirements. As a Senior Engineer this role will help deliver Windows Infrastructure with an eye toward observability, automation, and continuous improvement.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy new and rebuild existing Window Servers, and maintain configuration procedures
• Design and implement lifecycle management strategies for core Windows Infrastructure 
• Architect, implement and support multi-site hybrid Active Directory environment
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to Windows Servers and Active Directory environment
• Perform system monitoring, verifying integrity and availability of server resources and key processes
• Manage & perform troubleshooting of issues related to core windows services like DNS, DHCP, DFS, IIS and Print Services 
• Configure, manage and troubleshoot Group Policies
• Analyze current Active Directory environment to identify both technical and operational challenges and develop continuous improvement of action plans
• Accountable for maintaining server and security configurations in compliance with established best practices and baseline configurations 
• Understand local customer needs and develop solutions to address them 
• Review Windows Server Event Logs and perform root-cause analysis 
• Administer and optimize Windows Server and AD Infrastructure to ensure high degree of availability and appropriate resource management
• Design/develop PowerShell scripts for automation of operational processes, where appropriate
• Perform performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
• Maintain documentation of domain technologies including installation, configuration and appropriate troubleshooting steps 
• Establish and maintain relationships with business, third-party and vendors 
• Lead Windows infrastructure related projects for system upgrades, migrations and new implementations 
• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery wherever possible

 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of working experience on Windows (preferably as a Windows System Administrator)
• Experience in building and managing Windows systems in multi-tenant enterprise environments 
• Must have experience managing multi-site Active Directory environment including replication topology, OU design, Group Policy Configuration, AD security and permissions, AD attributes, LDAP queries, AD Sites, and other AD-related services
• Experience configuring and administering Windows services such as DNS, DHCP, DFS, Certificate Authority, Patch Management, Failover Clustering etc.      
• Must have experience automating tasks and procedures and a minimum of 2 years of working knowledge on PowerShell scripting and code management
• Experience with disaster recovery procedures and performance monitoring tools
• Experience working on cloud services like Microsoft Azure
• Experience working with virtual infrastructure like VMWare ESXi
• Good understanding of a broad spectrum of infrastructure technologies and secure computing environments like Network, Storage and Database
• Good understanding of ITIL processes

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Microsoft Certifications
• Experience with ticketing platforms like ServiceNow
• Experience working on and troubleshooting Dell Server hardware 
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