Windows System Administrator

• Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Windows servers and workstations across hardware development labs and data-center environments.
• Develop, maintain, and improve PowerShell automation for provisioning, configuration, maintenance, validation, remediation, and operational tasks.
• Identify repetitive or error-prone manual processes and replace them with reliable, documented automation.
• Automate deployment and configuration of Windows systems using technologies such as PowerShell, Intune, Azure Arc, Ansible, APIs, or similar tooling.
• Maintain and improve existing automation, scripts, configuration-management workflows, and deployment processes.
• Support automated provisioning and lifecycle management of Windows and Linux systems.
• Integrate infrastructure automation with monitoring, logging, security, and compliance processes.
• Troubleshoot Windows operating system, Active Directory, networking, hardware, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Analyze recurring operational problems and develop permanent corrective solutions rather than relying solely on manual remediation.
• Work directly with engineering users to diagnose and resolve infrastructure problems.
• Collaborate with service owners and other infrastructure engineers to improve reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in peer reviews of scripts, automation, configurations, and operational changes.
• Promote secure system administration practices and standardized infrastructure management., Experience in any of the following will help candidates stand out:
• Ansible playbook development and administration
• Python or another scripting/programming language
• CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
• Experience supporting engineering, R&D, semiconductor, hardware-development, or laboratory environments.
• Graylog or similar centralized logging platforms
• Linux/Unix systems administration
• Advanced networking knowledge
• Virtualization technologies
• Cloud infrastructure
• IT security fundamentals
• Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is an experienced administrator who takes ownership of both systems and processes.

You:

• Consistently maintain high standards of customer service.
• Can independently investigate and resolve infrastructure problems.
• Prefer automation and repeatability over manual administration.
• Recognize recurring operational work as an opportunity for automation.
• Write scripts that others can understand, maintain, and safely operate.
• Care about reliability, maintainability, security, and operational simplicity.
• Proactively learn new technologies, concepts, and tools.
• Continuously develop your Windows, cloud, networking, and automation expertise.
• Communicate clearly with engineers, customers, and other infrastructure professionals.
• Document your work so that knowledge is shared across the team.
• Champion secure processes and promote infrastructure best practices.
• Are curious about how systems work and motivated to make them work better.

What We Offer

• Opportunities for professional growth, advanced certifications, and technical specialization.
• Hands-on experience supporting complex enterprise and hardware-engineering infrastructure.
• Exposure to Windows, Linux, hybrid cloud, automation, and large-scale engineering environments.
• Opportunities to design and improve automation rather than simply execute manual operational procedures.
• A collaborative engineering culture focused on technical excellence, curiosity, reliability, and continuous improvement., This is a remote position supporting a U.S.-based client and requires regular real-time communication in English.

Candidates must meet the following requirements to be considered:

• BA/BS in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline; or equivalent military, occupational, professional, or hands-on technical experience.
• 4+ years of professional Windows systems administration experience in enterprise, engineering, data-center, or similarly complex environments.
• Strong hands-on Windows Server and Windows workstation administration experience.
• 4+ years of Professional experience writing PowerShell, Python, Shell, or similar scripts for process automation.
• English proficiency, both written and verbal, sufficient to communicate directly with U.S.-based customers and engineering teams. C1-level English proficiency (CEFR/Cambridge), TOEFL equivalent, or comparable professional proficiency is expected.

Automation is not an optional or secondary responsibility in this position.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate experience with several of the following:

• Demonstrated ability to automate repetitive systems-administration tasks.
• Experience troubleshooting Windows systems independently in production or business-critical environments.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• Strong understanding of PC and server hardware.
• Ability to read, modify, troubleshoot, and maintain existing scripts and automation.
• Strong documentation and technical communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Automated Windows provisioning and configuration
• Remote systems management
• Configuration management
• Desired-state or policy-based system configuration
• Automated software deployment
• Automated system validation and remediation
• REST APIs and API-driven administration
• Structured data formats such as JSON, YAML, or XML
• Source control using Git or similar tools
• Script debugging, error handling, logging, and reusable functions/modules
• Building repeatable workflows that replace manual administration

Candidates should be comfortable approaching operational work with the question:

“How can this be automated, standardized, and made repeatable?”

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience administering Windows infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Intune, Azure Arc, Azure, or comparable systems-management platforms.
• Experience with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or similar configuration systems
• Experience using Git or another version-control system to manage infrastructure code and scripts.
• Experience with configuration-management or Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
• Experience designing automated deployment, configuration, or remediation workflows.
• Active Directory and Group Policy administration experience.
• Experience with Windows security configuration, patching, endpoint management, and compliance.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and logging systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot across operating system, network, hardware, and application layers.

Typical base pay for this remote role across United States is $2,600 - $3,000 per month, based on experience and fit., * 401(k)

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

AMS DataSerfs is a boutique managed services provider with nearly 20 years of experience supporting IT infrastructure and enabling complex hardware and silicon engineering teams within cutting-edge technology companies.

We specialize in solving difficult infrastructure challenges for engineering organizations building highly sophisticated products and technologies. Our teams design, automate, secure, and operate the systems and lab environments that allow engineers to work efficiently at scale.

We are seeking an experienced Windows Systems Administrator with a strong automation mindset to join our infrastructure engineering team.

This is a role for an administrator who can independently operate and improve Windows infrastructure in a large, complex engineering environment. The successful candidate will be comfortable combining traditional Windows systems administration with modern Site Reliability Engineering, configuration management, and infrastructure automation practices.

Automation is a core requirement of this position. We expect administrators to automate repetitive operational work rather than rely on manual procedures. Candidates should have hands-on experience developing and maintaining automation and related systems-management or configuration-management technologies.

You will work alongside experienced infrastructure engineers and service owners to build and operate secure, compliant, reliable, and highly automated hybrid infrastructure supporting hardware engineering labs and data centers.