[6319] Microsoft Senior Engineer

Start date: Negotiable
Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent
Location: Mons, Belgium

Skills:
• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience in designing, implementing, administering and supporting Microsoft enterprise infrastructure in medium-to-large environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, AD FS and Microsoft Entra ID, including authentication, federation and Single Sign-On.
• Strong experience with PKI, certificates, TLS and certificate lifecycle management.
• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft SharePoint, including installation, administration, security, integration and lifecycle management; knowledge of Microsoft 365 and hybrid SharePoint environments is required.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments, including Azure DevOps, CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills; experience with Python, SQL and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies such as Terraform or Bicep is desirable.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and enterprise infrastructure concepts including networking, firewalls, proxies, load balancing, high availability, backup and disaster recovery.
• Strong experience in troubleshooting complex infrastructure and application issues, root-cause analysis, security hardening, patching, upgrades, migrations and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience working within IT Service Management processes, including Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration and Release Management.
• Experience producing technical documentation, implementation procedures, operational guides and providing knowledge transfer.
• Relevant Microsoft certification(s) in Azure, Identity, Windows Server, Microsoft 365 or SharePoint. Equivalent or successor certifications may be accepted.
• Certifications in cyber security, IT Service Management, DevOps or cloud architecture are desirable.

Desirable Experience:
• Experience working for NATO, military, governmental or other security-sensitive organisations.
• Experience supporting highly available or mission-critical services.
• Experience integrating Microsoft platforms with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Splunk or Power BI.
• Experience with Azure Cloud DevOps pipelines and infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Bicep, ARM templates or Terraform.
• Experience with SCCM/Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Exchange, Web Application Proxy or similar Microsoft enterprise technologies.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python and SQL scripting or automation.
• Experience in working for or supporting a military or governmental organization.
• Previous professional experience in cyber-security environments.