Senior Hyper-V/ System Engineer- must have Hyper-V/SCVMM Perm Role (No Consultants) MUST LIVE LOCAL TO ONE OF LOCATIONS LISTED

Sr. Hyper-V/Systems Engineer- Permanent only

*US Citizens or GC Holders

***Role is mostly remote but must be near one of these locations to go when needed: New York City, Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, Chicago, San Fran, or Los Angeles

Responsibilities:

• Architect and manage Microsoft Hyper-V clusters including live migration, failover clustering, and storage spaces direct (S2D)
• Administer System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) for Hyper-V host management/logical networks/VM Provisioning and cluster lifecycle operations.
• Configure and maintain virtual networking including VM switches, VLANs, QoS, and SR-IOV
• Manage VM lifecycle including provisioning, snapshotting, backup integration, and decommissioning
• Performance-tune Hyper-V hosts and resolve complex hypervisor-level issues
• Implement Hyper-V replica for disaster recovery and business continuity
• Convert servers from VMware to Hyper-V
• Build and maintain server OS images
• Develop and maintain PowerShell automation to streamline infrastructure provisioning, operational workflow, health monitoring, reporting, and platform maintenance
• Hands-on experience with Cisco Server Management
• Administer and maintain Cisco Intersight for server lifecycle management, policy-based configuration, and UCS infrastructure health
• Ability to build and assign Cisco IMM domain and server profiles, policies, as well as manage firmware upgrades
• Design, administer, and maintain Active Directory domains, forests, and trusts across multi-site environments
• Manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for security baselines, software deployment, and environment configuration
• Design and implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) models aligned to least-privilege principles
• Perform AD health monitoring, replication troubleshooting, and schema management
• Implement and enforce AD tiering models and privileged access workstation (PAW) strategies
• Administer enterprise-grade DHCP infrastructure including scope management, failover, and high availability configurations
• Manage internal and external DNS zones, records, and conditional forwarding across hybrid environments
• Troubleshoot name resolution and IP address allocation issues across complex multi-VLAN networks
• Manage hybrid identity scenarios including Entra Connect sync, pass-through authentication, and seamless SSO
• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise storage platforms including Pure Storage, NetApp, and Dell EMC Unity to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and reliable data access across production environments.
• Perform storage provisioning, capacity planning, firmware upgrades, and performance monitoring while supporting incident resolution and collaborating with infrastructure teams on backup, disaster recovery, and system integrations.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Windows infrastructure engineering or architecture role
• Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Hyper-V in clustered, production environments (mandatory)
• Strong working knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Windows Server administration
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID and hybrid identity architectures
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, firewall rules)
• Experience working in enterprise environments with a strong change management discipline
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to document complex systems clearly
• Experience deploying and managing Guardicore Centra for network micro-segmentation and east-west traffic control