Key responsibilities include leveraging strong technical knowledge and experience in working with Windows Server versions 2022, 2019, 2016, and 2012, along with expertise in various Linux Servers. The role will also require proficiency in scripting, managing security, and working with different storage systems.

Duties & Responsibilities:

VMWare & Windows

• Build, update, and manage multiple VMware vSphere clusters including Azure AVS
• Provision of on-premises and Azure cloud-based servers and services to support business applications
• Strong knowledge of Windows OS (2019/2016/2012/2008) and technologies such as Domains/Active Directory, DNS, DHCP/WINS, FTP/SFTP, SQL Server
• Strong knowledge & experience of Microsoft cluster technologies
• Knowledge and experience of IIS, .NET, Palo Alto firewall, Check Point, Fortinet, and Knowledge of F5 are a big plus
• Solid experience migrating/upgrading servers to higher OS versions
• Experience developing & maintaining Group Policy Objects
• Good working knowledge of networking functions (i.e. function of TCP/IP, SNMP), subnets, VLANS, and routing.
• Manage VM snapshots. Perform system and data restores as required
• Diagnose and troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues as they arise
• Maintain System high reliability, availability, and resiliency levels
• Perform system upgrades and mandatory security/OS patching. Troubleshoot/fix issues that arise from security patching.
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Develop/maintain standards for infrastructure processes, procedures, and hardware
• Proactive System Performance Monitoring and capacity management
• Veeam experience is a big plus
• Experience with SAN/SCSI storage systems, network attached storage systems, NFS
• Experience with NetApp & Pure storage is a plus.

Azure

• Good understanding of Azure cloud architecture
• Experience with building & supporting PaaS, and IaaS solutions in Azure
• Experience with RBAC, Azure AD
• Automation experience. Experience with scripting (PowerShell, JSON, Bicep & ARM)
• Experience with Azure Site Recovery, Azure backup server
• Experience managing Azure costs
• Experience migrating applications/infrastructure from on-premises to Azure

Linux

• Experience building and managing Linux servers (Red Hat, CentOS and Ubuntu). Experience should include planning, configuring, maintaining, patching, and monitoring Linux servers

Security

• Good understanding of Anti-Virus software tools
• Experience with vulnerability management. Address security issues identified by Rapid7 & penetration tests.

Others

• Incident and Problem Management: take ownership and work with the team to resolve production-related issues.

Other Duties as Assigned or Requested

• Provide 24*7 On-call support based on rotation within the team
• Act as a lead for projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Competencies:

• Team player, ability to get projects to completion with quality and under budget, strong technical knowledge, and experience, quickly learn new skills and apply the skills in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree
• 8 – 15 years of experience in server engineering
• MCSE or Azure certification a plus