Windows Server Engineer

Role Purpose
The Windows Server Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, securing and maintaining Microsoft-based server platforms. The role ensures reliable infrastructure operations through effective administration, automation, identity integration and continuous platform improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, configure and maintain enterprise Windows Server environments.
• Manage operating system patching, upgrades, hardening and lifecycle activities.
• Support Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and related identity services.
• Implement configuration baselines and security controls.
• Support virtualised and cloud-hosted Windows workloads.
• Develop PowerShell scripts to automate provisioning and administration.
• Monitor system performance, availability, capacity and security events.
• Participate in incident, problem, change and major incident management.
• Support backup, recovery, resilience and disaster recovery requirements.
• Investigate complex technical issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Maintain technical documentation, standards and operating procedures.
• Collaborate with security, network, database, application and cloud teams.

Skills and Experience

• Strong experience administering enterprise Windows Server environments.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, SCCM and authentication services.
• Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Understanding of server security, vulnerability management and configuration hardening.
• Experience with virtualisation, cloud platforms and backup technologies.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging and event management tools.
• Knowledge of high availability, resilience and disaster recovery principles.
• Strong understanding of platform reliability, security, resilience and operational excellence.
• Experience participating in incident, problem, change and lifecycle management.
• Ability to document technical solutions and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach to engineering, with a focus on continuous improvement and automation.
• Commitment to continuous learning, professional development and relevant industry accreditations.

Education and Professional Background

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Typically six to ten years of relevant experience, or demonstrable expertise appropriate to the role.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Experience coordinating the work of others or contributing to technical projects.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD concepts.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications.