Senior Windows Platform Engineer

Job description

**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.