Windows Site Reliability Engineer - Intermediate

Windows Site Reliability Engineer - Intermediate

Job No: 539923

Work Type: Full Time

Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)

Categories: Information Technology, Engineering

Department:  - IT-ICT INFRA COMM TECHNOLOGY

UF Information Technology (UFIT) is seeking an intermediate-level Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join the Infrastructure & Communication Technology team.

Competitive candidates will be self‑motivated, organized, eager to learn, and willing to share extensive experience with fellow team members. Outstanding communication skills are a must. You will lead small and medium projects and initiate new projects that fit the organization's needs. Other duties include coordinating teams responsible for maintenance, installation, configuration, and deployment of enterprise‑wide infrastructure and software systems.

• Windows Administration of Enterprise Applications
• Provide input, advice, and recommendations on enterprise systems administration and management technologies
• Assist with architectural decisions across projects and initiatives and promote architectural best practices
• Scripting and automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Git Lab, etc.
• Participate in Post‑incident reviews
• Large scale Windows administration
• Participate in designing system architecture and implementation
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of experience.

Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience.

• Installation and Management of Enterprise Application Infrastructure in large‑scale environments using on‑premises and cloud deployments of Windows Server
• Intermediate Knowledge and prior use of Automation, scripting, and configuration management systems such as Terraform, Ansible, Git Lab CI/CD, Vault, Docker, Power Shell, Python and Go
• Load balancer policies and virtual server load balancing
• Administering IIS in clustered and non‑clustered configurations
• Experience with large scale Windows Server operating system management including the ability to perform in‑depth troubleshooting
• Monitoring systems such as Nagios, Zabbix, Grafana, Splunk, Loki, Prometheus, Mimir
• Familiarity with APIs (SOAP, Rest, etc.)
• Familiarity with at least one hypervisor platform (Preferred: VMWare)

UF provides various leave programs based on an employee's salary plan, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, personal leave days, and paid family leave. In addition to paid time off, the University of Florida offers a competitive benefits package.

Expected Salary: $82,000 to $92,000 , commensurate based on education and experience.

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This is not a remote work position and is located in Gainesville, FL.

The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.