Sr. Windows Systems Engineer

Company Overview

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1970. With $28 billion in assets under management (AUM), SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations dedicated to advancing justice, human rights, and democracy. 

Distinct from other investment platforms, SFM thrives on agility, acting decisively when conviction is high and exercising patience when it’s not. With permanent capital, a select group of major clients, and an unconstrained mandate, we invest opportunistically with a long-term view. Our teams operate with autonomy, while cross-team collaboration strengthens our conviction and empowers us to capitalize on market dislocations.

At SFM, we foster an ownership mindset, encouraging professionals to challenge the status quo, innovate, and take initiative. We prioritize development, enabling team members to push beyond their roles, voice bold ideas, and contribute to our long-term success. This culture of continuous growth and constructive debate fuels innovation and drives efficiencies.

Our impact is measured by both the returns we generate and the values we uphold, from environmental stewardship to social responsibility. Operating as a unified team across geographies and mandates, we remain committed to our mission, ensuring a meaningful, lasting impact. 

Headquartered in New York City with offices in Greenwich, Garden City, London, and Dublin, SFM employs 200 professionals.

 

Job Overview

The Technology team at SFM is looking for a Senior Windows Systems Engineer to develop, implement, optimize, and maintain a hybrid environment.  As a Senior Windows Systems Engineer, you should have in depth experience within the Microsoft ecosystem (Operating Systems, AD, Messaging, etc.), as well as an understanding of storage and virtualization technologies. This role involves heavy automation using PowerShell.  Applicants should have knowledge with public cloud environments and the M365 suite.                          

 

Major Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain network, server, Active Directory and IaaS/PaaS cloud services in a Microsoft-centric environment containing some Linux workloads.
• Designs, build and maintain corporate data storage and compute resources consisting of various SAN and backup solutions, VMWare Hypervisors and Cisco UCS Blades.
• Develop PowerShell systems to automate operational tasks and improve the reliability of the Windows platform. Implement configuration as code to reduce the operational overhead of managing Windows infrastructure
• Implementation of solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS and M365, as well as various other supporting cloud services.
• Participate in 24x7x365 coverage and support for all associated infrastructure.
• Maintain adherence to our existing change control and documentation process.

 

What We Value

• Expert in Microsoft technologies such as Azure, Microsoft365, Azure AD/AD, Windows Server 2019+, DHCP, DNS, Intune.
• In-depth knowledge of email messaging systems.
• Expert in hybrid and cloud-based compute, storage, and containerization solutions.
• Expert in automation and scripting. Advanced skills in PowerShell, with familiarity in Terraform and SQL.
• 1-3 years’ experience with AWS or Azure public cloud.
• 5+ years’ experience designing and implementing high availability, active/active, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with Linux server systems administration such as RedHat and Ubuntu.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along with collaborative team skills are required.

 

We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $200,000-250,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus

 

In all respects, candidates need to reflect the following SFM core values:

Smart risk-taking   //   Owner’s Mindset   //   Teamwork   //   Humility   //   Integrity