Senior Server Automation Engineer at GoDaddy

Job Description
Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. We provide a variety of domain name registration and website hosting services as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. We are the world's largest domain name registrar, and North America's largest shared website hosting provider. Offering a complete line of web development tools including domain name registration, hosting, email, SSL Certificates, on-line shopping carts and complementary products and services, Go Daddy.com was recently ranked # 8 on the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the United States.

Responsibilities of the Role include but are not limited to:

• Creation of automation routines using scripting technologies such as WMI, WSH, ADSI, VBS, C#, Perl, Java and PowerShell for the following:
• Server Provisioning
• OS Customization and Configuration
• Deploying and maintaining Windows IIS 5.0 / 6.0
• .NET
• SSL certificate installation, configuration, and backups
• Patch management and host hardening
• Configuration Management
• Working with development and testing staff to identify requirements and implement solutions.
• The position requires exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, and the individual must possess a structured, methodical approach to systems administration
• Skills/Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Up to date Windows MCSE certification preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of Active Directory
• Expert level experience with Windows scripting technologies such as WMI, WSH, ADSI, VBS and PowerShell.
• Proven ability to be able to provision servers in a large scale environment (thousands of servers)
• Knowledge of Configuration Management Best Practices
• At least 4 years working as a Windows Engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience in the following is a plus:

• Knowledge of Opsware and/or other Server Automation Technology
• Knowledge of C#, Java and other programming languages
• Knowledge of Networking, Routing and Switching Technologies
• Server Virtualization Technologies
• SAN and NAS technologies (iSCSI, FCP, CIFS, NFS, etc)

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