Job Description

As the Windows Server Infrastructure Architect, you will own the design, architecture, and standardization of the Windows Server platform across a large-scale setting. This is a senior engineering and architecture role — not an operations or endpoint/desktop management role. You will be the technical authority for Windows Server, responsible for building the patching architecture, gold image pipeline, deployment standards, and virtualization strategy that operations teams execute against.

You will set direction, define standards, and solve the hardest platform-level problems.

Qualifications
Deep expertise administering and architecting Windows Server (2016/2019/2022 and newer) at enterprise scale
Proven experience designing an enterprise patching/configuration architecture for a large server fleet using SCCM/MECM (Current Branch) or a comparable enterprise tool
Hands-on experience building Windows Server gold images and standardized deployment/provisioning pipelines
Solid virtualization background: Hyper-V (preferred)



and/or VMware vSphere — host design, clustering/HA, and capacity planning
Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation; experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and/or configuration management (DSC, Ansible, Terraform, or similar) is a solid plus
Solid Active Directory, GPO, DNS, and Windows networking fundamentals as they apply to server infrastructure
Experience integrating vulnerability scanners (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7) and applying security hardening baselines (CIS, DISA STIG)
Ability to operate as a technical lead: set standards, produce architecture/design documentation, and guide execution teams

General Skills & Competencies
Proactive self-starter who manages time and priorities independently
Strong ability to translate business and security needs into comprehensive technical solutions while building credibility across teams
Clear written and verbal communication; able to deliver formal architecture

📌 Principal Windows Server Infrastructure Architect Bengaluru
🏢 Sandisk
📍 Bengaluru