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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Windows OS Engineering - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Business Analytics Applications, Microsoft Azure, Domain Name System (DNS), Failover Clustering, Firmware, Github, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Servers, Windows PowerShell, Power BI, Ansible, Systems Integration, Grafana, HybridCloud, Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bare Metal, Windows Security, CIS Benchmarks, Splunk, Wsus, Cisco - **Published:** September 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us1f0562665bfa3e2aee3effa187872c43 ## About the Role 5+ years of Windows Server engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or equivalent enterprise infrastructure experience. Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server platforms, including Windows Server 2019, 2022, and/or 2025. Experience designing, building, hardening, and maintaining Windows Server golden images or standardized OS builds. Strong automation experience with PowerShell, Ansible for Windows, Git, GitHub, and CI/CD pipeline workflows. Experience with Windows patching ecosystems such as WSUS, MECM/SCCM, update rings, maintenance windows, and rollback planning. Experience with Active Directory, DNS, GPO, certificate services, Windows security controls, and enterprise authentication patterns. Experience implementing security baselines, CIS/STIG-aligned controls, configuration drift management, or compliance remediation. Experience working in regulated delivery environments with change control, evidence collection, traceability, audit readiness, and controlled releases. Ability to lead technical design, mentor engineers, and drive execution across infrastructure, operations, security, and application teams., Experience with Packer, image factory patterns, automated VM image lifecycle, or immutable infrastructure practices. Experience publishing or managing Windows images in Azure and/or GCP. Experience with Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, public cloud governance, or hybrid cloud operating models. Experience with RackN, bare-metal provisioning, hardware certification, firmware automation, or virtualization platform integration. Experience with Windows Failover Clustering, storage integrations, PowerMax, PowerFlex, Pure, or Cisco UCS certification. Experience with Grafana, Splunk, Power BI, or other observability and analytics platforms. Experience with GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, configuration-as-code, or PR-based infrastructure delivery. 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