Lead Windows & Linux Systems Engineer

TechDigital Group; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group seeks an experienced systems administrator to lead Windows Server and virtualization environments. You will manage Hyper-V clusters, SCVMM, and OS patching while implementing automation with Bash, Python, and Ansible.

The role covers Linux server administration (RHEL, SUSE, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu), patching, hardening, and incident response. Collaboration with ITIL processes and CMDB governance is expected.

Qualifications

• Lead administration and support of Windows Server environments (2012/2016/2019/2022).
• Administer Hyper-V hosts and failover clusters, SCVMM and host-level storage/network integration.
• Provision and decommission virtual machines; manage checkpoints, live migration and host patching.
• Resolve host and VM availability/performance incidents; take part in RCA.
• Execute OS patching and kernel upgrades within security SLAs; report compliance.
• Automate routine operations with Bash/Python/Ansible; contribute to SRE toil reduction.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration and support of Windows Server environments.
• Administer Hyper-V hosts and failover clusters; manage SCVMM.
• Provision and decommission virtual machines; manage migrations.
• Resolve incidents and participate in RCA.
• Maintain runbooks and CMDB; implement approved upgrades.

Skills

Windows Server administration

Active Directory

Hyper-V

Linux

VMware

SCCM

WSUS

Azure Arc

Clustering

CrowdStrike

Defender

ServiceNow

ITIL

PowerShell

Patching

Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Architecture

Hardening

Technical leadership

Tools

SCVMM

Job description

TechDigital Group seeks an experienced systems administrator to lead Windows Server and virtualization environments. You will manage Hyper-V clusters, SCVMM, and OS patching while implementing automation with Bash, Python, and Ansible.

The role covers Linux server administration (RHEL, SUSE, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu), patching, hardening, and incident response. Collaboration with ITIL processes and CMDB governance is expected.