Windows Server Administrator - SCCM
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Job Description: Role: Windows Server Admin
100% Onsite – Calgary, AB
Position Summary
The Windows Server Administrator will support a limited Proof of Concept (PoC) of the Qualys Patch Management module on selected Windows servers. The role focuses on server readiness, controlled patch and remediation testing, validation of server health, and clear documentation of results. This is a testing assignment and does not include production rollout or ongoing administration of the Qualys platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare the selected Windows servers and confirm that prerequisites within the Windows server administration scope are in place.
- Run and validate agreed test cases for Microsoft monthly patches, third-party application patches, vulnerability-remediation actions, and registry fixes.
- Validate pre-patch and post-patch server health, services, application dependencies, event logs, restart behaviour, and system availability.
- Troubleshoot Windows server issues within the infrastructure support scope and document issues requiring or Qualys support.
- Support approved network or connectivity changes through the applicable process when a PoC test requires a new port, URL allow-list entry, or firewall change.
- Maintain detailed test records and risk entries, including evidence of success, failure, rollback needs, and follow-up actions.
- Contribute Windows server findings, risks, limitations, and recommendations to the PoC findings report.
- Coordinate with the Desktop Support Engineer, Linux Administrator, application owners, and stakeholders.
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong hands-on Windows Server administration experience in an enterprise environment.
- Experience with supported enterprise Windows Server versions.
- Practical experience with Microsoft server patching using tools such as WSUS or Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM).
- Ability to assess patch prerequisites, maintenance windows, restart requirements, service dependencies, and recovery considerations.
- Experience troubleshooting Windows services, event logs, registry settings, network connectivity, and failed patch installations.
- Working knowledge of vulnerability remediation and Windows security configuration changes.
- PowerShell skills for validation, evidence collection, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to produce clear test logs and communicate risks and technical findings.
Preferred Skills
- Previous exposure to Qualys VMDR or Qualys Patch Management.
- Experience testing patching tools in windows server groups.
- Knowledge of server backup, rollback, and recovery validation practices.
- Experience working in hybrid or cloud-connected Windows Server environments.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Prepare selected Windows servers for a limited Qualys Patch Management proof of concept, execute and validate patching and remediation tests, and assess server health before and after testing. Document results, risks, failures, rollback needs, and recommendations while coordinating with support teams, application owners, and stakeholders.
Requirements
Requires strong enterprise Windows Server administration experience, practical server patching experience with tools such as WSUS or SCCM/MECM, and troubleshooting skills across services, logs, registry settings, connectivity, and patch failures. PowerShell skills and the ability to assess prerequisites, restarts, dependencies, recovery considerations, and communicate clear test findings are also required.
Skills
- Windows Server Administration
- Microsoft Server Patching
- WSUS
- Qualys Patch Management
- PowerShell
- Patch Testing and Validation
- Vulnerability Remediation
- Windows Services Troubleshooting
- Event Log Analysis
- Registry Configuration
- Network Connectivity Troubleshooting
- Server Health Validation
- Backup and Recovery Validation
- Test Documentation
- Risk Assessment
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Categories
- Technology
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Windows Server
- Qualys Patch Management
- Qualys VMDR
- Proof Of Concept
- Microsoft Monthly Patches
- Third-Party Application Patches
- WSUS
- SCCM
- MECM
- PowerShell
- Vulnerability Remediation
- Windows Security Configuration
- Registry Fixes
- Windows Services
- Event Logs
- Network Connectivity
- Firewall Changes
- URL Allow-Listing
- Patch Prerequisites
- Maintenance Windows
- Service Dependencies
- Server Health Validation
- Rollback
- Backup And Recovery
- Hybrid Environments
- Test Documentation
- Risk Assessment