Windows Server Automation Engineer

Ford Ford · Auto · MI · Enterprise Technology

This role focuses on automating the creation, installation, configuration, and maintenance of Windows Server infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools. It involves ensuring server compliance, security, uptime, and stability, and providing technical direction for the Windows Server Operating System platform. The role also includes evaluating and deploying security updates and managing change.

What you'd actually do

  1. Automate the creation and testing of Windows Server templates for virtual machines and physical hardware using a CI/CD pipeline
  2. Automate the installation and configuration of Windows Server Operating System infrastructure using a multitude of tools such as Terraform, vRA/vRO, Habitat, Chef, Ruby, PowerShell
  3. Automate manual processes associated with infrastructure deployment via pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
  4. Provide cross-team support for deploying Windows Server infrastructure to multiple target environments
  5. Provide technical direction for the Windows Server Operating System platform

Skills

Required

  • Windows Server Operating Systems (2012R2/2016/2019)
  • Windows PowerShell
  • Scripting and programming languages (PowerShell, Batch, Ruby, Groovy)
  • VMWare
  • HPE server technologies
  • CI/CD pipeline
  • Infrastructure-as-code

Nice to have

  • Operations experience supporting Windows Servers for a large enterprise
  • Operations experience supporting IIS and Windows Clustering for a large enterprise
  • Chef
  • Habitat
  • Terraform
  • Jenkins
  • Ruby
  • GitHub
  • AV/Anti-Malware products for Windows Server Operating System
  • DevOps environment
  • Agile/Lean methodologies

What the JD emphasized

  • Deep technical knowledge of Windows Server Operating Systems (2012R2/2016/2019)
  • Deep technical knowledge of Windows PowerShell
  • 5+ Years of demonstrated ability with Microsoft Windows Server OS and related technologies
  • 5+ Years of experience with Windows Server Operating system for virtual machines and physical hardware