System Automation Engineer

Computer Futures

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Chicago, IL, us on site Until 8/23/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

Computer Futures is a leading IT recruitment consultancy, specializing in placing IT experts in permanent and contract roles across Asia, Europe and the US. 

With a proven track record in IT recruitment, we enjoy success within all sectors and business types, placing a candidate every 38 minutes. From single job vacancies to large-scale projects, our proficiency in providing exceptional professionals across the board has carved our reputation as a secure and significant supplier partner. 

A robust and financially strong business we have grown organically from our first office in London in 1986, to 18 offices in Europe; including Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Paris as well as one office in San Francisco and Tokyo. 

Gaining market share, year-on-year, we have the largest client base of any IT recruitment business across Europe. We work with a range of clients, from SMEs to large multi-nationals and high-profile names. 

Passionate about recruitment, our 350+ specialist IT recruitment consultants’ priority is to secure the right person for the right role, within a specified time frame and budget. Through Computer Futures’ methodology, our consultants – who focus on a specific IT technical market and geographical area - create a bespoke service to meet our individual clients’ recruitment needs.

· Split time approximately 60:40 between project based work and support based work; split may change depending on workload

· Strong Windows Server administration experience in an enterprise environment

· Devise and automate procedures for provisioning new system instances

· Implement and lead continuous integration, automated testing, configuration management, release management, deployment, cloud hosting and systems monitoring

· Support incoming server incident and request tickets in a distributed high volume environment

· Rack, configure, decommission, and deploy OS for physical servers in co-located and local datacenters

· Administer and troubleshoot OS-level issues in a VM environment, as well as hardware problems on physical servers (Dell, Cisco)

· Manage Print Server queues, drivers, and DR

· Manage and respond to daily alerts from monitoring systems (SCOM, xMatters)

· Patch deployments to 1,500+ Windows Servers during predetermined outage windows; software, driver, and firmware deployment and configuration

5+ years of relevant, hands-on experience supporting Windows Server 2012/2008 (R2) in an Enterprise Environment

· Expertise with scripting languages such as Powershell, VB Scripting, Python is desirable.

· Experience with server management tools such as MS System Center (preferred), Altiris, or similar

· Experience managing an automated patching of Windows Servers with SCCM (preferred), Lumension, or a similar tool

· Thorough understanding of working principles, and experience supporting Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS, IIS, Virtualization (Hyper-V or VMware), Symantec Endpoint Protection (or similar enterprise AV)

· Experience with monitoring systems such as SCOM, WhatsUpGold, NetScout, HP NMS, Syslog, or others

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

· Experience in Financial sector preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Look for: Danielle

Phone: 346 231 7544

Email: d.garan@computerfutures. com

About this role

Summary

Support and automate Windows Server environments, implement CI/CD, manage hardware and software, troubleshoot issues.

Job title

System Automation Engineer

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

it recruitment

Location requirements

Chicago, IL, US; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

windows server 2012powershellvb scriptingpythonactive directorygroup policyms system centersccmhyper-vvmwaresyslog

Preferred skills

sccmlumensionactive directoryhyper-vvmwaremonitoring systems

Specializations

windows serverautomationcloudscriptingmonitoring
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Chicago, IL, USA

On-site City