Windows Engineer

About Persistent

We are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 14 of the 30 most innovative US companies, 80% of the largest banks in the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum by reporting $300.6M revenue in Q3FY24, delivering 13.7% Y-o-Y growth. Our 23,000+ global team members, located in 21 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We’re also pleased to share that Persistent has been recognized as the “Most Promising Company” of the Year at the 2023 CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards and named a Leader in Everest Group’s Talent Readiness for Next-Generation IT Services PEAK Matrix® 2023 . We also won four 2023 ISG Star of Excellence™ Awards , reflecting the highest standard of customer service excellence. Throughout this market-leading growth, we’ve maintained strong employee satisfaction – over 94% of our employees approve of the CEO, and 89% would recommend working at Persistent to a friend.

About Position and details:

• Role: Windows Engineer
• Location: Harbour Exchange Square, London
• Onsite: 2 to 3 days to office
• Job Type: Full time Contract role(Initially for 6months)

Responsibilities:

• Install new and rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories and storage
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures; contribute to and maintain system standards
• Perform daily system and security monitoring, verify the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, review system and application logs, and verify completion of scheduled jobs
• Perform daily backup operations, ensure all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media and integrity checked regularly
• Provide support to various end user and developer groups by request
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
• Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required; maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.
• Participate in the design, implementation and management of workload automation initiatives
• Adhere to firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and familiarity with ITIL or other formalized IT operations foundations

Skill

• (MCP) Microsoft Certified Professional or (MCSE) Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
• Experience engineering support of Active Directory, DNS, and any additional Microsoft, Citrix and VMware products
• Experience with Active Directory including AD forest migration, remediation and consolidation, as well as a strong foundation in other directory service technologies including GPO, DNS and DHCP
• Hands on experience designing and configuring Microsoft Windows (Server and End User) technology including Antivirus, patch management and other System Administration tools
• Experience developing detailed Windows Administrative standards, design, and implementation documentation
• Experience capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance planning to ensure high availability.
• Work closely with network engineering in the development, coordination, troubleshooting of enterprise network security systems and implementation of appropriate rulesets and configurations for firewalls, load balancers, intrusion detection systems, routers and switches
• Coordinate with change control and environment management and network and security teams; upgrades and routine maintenance; troubleshooting support; performance monitoring; provides support and maintenance for networks at offices, data center, and DR sites.
• Experience with MS System Center, including Configuration / Operation Manager, Orchestrator, and Application Packaging across a Global Infrastructure
• Participate with implementation of solutions involving data encryption, data masking, secure file transfers, and data leakage prevention. Supports new initiatives related to regulatory mandates.
• Experience implementing/supporting desktop virtualization such as VDI and DaaS.
• Assist in maintaining Application Packaging Standards / Desktop Standards / Hardware Imaging / OS Patches, etc.
• Design / Develop PowerShell Scripts for Automation of Operational Process, where appropriate
• Implement / Support Security Policies / Audits – Troubleshoot / Resolve Security Permissions Issues
• Good to have at least one scripting language (PowerShell / VBScript / Python, etc.)
• Exchange Administration / Support; SQL Server Administration / Support

Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent

“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”