Staff Software Engineer (Windows)

Title: Staff Software Engineer (Windows)

Location: Remote

Duration: 4+ Months

*** Contract to Hire* Job Description:** * Infrastructure software engineer foundation * Expertise in building towards future Windows infrastructure rather than just administering existing Windows estates * Strong experience in Windows environments (Active Directory, SQL Server, .NET ecosystems) * Proven track record of modernizing Windows-based systems into Linux/open-source environments * Hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code * Extensive experience with automation and orchestration * Solid understanding of Linux systems and open-source tooling

Job Nice to Haves

* Background contributing to or working with cloud-native platforms (GCP, Kubernetes ecosystem) * Experience building platform services or internal developer platforms * Experience in highly regulated or mission-critical environments

About the Position / Current Initiatives

* Partnering with a leading enterprise organization to build a private cloud platform within their own data centers, focusing on delivering cloud-like capabilities across compute, storage, and networking, while modernizing a heavily Windows-based, mission-critical environment. * Build and improve infrastructure systems within a specific domain of expertise (Windows, VMware hypervisor, storage, Linux, or networking). * Understand existing systems at a deep technical level, automate them, improve stability, and help identify gaps. * Participate in designing new infrastructure that closes identified gaps. Contribute to a full DevOps lifecycle for infrastructure domains. * For Windows specialists, build towards the future rather than just administering existing Windows estates.