Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Windows Platform Operations Engineer to join our innovative IT team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing Windows-based server environments, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. You will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust system architectures that support our enterprise applications and infrastructure. Your expertise will help drive automation initiatives, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure seamless integration across diverse systems. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced environment where your technical prowess and proactive approach will make a significant impact.
Duties
- Manage and maintain Windows Server environments, including installation, configuration, and ongoing system administration to ensure stability and security.
- Oversee storage management solutions utilizing RAID controllers and other technologies to optimize data integrity and performance.
- Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages to streamline routine tasks such as system provisioning, backups, and updates.
- Implement and support system backup and recovery procedures to safeguard critical data across Windows and Linux platforms.
- Collaborate with solution architects to design scalable system architectures that incorporate service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, load balancing, and virtualization technologies like VMware or Azure.
- Support Active Directory management, DNS configuration, DHCP setup, and network connectivity including VPNs and computer networking protocols.
- Troubleshoot hardware components such as RAID controllers, storage arrays, and network devices; perform performance tuning for optimal system operation.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, changes, and troubleshooting procedures following SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) best practices.
- Support software deployment, administration, troubleshooting of enterprise applications including Pegasystems or similar platforms; ensure smooth integration with existing systems.
- Monitor system health using tools like Jenkins or Git for continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines; implement improvements for system reliability.
- Ensure information security standards are upheld through regular audits, patch management, and adherence to security protocols.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in Windows Server administration with strong knowledge of operating systems including UNIX/Linux environments.
- Hands-on expertise with RAID controllers, storage management solutions, virtualization (VMware/Azure), and system architecture design.