IT Operations Engineer

WTW inc.
Buffalo, NY, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$90,000.0 - $100,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Access Microsoft Windows Active Directory Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Application Performance Management JIRA Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Computing Databases Linux
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DevOps Domain Name System (DNS) Github Monitoring of Systems Information Technology Operations Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Python (Programming Language) Key Management Linux System Administration NetApp Applications Networking Basics Windows PowerShell Role-Based Access Control Azure Active Directory Ansible Runbook Virtual Machines Software Vulnerability Management File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Load Balancing Microsoft Power Automate Cloud Monitoring CheckMK Firewalls (Computer Science) Git Hashicorp Sumo Logic (Software) Terraform Key Vault Servicenow Vmware

Job description

  • Monitor infrastructure and services and respond to operational alerts and requests.
  • Investigate incidents using established runbooks, dashboards, logs, and diagnostic procedures.
  • Perform approved remediation such as restarting services, validating configurations, checking capacity, or executing documented recovery procedures.
  • Gather relevant diagnostics and escalate complex application, platform, network, database, or security issues to the appropriate domain team.
  • Support day-to-day Azure, Windows, Linux, virtual machine, storage, SFTP, certificate, secret, and backup operations.
  • Leverage Automation or AI such as Terraform/Ansible/Power Automate etc to automate tasks.
  • Fulfill and troubleshoot access requests using Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, PIM, groups, and related access processes.
  • Use existing Terraform modules and approved workflows to perform infrastructure changes.
  • Write and maintain scripts that automate repetitive operational tasks and reduce manual effort.
  • Support monitoring, patching, vulnerability remediation, backup/restore validation, and operational compliance activities.
  • Maintain accurate tickets, runbooks, troubleshooting procedures, and operational documentation.
  • Collaborate with DevOps and other domain teams to resolve issues and improve operational processes.
  • Identify recurring operational work that can be simplified, standardized, or automated.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in IT operations, cloud operations, systems administration, infrastructure support, or a related technical role.
  • Hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Azure environments.
  • Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration.
  • Experience troubleshooting operational issues using monitoring tools, logs, runbooks, and documented procedures.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID , Azure RBAC, Active Directory, groups, and access-management concepts.
  • Practical experience using Terraform , Git, and existing Infrastructure-as-Code workflows.
  • Ability to write or maintain operational scripts using PowerShell, Python, or Bash .
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, firewalls/NSGs, load balancing, and VPN/private connectivity.
  • Familiarity with monitoring, certificates/secrets, backup/restore, vulnerability remediation, and incident/change-management processes.
  • Strong documentation, communication, and escalation skills.
  • Experience with tools such as Azure Monitor, AWS, Application Insights, Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, Checkmk, Sumo Logic, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, VMware, NetApp, SFTP platforms, Jira, or ServiceNow is helpful but not required .

Benefits & conditions

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $90,000.00-$100,000.00 USD annually. This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Company Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

  • Health and Welfare Benefits: Mental health/emotional wellbeing (including Employee Assistance Program), medical (including prescription drug coverage and fertility benefits), dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Accounts, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D, group accident, group critical illness, group legal, identify theft protection, wellbeing program, adoption assistance, surrogacy assistance, auto/home insurance, pet insurance and other work/life resources
  • Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual paid time off (includes state/local paid leave where required), company-paid disability (short-term and long-term disability), other leaves (e.g., bereavement, FMLA, ADA, jury duty, military leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off (only included for Washington roles)
  • Retirement Benefits: Qualified contributory pension plan (if eligible) and 401(k) plan with annual nonelective company contribution. Non-qualified retirement plans available to senior level colleagues who satisfy the plans’ eligibility requirements.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.

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