Senior Windows Server & VMware Infrastructure Lead

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions; Mason City (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Sick time and company holidays

401(k) program with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Learning and career development

Employee recognition programs

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions in Mason City, IA, is seeking a Windows Server Administrator to design, operate, and modernize core server infrastructure on-site. You will lead virtualization, storage, backup, and disaster recovery efforts to ensure safety, availability, and alignment with IT standards.

The role emphasizes driving modernization initiatives, collaboration across IT teams, and providing technical leadership while maintaining high availability for manufacturing and multi-site

Qualifications

• 9+ years of progressive experience supporting Windows Server infrastructure in a production environment.
• Expertise with Windows Server, VMware, enterprise storage, and backup technologies.
• Experience supporting business-critical infrastructure in a manufacturing or multi-site environment.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and infrastructure resiliency.
• Microsoft, VMware, VEEAM, or equivalent infrastructure certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize Microsoft Windows Server environments.
• Administer virtual server platforms, operating systems, and enterprise storage solutions.
• Maintain server availability, performance, capacity, and lifecycle management.
• Develop standards, procedures, and documentation for supported systems.
• Administer VMware environments and high-availability platforms.
• Manage enterprise shared storage platforms and storage connectivity.
• Monitor capacity, utilization, and infrastructure performance.
• Support server provisioning, migrations, upgrades, and lifecycle activities.
• Administer enterprise backup and replication platforms.
• Develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies.
• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and remediation activities.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with business continuity requirements.
• Execute infrastructure projects and priorities established by multiple IT teams.
• Implement enterprise security, compliance, and architecture standards.
• Serve as a technical liaison between local operations and Divisional IT teams.
• Lead root-cause investigations involving server, virtualization, storage, and application infrastructure.
• Resolve complex technical issues affecting business-critical systems.
• Identify infrastructure risks and implement long-term improvements.
• Provide escalation support for administrators and support technicians.
• Mentor junior team members and promote knowledge sharing.
• Lead technical planning and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Skills

Windows Server

VMware

Enterprise storage

Backup technologies

Disaster recovery

Cybersecurity

Certifications

Tools

VMware

VEEAM

Backup software

Job description

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions in Mason City, IA, is seeking a Windows Server Administrator to design, operate, and modernize core server infrastructure on-site. You will lead virtualization, storage, backup, and disaster recovery efforts to ensure safety, availability, and alignment with IT standards.

The role emphasizes driving modernization initiatives, collaboration across IT teams, and providing technical leadership while maintaining high availability for manufacturing and multi-site