Senior Wintel Engineer

You Will:

- Administration and troubleshooting of Windows Servers (Preferably Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, Windows server 2003).
- Able to Install of windows servers and has good troubleshooting skills for Wintel systems, knowledge in hardening and securing of Wintel systems.
- Advanced level of Administration of Windows server with active directory, DNS, DHCP and High Availability.
- Understanding of RAID, pros and cons of various RAID levels and decision making on the same in a given situation
- Microsoft cluster configuration, administration and troubleshooting.
- Working experience with various storages, precisely for cluster configurations is good to have.
- Working knowledge in SAN environment and storage space management from systems side is good to have.
- File system and quota management.
- Experience and knowledge on FTP and SFTP Client and Server Model.
- Experience and knowledge with installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual Center, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization would be advantages.
- Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on Azure

You Bring:
Active Directory Concepts:

- Understand and explain Domain & Forest structures, Organizational Units (OUs), Schema, and Global Catalog.
- Use tools like nltest, dsquery, and netdom for AD troubleshooting.

AD Infrastructure Components:

- Manage Domain Controllers including recovery methods (authoritative and non-authoritative restore, 3rd party tools).
- Diagnose and troubleshoot replication issues using repadmin and dcdiag.
- Understand and manage FSMO Roles, including their purposes and recovery procedures.
- Configure and manage DHCP, including scopes, SuperScopes, Failover, Static IPs, Reservations, Exclusions, and DNS settings.
- Utilize DNS tools such as Nslookup, Test-DnsServer, ipconfig, tracert, and DNS Query.
- Support and troubleshoot Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) for SSO.
- Address time synchronization issues using NTP.
- Create and troubleshoot gSMA Accounts.

Authentication and Authorization:

- Manage Kerberos authentication for both Windows and non-Windows (Linux) systems.
- Maintain and resolve LDAP authentication issues.
- Implement and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) effectively.

Group Policies:

- Enforce configurations on users and computers through Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
- Use GPOs to manage security settings, software installations, and scripts.

AD Management Tools:

- Proficient in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC).
- Intermediate to expert skills in PowerShell.
- Knowledge of AD Administrative Center (ADAC) is a plus.

Integration with Other Services:

- Support AD FS onboarding and troubleshooting for SSO solutions.

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics:

- Review and analyze event logs to identify and resolve issues.

Tech Refresh:

- Study and propose improvements for AD design best practices.
- Implement and upgrade DC, DHCP, and DNS roles on newer OS versions.
- Understand and manage AD functional levels and raise them as necessary.

Windows Patching:

- Enroll new servers with WSUS & SCCM, manage monthly patches, and troubleshoot patching issues.

Business-As-Usual (BAU) Duties:

- Take ownership of and resolve assigned tickets within SLA.
- Create and improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Collaborate with team members and mentor junior engineers.
- Exhibit flexibility with working hours and maintain professionalism in customer interactions.
- Ability to identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on Azure
- Capabilities to provide AZure operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project
- Understanding about the ITIL process
- 5 - 8 Years of System Administration Experience is must.
- Must be a Graduate in Engineering / Science / Diploma in Computers
- Preferably with any two of the given Certification - MCSE / VMWare Certification
- Must have good communication & Interpersonal Skills
- Must be customer-focused
- Good problem-solving skills

Pay: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person