Senior Windows Platform Engineer

Key Skills: AWS, AAP(Ansible Automation Platform), Windows Administration, Azure, PATCHING, DevOps, Windows Defender, Python

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Enhance and extend enterprise Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) workflows for Windows provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions integrated with PowerShell scripts and Ansible playbooks for automated Windows image baking, testing, and deployment.
• Build and optimize golden image pipelines for Windows Server (2016, 2019, 2022, 2025) across Azure, AWS, and VMware using Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Own Windows update and patch management infrastructure and execute patching strategies that support GxP compliance reporting.
• Act as Tier 3/4 escalation support for Windows incidents, lead root cause analysis, and drive permanent remediation through runbooks and technical documentation.

Skills Required:

• 9 - 15 years of relevant experience in enterprise Windows Server administration and platform automation.
• Azure and AWS experience for hybrid Windows platform deployments and operations.
• DevOps practices with automation-first engineering, including CI/CD pipeline ownership.
• Windows administration expertise, including Windows Server lifecycle management and platform hardening.
• Patching and update management practices for enterprise Windows environments aligned to compliance needs.

Good to Have:

• Python for automation and integration tooling.
• Windows Defender knowledge for security posture and hardening.

Education: B.Tech, B.E., M.Tech, MCA, or related bachelors/masters degree.