Senior windows infrastructure specialist

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Senior windows infrastructure specialist

Location: Glasgow

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 3 Months

Senior windows infrastructure specialist required to work in the L3 Platform Security Operations team, providing highest level of security consultancy and operational support of platform security infrastructure components. The role is based around operational stability and development of a large global environment of 10K+ Microsoft Windows servers and 85K+ Microsoft XP/Win7 Desktops. The role will focus on the security products and tooling utilized to manage the platform. The role is suited to an experienced Windows Systems Administrator or Platform Engineer with a proven understanding in enterprise platform security. An additional key component of this role is project based, with numerous activities to expand and enhance the services provided within the environment.

The Platform Security Operations group provides a stable, yet agile and dynamic infrastructure platform to support the business functional requirements whilst managing associated risks. The role in question concentrates on the provisioning of security tools and services to internal client groups. Tool development experience is essential to assist the global teams in developing and deploying technology solutions to automate tasks

Responsibilities

* Analysis and development of platform security initiatives

* Provide consultancy services to other IT Security teams

* Provide architecture assurance on security platform initiatives

* Maintain security infrastructure, providing stability by following and using the tools, policies, processes and procedures available

* Provide a secure environment, managing and mitigating risks

* Provide reporting and metrics

* Resolve Incidents impacting hosts or environment

* Create, review, maintain and update documentation including Documenting & Publishing fixes in central knowledge base

* Work with global colleagues to provide globally consistent processes and procedures and provide innovative ideas? Undertake problem ownership

* Investigate & Troubleshoot root causes when escalated from

* Escalate and liaise with additional internal/external groups when required, resulting in satisfactory resolution

* Active participation within and amongst teams and colleagues, providing constructive feedback when necessary

* Regularly re-evaluate processes and procedures and Instigate service improvement initiatives

* Identify areas for automation and scripting wherever possible

* Maximize the use of existing resources, skills and technologies for the greatest benefit

* Responsibility for the planning and controlled execution of releases into the managed environment

* Input into Business Continuity Planning and PracticesRequired skills

* 8+ years of relevant experience

* Interpersonal Skills: Communication, flexibility, self-driven, team player

* Scripting and Development skills (PowerShell)

* Windows Operating Systems (up to and including debugging)? Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, Group Policy

* DNS / WINS

* General networking (firewalls, routing, NAT, SI Model, packet trace and analysis, etc.)

* Microsoft Internet information Services (IIS)? Hardware Vendor software & toolsets (HP/Dell/IBM)

At least one of the following (in order of importance) is a big plus:o Tanium Enterprise Platformo Symantec Endpoint Protectiono Symantec Data Center Securityo Symantec Endpoint Encryptiono Avecto Privilege Guardo Encase.

Please submit your CV In the first instance