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Senior Microsoft Windows Server & Hyper-V Infrastructure Engineer
Tranzeal Inc.
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Remote
- Senior
- 20 hours ago
- Microsoft Windows
- Hyper-V
- Windows Server
- HPE
- Windows
- Disaster Recovery
- Fabric
- TCP/IP
- VLANs
- DNS
- DHCP
- Mac
- Configuration Management
- PowerShell
- Incident Response
- Azure
- VMware
- Active Directory
- Group Policy
20 hours ago
Location: Remote
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilledSenior Microsoft Windows Server & Hyper-V Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise Windows Server and Hyper-V environments supporting critical business services. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Microsoft infrastructure technologies, virtualization, systems management, capacity planning, and HPE enterprise hardware platforms.
This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, scalability, security, and availability of a large-scale Windows and virtualization environment. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical expert who can troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, networking, and virtualization layers while proactively planning for future growth and infrastructure needs.
Key Responsibilities
Hyper-V Virtualization & Clustering
- Architect, implement, and support enterprise Hyper-V virtualization platforms.
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot highly available Hyper-V Failover Clusters.
- Configure and support Live Migration, Storage Migration, Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), and failover capabilities.
- Perform Hyper-V host lifecycle management, upgrades, and hardware refreshes.
- Develop and maintain virtualization standards and operational procedures.
- Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and high-availability objectives.
- Administer and maintain Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).
- Configure and manage host groups, logical networks, virtual networks, templates, and service templates.
- Manage the virtualization fabric including compute, storage, and networking resources.
- Provision and manage virtual machines through SCVMM.
- Troubleshoot fabric, networking, storage, and host connectivity issues within the SCVMM environment.
- Maintain and optimize SCVMM automation and orchestration capabilities.
- Demonstrate strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts including:
- TCP/IP
- Routing and Switching
- VLANs
- Subnetting
- NIC Teaming
- DNS and DHCP
- Network Redundancy
- Configure and troubleshoot Hyper-V virtual switches and networking components.
- Manage and support Hyper-V MAC address configurations, including:
- Dynamic MAC addressing
- Static MAC addressing
- SCVMM MAC address pools
- Duplicate MAC address resolution
- VM mobility and migration considerations
- Partner with network engineering teams to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
- Ensure virtual networking configurations align with enterprise security and operational requirements.
- Administer and maintain Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
- Develop and execute patch management strategies for Windows Server and Hyper-V environments.
- Coordinate maintenance windows and validate updates prior to production deployment.
- Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, audit, and operational requirements.
- Maintain server configuration standards and system documentation.
- Support and manage HPE enterprise server infrastructure including:
- HPE Synergy
- HPE ProLiant DL380 platforms
- Monitor server health, firmware compliance, and hardware lifecycle status.
- Participate in hardware refresh planning and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, storage, and integrated networking issues.
- Utilize HPE OneView to manage and monitor enterprise infrastructure.
- Create and manage server profiles, templates, and firmware baselines.
- Support infrastructure standardization and automation efforts.
- Leverage OneView reporting and monitoring capabilities for operational management.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure capacity plans for Windows Server, Hyper-V clusters, storage, and network resources.
- Monitor and analyze trends in CPU, memory, storage, and network utilization across physical and virtual environments.
- Forecast future infrastructure requirements based on application growth, business demand, and technology roadmaps.
- Recommend cluster expansion, hardware upgrades, and resource allocation changes to maintain performance and availability.
- Perform workload balancing and VM rightsizing activities to optimize infrastructure utilization.
- Ensure sufficient cluster capacity exists to support maintenance activities, failover scenarios, and disaster recovery requirements.
- Create regular utilization, performance, and capacity reports for leadership and operational teams.
- Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and proactively develop remediation plans before service impacts occur.
- Partner with application, database, and infrastructure teams to understand upcoming projects and model resource requirements.
- Support budgeting and hardware planning efforts through data-driven capacity forecasting.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate administration and operational tasks.
- Streamline provisioning, monitoring, patching, and reporting processes.
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
- Participate in on-call support and infrastructure incident response activities.
- Lead root cause analysis efforts for significant infrastructure incidents.
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience administering Microsoft SCVMM.
- Experience managing WSUS and enterprise patch management processes.
- Hands-on experience supporting HPE Synergy and HPE ProLiant DL380 platforms.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts and virtualization networking.
- Experience managing Hyper-V networking, virtual switches, and MAC addressing configurations.
- Demonstrated experience with infrastructure capacity planning, forecasting, and resource optimization.
- Strong troubleshooting skills spanning operating systems, virtualization, storage, hardware, and networking.
- Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Knowledge of SAN, NAS, and Cluster Shared Volume architectures.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with HPE OneView.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise virtualization environments.
- Microsoft certifications such as:
- Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- Azure Administrator Associate
- HPE certifications related to Synergy, OneView, or ProLiant platforms.
- Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and performance management solutions.
- Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity technologies.
- VMware administration experience is a plus.
Technical Skills
Microsoft Technologies
- Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, and newer
- Hyper-V
- Failover Clustering
- SCVMM
- WSUS
- Active Directory
- Group Policy
- DNS/DHCP
- PowerShell
- HPE Synergy
- HPE ProLiant DL380
- HPE OneView
- HPE Virtual Connect
- TCP/IP
- VLANs
- Virtual Switches
- NIC Teaming
- Routing & Switching Fundamentals
- DNS/DHCP
- MAC Address Management
- Network Troubleshooting
- Infrastructure Automation
- Capacity Planning
- Performance Monitoring
- Resource Forecasting
- High Availability
- Disaster Recovery
- SAN/NAS Storage
Senior Microsoft Windows Server & Hyper-V Infrastructure Engineer · Tranzeal Inc.