Windows Server Engineer

Description

Notes from the manager
Things the manager would like to point out about this role:
This is a windows-oriented role
The resource will be working with a legacy environment that is 10+ years old
Working heavily with Market6 (Data Analytics portal) and on-demand servers

The right candidate will be:
Extremely independent!! (This is a must)
A generalist that is willing to learn and dig for solutions
Have experience with server upgrades + testing (Nice to have, not a requirement)

Formal JD
Looking for a proactive and independent resource to administrate, maintain, and support a Microsoft environment for several web applications along with backing services hosted on Linux. This environment includes Microsoft identity, database, queuing and reporting operations and operating with load balancers that are unique within the org. Experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering disciplines is preferred. This role will involve both support and project work paired with the application team to help modernize the application hosting and align with larger org consolidation efforts such as moving logging and monitoring from Splunk to Datadog.

The current application environment includes primarily Windows servers with some backing services hosted on Linux (e.g. splunk, postgres, and redis), network storage, and identity and message services on Windows. The application interacts with both internal and external services that you may help troubleshoot (e.g. connections to Snowflake)

Technical Environment:

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
Microsoft Active Directory
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Windows Server
Ubuntu Linux
PostgreSQL
Redis
Synology NAS
Splunk (looking to retire for Datadog)
TeamCity - build (retiring for GHA)
Octopus - deployment tool (may retire in favor of GHA)
Snowflake

Desired Skills:

Experience hosting externally facing web applications in a Microsoft environment
Experience configuring and maintaining Windows services like Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services
Experience configuring and maintaining Microsoft Message Queuing and Microsoft SQL Server
DevOps experience working alongside application teams
Familiarity with building .NET applications
Site Reliability Engineering experience primarily in a Windows environment
Knowledge of load balancers (e.g. Kemp and Netscaler)
Splunk experience nice to have

Key Responsibilities

Day to day administration of a Microsoft domain
Testing and validation of Windows Updates
Maintenance of certificates related to ADFS and IIS web applications
Contribution to support incidents related to the underlying environment
Upgrades and maintenance of Windows servers
Upgrades and maintenance of MS SQL and related servers
Modifications of ADFS to support external identity providers
Projects related to upgrading and modernizing the architecture to include assistance with evaluating Azure hosting options