Senior Engineer, Infrastructure Operations (Windows & Cloud)

Job title: Senior Engineer, Infrastructure Operations (Windows & Cloud)

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary functions and essential responsibilities:

• Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise Windows Server infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage Active Directory services including Domain Controllers, Organizational Units, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), trusts, replication, and identity integrations.
• Design and maintain highly available Windows infrastructure solutions supporting mission-critical business applications.
• Support and administer core Microsoft technologies including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, DFS, PKI, File Services, and Remote Desktop Services.
• Drive infrastructure modernization through automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions utilizing PowerShell, Python, Terraform, and related technologies.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions for server provisioning, patch management, health monitoring, capacity management, and operational workflows.
• Lead Windows Server migration, upgrade, and lifecycle management initiatives.
• Implement and support Microsoft Azure services including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Files, Azure Backup, and hybrid identity solutions.
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, security, and capacity to ensure operational excellence and platform reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex server, operating system, authentication, directory services, networking, and infrastructure-related issues.
• Collaborate with Security Operations teams to implement security baselines, vulnerability remediation, hardening standards, and compliance requirements.
• Develop operational dashboards, reports, and metrics using Power BI and other reporting platforms.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, standards, and disaster recovery runbooks.
• Partner with cloud, application, network, database, and security teams to develop scalable enterprise solutions.
• Provide escalation support for Service Desk, Infrastructure Operations, Production Support, and Application teams.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.

• 10+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise Windows Server environments.

• Strong experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 platforms.

• Advanced expertise with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, DFS, PKI, IIS and Windows authentication technologies.

• Proven experience implementing and supporting hybrid identity solutions utilizing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory).

• Strong experience with PowerShell \ Python scripting and infrastructure automation.

• Experience with Windows Server lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, migrations, and operational support.

• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.

• Strong understanding of enterprise security, hardening, authentication, privileged access management, and compliance requirements.

• Experience with performance troubleshooting, monitoring, and capacity planning of enterprise Windows environments.

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, DevOps practices, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins and CI/CD integration preferred.

General Requirements:

• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Security certifications, ITIL Foundation, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert are preferred.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical documentation and executive-level reporting.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver effectively in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

• Strong planning, organizational, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities.

• Detail-oriented, customer-focused approach with an emphasis on automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, Networking, Database, and Application teams.

• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable infrastructure solutions.

• Proven experience delivering automation, modernization, cloud transformation, and operational improvement initiatives.

• Reporting Relationships

• Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering

• There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.