A Senior Cloud Wintel Engineer focuses on managing and supporting Windows-based Cloud IT infrastructure in large enterprise environments. The primary responsibilities involve maintaining the Cloud Wintel (Windows and Intel-based) platforms, including servers, operating systems, and applications, while ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
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
· Experience with application / data migration to AWS
· 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
