Senior Windows & AD Infrastructure Engineer

Avance Consulting; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Avance Consulting is seeking a skilled Windows, AD, Entra, and virtualization engineer in the United Kingdom to administer Windows servers, manage identity services, and maintain virtualization infrastructure.

The role requires hands-on operational expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and collaboration with vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure system stability and security.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience administering Windows Server environments.
• Strong Active Directory and identity services management.
• Hands-on virtualization across VMware and Hyper-V.
• Experience with Azure services including Entra.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot OS issues, performance bottlenecks and outages.
• Perform user and access management tasks.
• Handle server commissioning/decommissioning processes.
• Perform patch management and vulnerability remediation.
• Conduct backup and restoration operations using approved tools.
• Ensure high availability and stability of Windows Server environments.
• Manage AD including user, group, OU administration and GPOs.
• DNS, DHCP management, and DNS record maintenance.
• Administer Azure Entra resources and related components.
• Virtualization administration across VMware and Hyper-V, including VM creation, configuration, and health checks.
• Coordinate with vendors to resolve issues and plan upgrades.

Skills

Windows Server Administration

Active Directory

Azure Entra

VMware / Hyper-V

DNS / DHCP management

Tools

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Azure Entra tools

Backup/Recovery tools

Job description

Avance Consulting is seeking a skilled Windows, AD, Entra, and virtualization engineer in the United Kingdom to administer Windows servers, manage identity services, and maintain virtualization infrastructure.

The role requires hands-on operational expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and collaboration with vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure system stability and security.