Windows System Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Windows Engineer for a top higher education client. This candidate will join a senior-level infrastructure team responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Microsoft infrastructure across primarily on-premises and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, Entra ID, PowerShell automation, networking, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and enterprise infrastructure engineering. This is a true engineering role, not a systems administration position, and will focus heavily on infrastructure projects, architecture, automation, capacity planning, and complex troubleshooting. The engineer will support core Microsoft technologies, clustered infrastructure, SAN storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, data center operations, and enterprise networking while serving as a senior escalation point and technical leader for critical initiatives. Salary ranges from $85K-95K. This is remote but will need to travel on-site with our client from time to time.

7+ years of Microsoft infrastructure/systems engineering experience Advanced Windows Server engineering experience Strong Active Directory administration and troubleshooting experience Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Hybrid Identity experience Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online/Hybrid Exchange experience Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation experience Strong networking fundamentals including DNS, DHCP, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, and certificates VMware, Hyper-V, clustered environments, or virtualization experience SAN storage experience Backup and disaster recovery experience Enterprise infrastructure project ownership from design through implementation Ability to serve as a senior escalation point and troubleshoot across multiple infrastructure layers Experience with physical server hardware and data center infrastructure Capacity planning and infrastructure lifecycle management Veeam Backup & Replication experience Mail flow and Exchange administration Dell server or Dell SAN infrastructure experience Azure Stack HCI experience Windows Server Failover Clustering experience Meraki networking experience Azure Arc and Azure Automation exposure IIS administration experience SQL Server infrastructure support experience Freshservice workflow automation experience