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Windows Admin

United IT Solutions

Position: Windows Admin


Location: Buffalo, NY (Onsite)

The resource is expected to own and independently execute all assigned responsibilities end-to-end, with minimal supervision.

  • Operate and support a Windows-based analytics platform running on Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft HPC
  • Administer Microsoft HPC environments, including head nodes, compute nodes, and scheduling services
Monitor and manage compute-intensive workloads:
  • Job execution, queue backlogs, stuck or failed jobs
  • Expected vs abnormal CPU utilization on compute nodes
Maintain HPC cluster health:
  • Node availability, state management, and connectivity
  • Controlled maintenance, patching, and rolling reboots
Perform routine Windows Server operations:
  • OS patching, service monitoring, disk/CPU/memory/network health checks
  • Configuration of performance-sensitive OS settings
Administer Microsoft SQL Server instances:
  • Backup and restore validation.
  • Job monitoring, index/statistics maintenance
  • Transaction log and capacity monitoring
Troubleshoot cross-stack issues spanning:
  • HPC scheduler and compute nodes
  • Windows OS and services
  • SQL Server performance and availability

Manage service accounts, permissions, and security configurations across platform components


Support incident, change, and problem management activities


Maintain operational runbooks, health check procedures, and recovery documentation


Coordinate with application, infrastructure, and database teams during critical processing windows


Plan and execute migrations of Windows and SQL Server workloads between datacenters, including inventory. dependency analysis, cutover coordination, and post-migration validation


Assess SQL Server workloads for migration to Azure SQL (Database, Managed Instance. or Azure VM) and support remediation of compatibility gaps


Support data migration, cutover, rollback planning, and post-migration performance stabilization for both on-prem and cloud targets


Coordinate decommissioning of legacy servers and update runbooks, monitoring, and support procedures following Migration
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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