About this opportunity
Insight Global lists this Senior Windows System Engineer opportunity in charlottesville, va, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Duration: 3-Year Term (Converting Position)
Salary: $90,000-$95,000 upon conversion
Location: Hybrid, Charlottesville, VA (Mostly remote with occasional onsite work for installations and data center support)
Schedule: Standard business hours with occasional after-hours maintenance/support work
Must-Haves
7+ years of Microsoft infrastructure/systems engineering experience
Advanced Windows Server engineering experience
Strong Active Directory administration and troubleshooting experience
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Hybrid Identity experience
Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online/Hybrid Exchange experience
Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation experience
Strong networking fundamentals including DNS, DHCP, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, and certificates
VMware, Hyper-V, clustered environments, or virtualization experience
SAN storage experience
Backup and disaster recovery experience
Enterprise infrastructure project ownership from design through implementation
Ability to serve as a senior escalation point and troubleshoot across multiple infrastructure layers
Experience with physical server hardware and data center infrastructure
Capacity planning and infrastructure lifecycle management
Plusses
Veeam Backup & Replication experience
Mail flow and Exchange administration
Dell server or Dell SAN infrastructure experience
Azure Stack HCI experience
Windows Server Failover Clustering experience
Meraki networking experience
Azure Arc and Azure Automation exposure
IIS administration experience
SQL Server infrastructure support experience
Freshservice workflow automation experience
Experience in higher education, utilities, healthcare, financial services, or large enterprise environments
Day-to-Day
Design and implement enterprise infrastructure solutions across primarily on-prem and hybrid environments
Manage and support Windows Server environments
Maintain Active Directory, Entra ID, and hybrid identity services
Administer Exchange Online, hybrid Exchange, and mail flow environments
Build and enhance PowerShell automation solutions
Manage server hardware, virtualization, storage, and clustered infrastructure
Support SAN storage and disaster recovery initiatives
Oversee backup and recovery engineering using Veeam
Troubleshoot networking issues within Meraki and enterprise environments
Perform root cause analysis for complex infrastructure incidents
Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning
Coordinate with vendors and internal IT teams on infrastructure projects
Rack and deploy hardware within the data center as needed
Serve as a senior escalation resource
Approximately 70% project-based engineering and 30% operational support
Job Description
Insight Global is seeking a Senior Windows Engineer for a top higher education client. This candidate will join a senior-level infrastructure team responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Microsoft infrastructure across primarily on-premises and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, Entra ID, PowerShell automation, networking, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and enterprise infrastructure engineering. This is a true engineering role, not a systems administration position, and will focus heavily on infrastructure projects, architecture, automation, capacity planning, and complex troubleshooting. The engineer will support core Microsoft technologies, clustered infrastructure, SAN storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, data center operations, and enterprise networking while serving as a senior escalation point and technical leader for critical initiatives.
Who can apply
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