Description
We are seeking a Windows Server Engineering Lead to shape the strategic direction of our enterprise Windows Server product. You will play a central role in defining and executing the engineering roadmap for our Windows Server offering, driving infrastructure-as-code, self-service capabilities, operating system modernisation, and engineering excellence at scale.
Responsibilities:
- Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organisational objectives.
- Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management, and task prioritisation to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
- Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimise team productivity.
- Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
- Enforce technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
Requirements:
- Deep expertise in Windows Server platform engineering, operating system architecture, standardisation, and enterprise-scale platform design.
- Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management at scale using Ansible, Chef, Terraform, or equivalent automation frameworks.
- Software engineering approach to infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Python, Ruby, YAML, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and testing.
Preferred Skills:
- Security and compliance, including Windows Server hardening, vulnerability and patch management, and privileged access management technologies such as BeyondTrust Endpoint Privileged Management (EPM).
- Experience building internal platform products and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
- Experience designing reusable infrastructure patterns.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, CI/CD, and automated testing practices.
- Strong understanding of platform observability engineering and telemetry-driven design.
- Experience driving operating system modernisation and technology strategy across large-scale enterprise environments.