About the Opportunity
Our client, a leading global investment institution, is seeking an experienced Windows & Private Cloud Operations Lead to provide technical leadership across its enterprise infrastructure platforms.
This is a senior hands-on engineering role responsible for driving platform reliability, modernization and operational excellence across Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware private cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments within a highly regulated enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise Windows and private cloud operations, defining technical standards and platform strategy.
- Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents and problem management.
- Manage enterprise platforms including Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, Citrix and related technologies.
- Drive major infrastructure upgrades, migrations, platform resilience and operational improvements.
- Partner with infrastructure, security and application teams to deliver secure, scalable and highly available enterprise platforms.
- Champion automation, operational excellence and continuous service improvement across enterprise infrastructure.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience managing enterprise Windows Server infrastructure within large enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on expertise across Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, Citrix, SCCM/MECM, SCOM, PKI and PowerShell.
- Proven experience leading Windows Server upgrades, migration programmes and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
- Experience with backup, disaster recovery, ITSM, ServiceNow and enterprise change management.
- Experience managing outsourced service providers and acting as the senior technical escalation point.
- Exposure to automation (PowerShell/Ansible), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and security frameworks such as CIS or NIST is advantageous.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management and leadership skills.
If this opportunity aligns with your experience, I'd love to have a confidential discussion. Please send your updated CV to [Confidential Information], and I'll be in touch
