Windows Server Specialist
Roles and Responsibilities and day to day activities:
- Expert of the Windows servers 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022.
- Good knowledge of Active Directory . Experience with Active Directory and group policies, multi-forest multidomain environment knowledge
- Expert in VMware technology
- Maintenance and deployment of the MS Windows OS ( Physical / virtual)
- Responsible for daily operations of Windows based servers running in a mixed physical and virtual (VMware ESX) environment.
- Manage high availability of servers and services.
- Design, rollout and maintain Active directory Forest and Domain along with Domain Trust relationships, replication, and rollout.
- Experience with WSUS servers and clustered filesystems
- Knowledge of Power Shell scripting
- Support of file and print services, RADIUS, DNS and DHCP, Domain Controller replication, and organizational unit management. - Capable of using writing scripts in either MS PowerShell or VBScript
- Installation/Upgrade and maintenance of Windows Operating system
- Knowledge in Azure AD
- Installation and configuration of IIS 6, II7
- Co-coordinating with Hardware vendor for regular maintenance of server hardware and resolving hardware issues.
- Windows Security Patch and Antivirus installation.
- Responsible for setup, configuration, and troubleshooting of complex Windows environments (e.g., clustering, high availability, load balancing, etc.).
- Ongoing management and maintenance of Windows servers. Execute pre-defined tasks and tasks as instructed. Recover from minor system failures/partial failures.
- Responsible for the implementation, operation, maintenance, backup, system security and system integrity of Microsoft Operating systems .Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
- Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
Key Skills required:
- Networking L3 Must Have
- Windows Server L3 Must Have
- RDS L2 Must Have
- Window Cluster L3 Must Have
- DNS L3 Must Have
- DHCP L3 Must Have
- VMWare L2 Must Have
- RCA L3 Must Have
- Client Handling L3 Must Have
- Communication Skills L3 Must Have
- AD (DFS, Group Policy - L3,
- AD Restoration, Upgrade,
- Domain Migration) L3 Must Have
- Willing to Work 24/7 L3 Must Have
- PowerShell L3 Good to Have
- IIS L2 Good to Have
- Certificate Authority L3 Good to Have
Key Skills required:
- Windows Server L3 Must Have
- RDS L2 Must Have
- Window Cluster L3 Must Have
- DNS L3 Must Have
- DHCP L3 Must Have
- RCA L3 Must Have
- Client Handling L3 Must Have
- Communication Skills L3 Must Have
- AD (DFS, Group Policy - L3,
- AD Restoration, Upgrade,
- Domain Migration) L3 Must Have
- Willing to Work 24/7 L3 Must Have
- PowerShell L3 Good to Have
- IIS L2 Good to Have
- Certificate Authority L3 Good to Have
Overall activities/responsibilities with Client (not limited to only below):
• 100% Technical Leadership quality and handling escalations.
• Conversing with stakeholders/business/application owners.
• Driving troubleshooting and providing clear action plans, follow up to closure.
• Collaborating & partnering with team members internally & externally.
Non-Technical/Soft Skills:
• Strong Communication.
• Knowledge transfer and Presentation Skills
• Ability to handle tough situations/spots.
• Commitment/ownership/accountability.
• Confident/Authoritative in handling customers/clients.
• Ability to propose delivery roadmap based on opportunities.
• Thrive to learn constantly.