Education Qualification : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Senior Wintel and Azure Cloud Sysadmin is a handson technical lead responsible for the stability, security, and evolution of Windows server estates and Azure cloud platforms. This role owns L2/L3 incident response, platform hardening, automation and IaC, and mentoring junior engineers. The senior sysadmin partners with application teams, network, storage, and security to deliver resilient, costefficient services.

Core Responsibilities

. Platform Operations: Lead administration of Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, and related middleware; manage Azure resources including VMs, VNet, Storage, Azure AD, Backup, and Site Recovery.

. Incident and Problem Management: Own L2/L3 incidents, perform rapid triage, coordinate crossteam remediation, produce RCAs, and implement permanent fixes.

. Backup and Disaster Recovery: Design, execute, and validate backup and ASR/DR runbooks; lead scheduled DR tests and posttest remediation.

. Automation and Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain PowerShell, ARM/Bicep, or Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments, patching, and operational tasks.

. Security and Compliance: Implement hardening baselines, manage Key Vault and secrets, enforce least privilege, support audits, and remediate vulnerabilities.

. Monitoring and Capacity Management: Configure and tune Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and alerting; analyze metrics for performance, cost,



and capacity planning.

. Knowledge and Governance: Maintain SOPs, runbooks, and run regular knowledge transfer sessions; mentor junior staff and participate in oncall rotations.

Required Skills and Experience

. 10+ years' experience in Windows server administration and 3+ years operating Azure production environments.

. Deep expertise in Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, Windows internals, and patch management.

. Solid scripting and automation skills with PowerShell and experience with ARM/Bicep or Terraform.

. Proven troubleshooting skills across compute, networking, storage, and identity in hybrid environments.

. Experience with Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, and Azure Monitor.

. Excellent communication skills for stakeholder updates, runbook writing, and crossteam coordination.

Preferred Qualifications and Certifications

. Certifications: AZ104, AZ305, AZ500, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server or equivalent.

. Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware/HyperV), SAN storage, Citrix, SQL Server, and enterprise backup solutions.

Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions), monitoring stacks (Prometheus/Grafana), and ITSM processes (ITIL).

Primary tools and platforms: Windows Server, Active Directory, PowerShell, Azure Portal, Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep, Terraform, Azure Monitor/Log Analytics, Azure Backup/ASR, VMware/HyperV, SQL Server, ITSM (ServiceNow/Jira).

Skills:

- Azure
- Communication
- MS Windows
- Infrastructure
- SQLite

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