Site Reliability Engineer – Windows Server

Your role

This is a role for an experienced SRE proficient in Windows Infrastructure and platforms who has sound technical skills and hands on experience in maintaining and improving all aspects of the Windows server environment for all flavors of Windows from 2012 through to Windows 2022 and Lead a team in an enterprise environment. You will Lead a team in an enterprise environment.

The infrastructure environment is a hybrid cloud environment that includes an interdependent combination of Linux and Windows servers, Windows desktops, and high performance data and storage networks.

• will work with the SRE and Infrastructure engineering teams to improve the firm’s hybrid cloud infrastructure
• be involved in engineering project work and operational support to increase overall supportability and reliability of the firm’s enterprise technology environment.
• primarily focus on Windows Server, home grown orchestration and automation tools that are powered by PowerShell, Python and Azure Pipelines, virtualization and enterprise storage technologies but there will also be significant opportunities to work with the wider set of technology platforms in use at the firm. In addition,
• understand business priorities; adequately prioritize work accordingly to meet project objectives
• drive for improvements and implement them in regional or global scale
• communicate and collaborate with other internal partners for planning and coordination of implementation to ensure work is completed in a timely manner
• you will be expected to drive the execution

Your team

The hosting multi compute team is a global organization within the Technology Services team providing technology infrastructure platforms to underpin our partners business applications. You will be part of the Windows hosting team, which has a global footprint and works with clients and wider team members spread across the world. Together we drive consistency across business divisions and optimize operations and support costs.

You'll be working with the global Windows SRE team. As an SRE Lead, you will be instrumental in maintaining and supporting the hybrid cloud Windows Server estate across the globe and will continuously look for ways to improve the management of these servers through automation.

Your expertise

 degree with 15+ years of experience in supporting and managing large scale Windows Server Deployments (2022, 2019,2016, 2012), with relevant experience as a Site Reliability Engineer
 good knowledge of Windows Server, Azure integration services, and related technologies (e.g., Active Directory, RBAC, Azure Policy, failover clustering) is required, as is a working knowledge of networking concepts
 hands on experience with Windows DHCP server administration and Scope migrations., Windows DFS (Both Standalone and Active Directory) and SMB, File Servers, Share and NTFS Permission structure.
 experience supporting virtualization platforms (e.g., Hyper-V and VMware), enterprise storage platforms, database platforms (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server), and integration with cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is also beneficial
 understanding of PowerShell including an understanding of its underlying design, is required. Experience in Python and C# is preferred.
 experience creating and maintaining CD Pipelines and IaC (Infrastructure as Code) deployments using Azure DevOps or GitLab
 possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Have worked in an agile setup and familiar with the Agile Manifesto
 basic understanding of the Banking and Finance industries with previous job experience a plus. Exposure to enterprise environment ITIL based processes know-how , Issue Management and effective escalation management , Global User support exposure
 familiar with Agile and SRE practices