Lead Systems Engineer-Windows

• 10 years of progressively responsible experience administering Windows Server in large enterprise environments (1000 servers or multiregion).
• Deep expertise in:
  • GPO, DNS/DHCP, multisite replication, LDAP/Kerberos.
  • PowerShell (advanced scripting, DSC, automation at scale).
  • Virtualization: HyperV and/or VMware (HA/DRS/Clusters/Storage).
  • Hybrid identity: Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, AAD Connect/Cloud Sync, SSO/federation.
  • PKI/AD CS and certificate lifecycle management.
  • WSUS and MECM/SCCM for patching and configuration.
  • Failover Clustering, S2D, DFS, File/Print, IIS, RDS.
  • Backup/restore frameworks (e.g., Veeam) and tested DR strategies.
  • Server security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and audit support.
• Strong troubleshooting across OS, authentication, networking (TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, firewalls, DNS), and storage layers.
• Proven ownership of platform upgrades/migrations (e.g., 2012 R2 2019/2022), domain functional level raises, and legacy remediation.
• Experience operating under ITIL practices (Change, Incident, Problem, CMDB).
• Excellent documentation, stakeholder communication, and mentoring skills.

Preferred/Bonus Skills

• Windows Server 2025, Azure Stack HCI, on-prem to Azure migration experience (IaaS, Azure Files, Azure Backup, ARC).
• Defender for Identity, Sentinel, Privileged Access Workstations (PAW) and tiered admin model.
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform), Git workflows, CI/CD for infra scripts.
• SCOM management pack authoring, Event Hub/Log Analytics integrations.
• Exposure to Linux interop, NFS/Samba, identity federation with thirdparty IdPs.
• SaaS integrations with SSO/SCIM, identity lifecycle orchestration.
• Scripting beyond PowerShell (Python), REST APIs for automation.
• Performance tuning for SQL Server or App servers on Windows.
• Experience in regulated environments (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA).

Mandatory:

Windows server 2019, 2022, 2025, Veritas Volume Manager, x86 Hardware (HP/DELL/IBM), Volumetry on SAN / NAS
Veritas cluster, Vmware platform, Scripting - powershell/Python
10 years of progressively responsible experience administering Windows Server in large enterprise environments (1000 servers or multiregion).

• PowerShell (advanced scripting, DSC, automation at scale).
• Virtualization: HyperV and/or VMware (HA/DRS/Clusters/Storage).
• Hybrid identity: Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, AAD Connect/Cloud Sync, SSO/federation.

Hands-on with experts role in Puppet, Ansible, Cloud Migration (Azure and AWS), Git, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions).

Infrastructure as Code with Puppet and Ansible.

Cloud: experience with AWS/Azure, VPC/networking, IAM, On-prem to cloud migrations and managed K8s desirable.

Demonstrated leadership in complex troubleshooting, incident management, and mentoring.

Basic:

Incident management

Change management

Problem management

Capacity planning

ITIL frame work

Result Orientation

Client Focus

Contribution to Strategy

People Development

Change leadership Cooperation

Team Leadership