Senior Wintel, Virtualization & Data Center Infrastructure SME

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Location:

Cary, NC, United States Salary: USD 46 - 48 (Hourly)
Contact:
Elankumaran V

Job Title:

Senior Wintel, Virtualization & Data Center Infrastructure SME (ITAR)
Location :
Cary, NC(Onsite)
Contract Position Summary Seeking an experienced Wintel Infrastructure SME to support customer enterprise Windows Server, Data Center, Virtualization, Cloud, and Active Directory environments. The role will be responsible for managing the full server lifecycle, virtualization platforms, Azure cloud services, patching, upgrades, infrastructure modernization, operational support, and mission-critical systems supporting ITAR/CUI-regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities Administer, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and support Windows Server environments across production, test, and disaster recovery platforms.

Perform server provisioning, installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, decommissioning, and lifecycle management activities.

Build, deploy, manage, upgrade, and decommission virtual machines within Nutanix, VMware, and Scale Computing environments.

Administer and support Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, authentication services, and access management.

Support Azure Cloud infrastructure, cloud-hosted Windows workloads, cloud migrations, and hybrid cloud environments.

Manage data center infrastructure operations including server deployments, hardware refreshes, rack/stack activities, capacity planning, asset lifecycle management, technology refresh projects, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Support physical and virtual infrastructure across Windows Server, Nutanix, VMware, Scale Computing, storage, networking, and cloud platforms.

Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and capacity while proactively identifying and resolving operational issues.

Perform root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution of Windows, cloud, virtualization, and infrastructure incidents.

Participate in on-call support rotation and provide Level 3 support for critical production incidents, outages, and escalations.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, standards, runbooks, and compliance-related artifacts.

Collaborate with infrastructure, security, database, application, networking, and cloud teams to ensure reliable and secure operations.

Ensure compliance with ITAR/CUI requirements, security standards, governance controls, and operational best practices.

Mandatory SkillsITAR / Export Control eligible (U.S. Person required)
Windows Server Administration Windows Server Patching & Upgrades Active Directory (AD)
Group Policy Administration Azure Cloud Administration Nutanix VirtualizationVMware Virtualization Scale Computing Virtualization Nutanix VM Builds & Decommissioning Data Center Operations & Infrastructure Management Server Provisioning & Lifecycle Management Hardware Refresh & Infrastructure Modernization Infrastructure Monitoring & Troubleshooting Production Support / On-Call Support

Preferred Experience 8+ years of Windows Infrastructure Administration experience.

Experience supporting enterprise virtualization platforms including Nutanix and VMware.

Experience supporting Azure Cloud environments and hybrid infrastructure.

Experience managing data center operations and infrastructure modernization projects.

Experience supporting regulated environments (ITAR/CUI).Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Recruiter Screening Criteria (Must Have)
U.S. Person (ITAR Requirement)
Windows Server Administration Experience Active Directory Administration Experience Azure Cloud Experience Nutanix Administration ExperienceVMware Administration Experience Data Center Operations Experience Server Build, Upgrade & Decommission Experience Infrastructure Patching Experience Hardware Refresh / Modernization Experience On-Call / Production Support Experience Skills Wintel , Virtualization