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Job Description

Job Title:

Windows System Engineer

Experience:

7+ Years

Location:

Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, HyderabadWe are looking for an experienced

Windows System Engineer (Disaster Recovery)

to design, implement, and maintain robust

business continuity and disaster recovery (DR)

solutions across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in

Windows system administration

,

failover recovery

, and

infrastructure resiliency

, along with a solid understanding of

networking, database health checks, load balancing

, and

monitoring tools like Splunk

.You will ensure systems meet

RTO/RPO

objectives and maintain high availability through proactive DR planning, testing, and automation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and manage Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity solutions for critical infrastructure.
  • Conduct and document failover and recovery tests for servers, applications, and databases.
  • Perform DB sanity checks post-failover to validate data integrity and system health.
  • Manage and optimize Windows Server environments (2016/2019/2022) for DR readiness.
  • Collaborate with networking teams to ensure load balancer configurations (F5 / Citrix / Azure Load Balancer) support DR strategies.
  • Define, monitor, and achieve RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) targets.
  • Configure and maintain replication, clustering, and backup mechanisms.
  • Monitor system performance, availability, and logs using Splunk and other monitoring tools.
  • Develop and maintain DR runbooks, documentation, and SOPs.
  • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-recovery validation.
  • Support change management and patching in coordination with infrastructure teams.

Technical Skills

Core Infrastructure:

  • Windows Server Administration (2016/2019/2022)
  • Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy
  • High availability, clustering, and failover mechanisms

Disaster Recovery & Backup

  • DR planning, replication (Hyper-V Replica, Azure Site Recovery, or similar)
  • Backup solutions: Veeam / Commvault / Azure Backup
  • Failover and restoration testing

Networking & Load Balancing

  • Network connectivity and routing fundamentals
  • Load balancers: F5, Citrix ADC, or Azure Load Balancer
  • Firewall and VPN configuration basics

Monitoring & Automation

  • Splunk / SolarWinds / SCOM for system and log monitoring
  • PowerShell / Python scripting for automation and validation tasks

Database & Application Checks

  • DB sanity verification post-DR (SQL Server preferred)
  • Application-level failover coordination

Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
  • Certifications preferred:
    • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server / Azure Administrator Associate
    • ITIL Foundation / DR Specialist certification

Soft Skills

  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure during DR events and incident recovery.
  • Cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, DB, and network teams.

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