Microsoft Systems Expert / Windows Server Infrastructure Engineer

Project overview

We are looking for a Microsoft Systems Expert to strengthen the System and Application Execution Environment team of a major client.

This team is part of the IT Department's Product Expertise and Strategy unit. It designs, implements, and supports Microsoft, Linux, and database infrastructures. It also recommends and standardizes the OS and middleware packages used throughout the company.

You will join the Microsoft competence center, in a role combining engineering (design, integration, industrialization), level 3 support (N3), and technical consulting for the Production teams. The park has over 2,000 Windows servers.

Your missions

The technical environment

Windows Server 2012 to 2022 · Active Directory · GPO · WSFC · SQL Server AlwaysOn · SafeKit · RDS · WSUS · PowerShell / Azure PowerShell · Azure Arc · VMware vRO/vRA · Ansible · Rundeck · MDT · EDR SentinelOne · middleware packaging.

Profile sought

Technical skills

Essential (in order of client form priority)

Windows Server 2012 to 2022: administration, OS levels, master and template design (expert)

High availability: WSFC (Windows Failover Clustering) and SQL Server AlwaysOn (expert / confirmed)

RDS: design, migration, and maintenance of farms (confirmed)

WSUS and patch management, with associated GPOs and scripts (confirmed)

PowerShell / Azure PowerShell: deployment, inventory, audit, automation (expert)

N3 support for Microsoft environments in production (expert)

Appreciated

Active Directory, GPO (confirmed)

Deployment industrialization: VMware vRO/vRA, Ansible, Rundeck, MDT (confirmed)

Software, middleware, and business application packaging (confirmed)

Azure Arc, Azure hybridization (notions / confirmed)

VMware vSphere virtualization (notions / confirmed)

SafeKit application clustering (notions)

EDR: SentinelOne or equivalent (notions)

Functional skills

Essential

Infrastructure project management support: lead a technical project end-to-end, from design to integration, then industrialization and transfer to production (expert)

Consulting and recommendation: propose new infrastructure offerings and evolutions, and evaluate their impact on operations and maintenance (expert)

Role of Microsoft technical referent for Production teams (expert)

Documentation writing: installation, administration, and operational files, usage standards, operating procedures (confirmed)

Facilitating workshops and meetings with engineering, production, and security teams, and writing reports (confirmed)

N3 incident management according to established processes: monitoring, analysis, resolution, alert escalation (expert)

Standardization: contribution to the technical roadmap and development of operational standards (confirmed)

ITIL processes: incident, change, and release management (confirmed)

Activity reporting: monthly reports, action progress tracking (confirmed)

Skills transfer to internal teams (confirmed)

Expected behaviors: autonomy, method and rigor, ability to organize, anticipate and prioritize, respect for deadlines, analytical skills and ability to propose, initiative, appropriate alert escalation, good interpersonal skills and team spirit. Must also be quickly operational in a high-stakes context.

Work environment

PROPULSE IT supports its major clients and SMEs in the implementation of IT and digital projects.

PROPULSE IT is a network of consultants with high added value, fully aligned with our quality approach to monitoring client needs and projects.

Currently, the PROPULSE IT freelance network comprises over 30,000 consultants across France, covering all IT and digital needs.

By building this network through co-optation from clients or consultants, we have prioritized consistency in technical know-how and behavior, to become a truly preferred partner for our clients.

In parallel, we have developed a network of partners selected for their technical expertise and adherence to our company values.

Today, PROPULSE IT is a company in full organic growth, a Growth Champion recognized by Les Echos newspaper for 5 consecutive years.

This development is based on the quality and sustainability of the missions carried out.

Client satisfaction is thus linked to consultant fulfillment!

So, don't hesitate to apply!

• Lead on-premise infrastructure evolution projects: new OS levels, new Microsoft infrastructures, evolution of existing systems.
• Design and maintain Windows Server masters/templates and automate their deployment.
• Implement and evolve high availability layers (WSFC, SQL Server AlwaysOn).
• Evolve RDS infrastructures (farms from 2016 to 2022) and WSUS (patch management, associated GPOs and scripts).
• Provide N3 support for OS levels in production: monitoring, analysis, and incident resolution.
• Recommend new offerings and evolutions with the engineering, production, and security teams, evaluating their impact on operations and maintenance.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and the development of operational standards.
• Act as a Microsoft referent for the Production teams.
• Produce deliverables: installation, administration, and operational documents, usage standards, operating procedures, workshop reports.

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 24 mois
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Paris, France, FR
• Rate: 44-88 EUR/h
• Languages: French