Windows Engineer – HCI / Storage Spaces

Title: Windows Engineer – HCI / Storage Spaces

Duration: 6 months

Location: Dublin, CA (Onsite)

Position Overview

We are seeking a senior level Windows Engineer to stabilize and production harden a Hyper Converged Infrastructure environment. This role focuses on Windows Server, Storage Spaces Direct, and infrastructure level troubleshooting in a multi site disaster recovery environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead stabilization and optimization of a Hyper Converged Infrastructure environment built on Windows Server and Storage Spaces Direct

• Diagnose and remediate replication failures between sites including virtual machine hangs and node instability

• Troubleshoot packet loss and related network issues in collaboration with network teams, with Cisco environments preferred

• Work directly with Microsoft support to implement recommended fixes, patches, and configuration updates for the environment

• Validate and tune platform performance, resiliency, and failover behavior for production workloads

• Collaborate with internal infrastructure teams supporting HPE hardware, Windows, storage, and networking dependencies

• Create and maintain technical documentation including configuration standards and operational runbooks

Qualifications

• Required Skills and Experience

• Strong experience as a Windows Systems Engineer or Windows Administrator in enterprise data center environments

• Hands on expertise with Windows Server and Storage Spaces or Storage Spaces Direct in Hyper Converged Infrastructure scenarios

• Experience supporting storage based replication in multi site or disaster recovery configurations

• Experience working with HPE server and storage hardware

• Proven ability to troubleshoot replication failures, virtual machine hangs, and cluster or node instability

• Proven experience troubleshooting packet loss and network related issues in partnership with networking teams

• Solid understanding of virtualization, clustering, and production infrastructure operations

• Experience working with Microsoft support on complex and escalated infrastructure issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience stabilizing or rescuing challenged Hyper Converged Infrastructure or disaster recovery implementations

• Experience supporting multi site data center environments with strict uptime and recovery requirements

• Tools and Technologies

• Windows Server

• Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct

• Hyper Converged Infrastructure platforms

• HPE server and storage hardware

• Cisco networking environments

• Microsoft enterprise support services Please inform candidates that this is a contract role with your company and will be assigned to a third?party customer of World Wide Technology.