Windows Server Administrator

Windows Server Administrator Are you an experienced infrastructure professional who enjoys solving complex technical problems and keeping critical business systems secure, reliable, and available? Do you thrive in an environment where you can modernize infrastructure, improve performance, and partner with teams across the business? Are you looking for an opportunity where your technical expertise, leadership, and ideas can make a visible impact? If you answered yes to these questions, then this position could be for you! Curries, an ASSA ABLOY brand, is looking to add a Windows Server Administrator to our manufacturing facility located in Mason City, Iowa. This is a full-time, on-site role. What would you do as our Windows Server Administrator: Design, deliver, and proactively maintain critical business systems while helping ensure availability, security, recoverability, and alignment with corporate IT standards. Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives, resolve complex technical issues, and partner with divisional IT, cybersecurity teams, application owners, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. Design, implement, maintain, and optimize Microsoft Windows Server environments. Administer virtual server platforms, operating systems, and enterprise storage solutions. Maintain server availability, performance, capacity, and lifecycle management. Develop standards, procedures, and documentation for supported systems. Administer VMware environments and high-availability platforms. Manage enterprise shared storage platforms and storage connectivity. Monitor capacity, utilization, and infrastructure performance. Support server provisioning, migrations, upgrades, and lifecycle activities. Administer enterprise backup and replication platforms. Develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies. Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and remediation activities. Ensure infrastructure aligns with business continuity requirements. Execute infrastructure projects and priorities established by multiple IT teams. Implement enterprise security, compliance, and architecture standards. Serve as a technical liaison between local operations and Divisional IT teams. Lead root-cause investigations involving server, virtualization, storage, and application infrastructure. Resolve complex technical issues affecting business-critical systems. Identify infrastructure risks and implement long-term improvements. Provide escalation support for administrators and support technicians. Mentor junior team members and promote knowledge sharing. Lead technical planning and infrastructure modernization initiatives.