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UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW’s IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides critical technology support to all three campuses, UW medical centers, and research operations around the world. UW-IT partners with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service.
IT Infrastructure provides knowledgeable system design and administration, software engineering, and operational support for academic systems, administrative systems, and research computing. The Computing and Storage team designs, implements, and operates enterprise-level virtual and physical servers, as well as data storage services (storage area networks, network-attached storage, backups, and archiving).
UW-IT has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Windows Engineer.
The Senior Windows Engineer position requires a team-oriented IT professional, experienced in designing, implementing and managing complex Windows systems and infrastructure in a highly-available clustered and virtualized environment. This position directly supports the research, teaching, and administrative missions of the University.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a production IT environment managing mission critical enterprise-class IT infrastructure including servers, storage and databases.
Windows systems engineering experience, including extensive hands-on expertise and knowledge of Windows Server, security policies and protocols, Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server and Group Policy.
Strong VMware ESXi knowledge and experience.
Strong SQL Server clustering (shared disk and Always On) experience.
Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, both independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrated excellent written/oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities.
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
DESIRED:
Hands-on Dell EMC VMAX Windows clustering experience (SRDF/SE)
Veeam Backup and Replication experience
Prior consulting or managed services/hosting experience is highly desired
Hands-on Azure experience is highly desired
Experience in a research university or other academic institution
Experience with many of the following technologies: DNS, VPNs, IPSec, Firewalls, Load-balancing, .NET, Visual Studio, LDAP, Kerberos, Shibboleth, Spectrum Protect and X509 digital certificates
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Working conditions include typical office environments and university data centers.
This is an essential position and is required to report to work remotely when UW suspends operations.
Position participates in an on-call rotation and must be able to respond to outages during off-hours.
This is an essential position and is required to report to work when UW suspends operations.
Application Process:
The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed. |
