Platform Specialist - Windows and Virtualization

Role : Enterprise Platform Specialist – Windows/Virtualization

The Windows and Virtualization Specialist will be part of a global team of platform engineers with a specialty in Windows and Virtualization services.  This team demonstrates superb technical competency as it interacts with a broad array of internal and external partners to deliver a common, resilient, agile, scalable, and secure platform for applications and services that power the entire firm.  The position requires a solid understanding of a wide range of technologies and a focus on prioritizing and driving high value projects to the business.  A successful candidate will be a strong engineer with a developer mindset that thrives in a highly diverse environment.

Position Overview:

• Maintain responsibility for Active Directory and all related services.
• Design, build, and manage all Windows systems and infrastructure services on-premises or in a cloud environment.
• Optimize, manage, and monitor Squarepoint’s global virtualization stack, including VMware vSphere.
• Design, build, and manage all VDI-related systems and infrastructure services on-premises or in a cloud environment.
• Implement complex PowerShell-based workflows to promote automation, data analytics, and self-healing.
• Configure, support, and benchmark operating systems and cloud images.
• Develop policies, roadmaps, standards, and procedures for all peer and downstream teams.
• Hardware and Lifecycle management
• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity planning and design
• Collaborate with internal and external teams, stakeholders and management on the development of technology solutions.
• Perform related duties & responsibilities as requested.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience engineering a Microsoft server-based infrastructure.
• Experience managing VMware vSphere environments.
• Experience developing complex automated Powershell workflows and operating within a CI/CD focused pipeline.
• Experience with systems monitoring and telemetry in the scope of validating integrity and availability of all hardware and components.
• Strong expertise with production and application support in mixed environments
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong troubleshooting skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science-related field of study, or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have:

• MCSE: Core Infrastructure or related experience
• MCSE: Productivity or related experience
• VMware VCP in Desktop Mobility Deploy or VCAP Certification in Desktop Mobility Design
• Degree in engineering or a relevant discipline.
• SAN Storage Administration