Hybrid Windows DevOps & Automation Engineer

Emergent Software; Iowa City (IA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergent Staffing seeks a Systems Administrator (DevOps) to modernize Windows‑centric infrastructure, automate tasks, and improve reliability. You will drive automation, support CI/CD with TeamCity, and collaborate across infrastructure, admin, and support teams.

The role emphasizes PowerShell scripting, AD automation, and production-change discipline, with hybrid onsite requirements and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in systems engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps.
• Strong Windows Server experience required.
• AD automation and scripting experience.
• Git and CI/CD tooling experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to manage production changes with minimal risk.

Responsibilities

• Modernize and standardize Windows-centric infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain automation for administration and access.
• Improve Active Directory management with automated groups and RBAC.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell and shell scripts.
• Support CI/CD and deployment automation with TeamCity.
• Enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability.
• Collaborate with teams to improve operational efficiency.
• Support Azure, Defender, CrowdStrike, and related tech.
• Administer virtualization: Hyper‑V, VMware, Proxmox.
• Assist Linux-based infra for container workloads.
• Establish best practices for version control, change management, docs, deployments.
• Participate in planning, RCAs, and post-mortems.
• Evaluate and implement solutions to improve reliability, security.

Skills

Windows Server expertise

Active Directory automation

PowerShell scripting

Automation of infrastructure

Git version control

Troubleshooting skills

Communication and collaboration

Tools

TeamCity

Azure

Microsoft Defender

CrowdStrike

Linux administration

Docker

Hyper-V/VMware/Proxmox

Job description

Emergent Staffing seeks a Systems Administrator (DevOps) to modernize Windows‑centric infrastructure, automate tasks, and improve reliability. You will drive automation, support CI/CD with TeamCity, and collaborate across infrastructure, admin, and support teams.

The role emphasizes PowerShell scripting, AD automation, and production-change discipline, with hybrid onsite requirements and US work authorization.