Sr. Windows Infrastructure Engineer

U.S. Bank; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Windows Infrastructure Engineer to lead the administration, maintenance, and optimization of our Windows Server estate and related services.

You will serve as the primary escalation point for complex Level 3 incidents, drive root cause analysis, mentor junior engineers, and advance automation, security hardening, and hybrid cloud operations across AWS and Azure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of enterprise Windows infrastructure experience.
• Expertise in Active Directory, Group Policy, and identity management.
• Experience with AWS and Azure in hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, maintenance, and optimization of Windows Server infrastructure.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for Level 3 incidents and conduct root cause analysis.
• Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, authentication services, and identity solutions.
• Drive vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and patch management.
• Design and maintain automation using PowerShell and orchestration tools.
• Support hybrid cloud operations across AWS and Azure, including migrations.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

PowerShell

AWS/Azure

Security hardening

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Automation frameworks

Orchestration tools

Configuration management

Job description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead administration, maintenance, and optimization of Windows Server infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex Level 3 incidents, driving root cause analysis and long-term resolution.
• Manage and support Active Directory, Group Policy, authentication services, and identity management solutions.
• Drive vulnerability remediation, security hardening, patching, and compliance initiatives across enterprise environments.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell, infrastructure-as-code, and orchestration tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Support and optimize hybrid cloud environments across AWS and Microsoft Azure, including migrations and cloud-based operations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Windows performance, storage, file systems, permissions, networking, and infrastructure services.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous improvement, standardization, and modernization initiatives across the infrastructure platform.
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship*

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of enterprise Windows Infrastructure experience supporting large-scale Windows Server environments.
• Strong expertise in Active Directory, Group Policy, authentication services, identity management, and enterprise administration.
• Advanced experience with Windows performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure infrastructure, hybrid cloud operations, and cloud support.
• Strong knowledge of Windows patch management, package deployment, security updates, and system lifecycle management.
• Experience with automation and scripting, including PowerShell, configuration management, orchestration, and infrastructure automation frameworks.
• Deep understanding of vulnerability remediation, security hardening, compliance controls, and operational best practices.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across storage, file systems, permissions, networking, and enterprise infrastructure services; Red Hat Linux experience is a plus.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.