Location: Houston, TX / Austin, TX
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Windows Server & Hyper-V Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise Windows Server and Hyper-V environments supporting critical business services. This role requires deep expertise in virtualization, high availability, systems management, enterprise networking, capacity planning, and HPE server infrastructure. The successful candidate will troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, networking, and virtualization layers while ensuring infrastructure stability, security, scalability, and performance.
Primary Skills
Microsoft Windows Server
Hyper-V
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
PowerShell
Infrastructure Capacity Planning
Secondary Skills
Hyper-V Failover Clustering
Live Migration and Storage Migration
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
Enterprise Networking: TCP/IP, VLANs, Routing and Switching
Hyper-V Virtual Switches and MAC Address Management
HPE Synergy
HPE ProLiant DL380
HPE OneView
SAN and NAS Storage
Windows Server Patch Management
Infrastructure Automation
Disaster Recovery and High Availability
Key Responsibilities
Hyper-V Virtualization and Clustering
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Design, implement, administer, and troubleshoot enterprise Hyper-V virtualization platforms.
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Build and maintain highly available Hyper-V failover clusters.
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Configure and support Live Migration, Storage Migration, Cluster Shared Volumes, and failover capabilities.
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Manage Hyper-V host lifecycle activities, upgrades, and hardware refreshes.
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Maintain virtualization standards, operational procedures, and disaster recovery readiness.
SCVMM Administration
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Administer and maintain Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).
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Configure and manage host groups, logical networks, virtual networks, templates, and service templates.
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Manage virtualization fabric resources across compute, storage, and networking.
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Provision and manage virtual machines through SCVMM.
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Troubleshoot fabric, host connectivity, networking, and storage issues.
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Optimize SCVMM automation and orchestration capabilities.
Networking and Virtual Infrastructure
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Apply enterprise networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, routing and switching, VLANs, subnetting, NIC teaming, DNS, DHCP, and network redundancy.
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Configure and troubleshoot Hyper-V virtual switches and virtual networking components.
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Manage dynamic and static MAC addressing, SCVMM MAC address pools, and duplicate MAC address issues.
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Support virtual machine mobility and migration while maintaining network connectivity.
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Collaborate with network engineering teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues and align virtual networking with security standards.
Patch and Configuration Management
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Administer Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and enterprise patch management processes.
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Develop and execute patching strategies for Windows Server and Hyper-V environments.
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Coordinate maintenance windows and validate updates before production deployment.
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Maintain server configuration standards and documentation.
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Support cybersecurity, audit, and operational compliance requirements.
HPE Infrastructure Management
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Support and manage HPE enterprise server infrastructure, including HPE Synergy and HPE ProLiant DL380 platforms.
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Monitor server health, firmware compliance, and hardware lifecycle status.
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Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, storage, and integrated networking issues.
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Participate in hardware refresh planning and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
Capacity Planning and Performance Management
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Develop and maintain capacity plans for Windows Server environments, Hyper-V clusters, storage, and network resources.
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Analyze CPU, memory, storage, and network utilization across physical and virtual infrastructure.
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Forecast future resource requirements based on application growth, business demand, and technology roadmaps.
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Recommend cluster expansion, hardware upgrades, and resource allocation changes to maintain performance and availability.
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Perform workload balancing and virtual machine rightsizing to optimize resource utilization.
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Ensure adequate cluster capacity for maintenance, failover, and disaster recovery scenarios.
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Produce utilization, performance, and capacity reports for technical and operational stakeholders.
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Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and develop remediation plans before service is affected.
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Collaborate with application, database, and infrastructure teams to estimate resource needs for upcoming projects.
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Support budgeting and hardware planning through data-driven capacity forecasting.
Automation and Operational Excellence
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Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate administration, provisioning, monitoring, patching, and reporting.
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Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
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Participate in on-call support and infrastructure incident response.
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Lead root cause analysis for significant infrastructure incidents.
Required Qualifications
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Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).
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Experience managing WSUS and enterprise Windows Server patch management.
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Practical experience supporting HPE Synergy and HPE ProLiant DL380 server platforms.
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Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, and NIC teaming.
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Experience managing Hyper-V networking, virtual switches, MAC addressing, and failover clustering.
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Knowledge of Live Migration, Storage Migration, Cluster Shared Volumes, and high-availability configurations.
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Demonstrated experience with infrastructure capacity planning, forecasting, performance monitoring, and resource optimization.
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Strong troubleshooting capabilities across operating systems, virtualization, storage, hardware, and networking.
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Experience with PowerShell scripting and infrastructure automation.
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Knowledge of SAN, NAS, and Cluster Shared Volume architectures.
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Ability to support disaster recovery, incident response, and root cause analysis activities.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience administering HPE OneView.
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Familiarity with server profiles, templates, firmware baselines, reporting, and monitoring through HPE OneView.
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Experience supporting infrastructure standardization and automation initiatives.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
