5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering with demonstrated depth and breadth of knowledge across multiple domains (virtualization, storage, networking, Windows Server administration).
Strong expertise in Microsoft Hyper-V at enterprise scale: failover clustering, live migration, storage spaces / S2D
Virtual networking (Hyper-V virtual switch, SET)
Strong proficiency in PowerShell scripting for infrastructure automation
Host configuration management
WMI-based inventory collection
Operational tooling
Demonstrated ability to audit performance of complex infrastructure architecture across the full stack
Maintain architecture artifacts (design documents, decision records, diagrams)
Experience with storage performance analysis and optimization in virtualized environments
Benchmarking
Capacity planning
Storage policy design
Ability to evaluate hardware BOMs for Hyper-V suitability
Assessing processor/memory ratios
Storage I/O characteristics
Network throughput
Overcommit profiles
Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (DSC, SCCM, Ansible, or equivalent) at data center scale.
Experience advocating for and implementing infrastructure automation — CI/CD pipelines, operational process improvement, and configuration-as-code
Focus on scalability versus resource use
Track record of providing stewardship to other engineers through technical guidance, design review, and documentation.
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
