Windows Server Specialist

Job Title: Windows Server Specialist Job Description • Drive ongoing efforts to achieve a proactive IT operation. • Deploy, upgrade, or migrate a specific Microsoft technology following proven best practices. • Uncover the root cause of IT issues. • Build new skills to improve IT services and support. You will be responsible for customer satisfaction, deployment, adoption, and support of Windows Server / Client initiatives. Assist customers in building, deploying, operating, and optimizing complex enterprise environments. This job has proven to be a career accelerator for hundreds of engineers over the years. You will be a trusted advisor, a specialist the room is looking to for guidance, education and adherence for best practices, risk mitigation etc. **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. Location: IND Pune - RMZ 1st Floor (Sublease to CIND) Language Requirements: Time Type: Full time