Windows Server & Cloud Consultant

The Design and Transition (Wintel/Workplace) team provide technical consultants to projects engaged with multiple customers internationally. We are primarily responsible for delivering technical solutions to our customers within the Wintel and Digital Workplace service portfolios. Our responsibility includes taking the solutions provided by architects through the design and implementation phases before ensuring a smooth hand over of support to the relevant Operations teams. Our engagements can range from full greenfield deployments through to providing ad-hoc consultant assistance with service changes. We participate in portfolio development through presales and ongoing solution reviews.

What to expect:

• Deliver pre and post sales consultancy across the Getronics service portfolio internationally
• Successfully deliver Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft Cloud based projects by providing the needed implementation, operational change and request handling/validation, there will also be occasional design and technical project co-ordination activities
• Projects include Implementing, configuring, and updating components of the Windows Portfolio which include Windows Server Operating Systems, Active Directory Domain Services, DNS and DHCP
• There may also be a requirement to assist with the daily operations
• Contributing to customer Proposals including providing details on the roadmap for the Getronics portfolio
• Interaction with IT infrastructure managers, IT directors and architects

• A minimum of 2 years consultancy experience, or relevant experience in a similar role
• Experience working in Project Delivery with Microsoft technologies and ideally within a private/public Cloud environment
• Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A good understanding of proposal generation and service guides
• Customer focused with a commercial acumen and proactive attitude
• Consultancy experience within service provider and cloud computing environments.
• Ability to work with different customers simultaneously with a remote team.

Required Technical Skills:

• A desire to explore and implement other Microsoft technology as a means to further develop the company portfolio
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - 2025
• Microsoft technologies and services: ADDS, DNS, DHCP, GPO's, Failover clustering, DFSN/R
• Security Standards / Security Baselines
• Anti-virus/Malware protection technologies

Desirable Technical Skills:

• Microsoft RDS
• Scripting - PowerShell
• Certificate management
• VMware (Application virtualization, Desktop virtualization, etc)
• Microsoft Entra ID (authentication services including PIM/CA/SSPR)
• Customer Migrations experience
• If you think you have 75% or even 90% of what we are looking for and know you are capable of the responsibilities and duties at hand, we encourage you to apply! Not all applicants require 100% of what we expect. This will prove you are willing to develop, curious to learn and grow professionally and personally.

What we can give you:

• 37.5-hour working week with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance
• 25 days holiday (with the opportunity to buy/sell extra days) plus statutory bank holidays
• Remote working in the UK
• Full training provided as part of robust induction process, including opportunities for continual development with our NorthStar online learning platform which has over 80,000 courses available
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Flexible benefits package that aims to offer something for everyone
• GetVibes - our active listening program enabling us to connect and listen to feedback from all colleagues, as a business we then work together to devise action plans to continually improve and develop Getronics!
• 24/7 advice and support across a wealth of topics with free access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• To give back to the community and in support of our global ESG programme, you'll be given 1-day paid leave to participate in local volunteering projects
• Company Pension Scheme, plus life assurance, and access to our free Digital GP App via Aviva
• Private medical cover from 12 months
• Global Recognition Program - 40+ awards were made last year under our RecogniseMe scheme

Getronics is a global leader in technology solutions with a team of over 4,000 colleagues in 22 centres, providing comprehensive end-to-end services across the globe. Our mission is to deliver and continually evolve reliable IT services and solutions to empower organisations to maximise their business potential.