Senior System Engineer - Windows
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize Windows Server environments across on-premises, VMware, AWS, Azure, and private cloud platforms
- Manage server installations, configurations, upgrades, patching, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and lifecycle management
- Administer Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, IIS, PKI, file services, and hybrid identity integration with Microsoft Entra ID
- Manage Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, user provisioning, licensing, and access controls
- Implement security hardening, vulnerability remediation, access reviews, MFA, Conditional Access, and Microsoft Defender security controls
- Develop PowerShell scripts and automation workflows to streamline system administration, patching, monitoring, reporting, and repetitive operational tasks
- Monitor infrastructure performance, investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and support high availability and service continuity
- Administer backup and recovery solutions, conduct restoration tests and disaster recovery drills, and support failover clustering and resilience initiatives
- Maintain infrastructure documentation, operational procedures, technical standards, asset records, and compliance evidence
- Support infrastructure upgrades, cloud migrations, modernization initiatives, audits, and continuous service improvement
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, cloud, application, and project teams to deliver secure and reliable infrastructure services
Person Specifications
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in Windows Systems Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, or Enterprise IT Operations
- Strong experience in Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Entra ID administration
- Working knowledge of DNS, DHCP, IIS, PKI, file services, virtualization, networking, storage, backup, and disaster recovery technologies
- Experience supporting hybrid environments across on-premises infrastructure, VMware, AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365
- Proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, infrastructure monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Good understanding of Windows security, vulnerability management, patching, access control, and IT service management practices
- Experience in incident, problem, change, backup, and recovery management; exposure to regulated environments is an advantage
- Relevant Microsoft, cloud, virtualization, or IT service management certifications are desirable
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and support business-critical systems in a 24/7 enterprise environment
Vendor submissions - 12 months