Windows Engineer

10 Years of Experience is must. Job Purpose The Sr. Windows Server Engineer provides infrastructure support for VMWare virtualized environment that hosts Microsoft Operating System, consisting of 1,100 servers and 5,000 Active Directory Users covering multiple geographic locations. The Sr. Engineer is responsible to maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies; Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability; Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution; Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks. Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities Manages large scale and/or technically complex projects and is responsible for the design and implementation of new technology initiatives supporting the Microsoft Active Directory and Server Operating System environment. Researches, evaluates, recommends, implements, and ensures new technology initiatives are stable and readily maintained. Manages projects within deadlines and provides project status reports to management. Serves as Level-3 escalation for Windows Server supported applications and hardware. Develops processes for the day-to-day system administration of Windows Server environments including Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Enterprise, Windows Server 2016/2019, Windows 2013/2016 SharePoint Actively pursues opportunities to improve and automate team procedures and systems performances. Data mining, ability to interconnect systems and interconnect disparate applications for data normalizations and automations. Analyzes performance of the environment and provide recommendations for improvement. Utilizes PowerShell to manage and build the environment and provide automation when possible. Acts as a representative of the Windows Server team & PGDS on cross functional project teams. Provides leadership and mentoring to junior staff in technical, customer and project management skills. Other duties Participates in 24-hour On-Call rotation. Other duties as assigned. Education and Experience Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience. 6 - 8 years' experience providing support in a multi-server enterprise environment consisting of 600 servers and 2,000 users in multiple geographic locations. Experience in Microsoft Office Software such as Word, Excel, and Visio. Certifications, Licenses, Registrations Required MCSE certification.