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Senior Windows Engineer Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

Engineer II

Dublin, CA

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. Strong technical and hands on ...

Engineer II

Dublin, CA · On-site

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. • Strong technical and hands ...

Engineer II

Dublin, CA · On-site

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. • Strong technical and hands ...

Engineer II

Dublin, CA · On-site

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. Strong technical and hands on ...

Engineer II

Dublin, CA · On-site

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. Strong technical and hands on ...

Engineer II

Dublin, CA · On-site

$109K - $187K/yr

... Senior Windows System Engineer in a large Windows server environments with the proven ability to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams. • Strong technical and hands ...

Hands-on experience with Windows Server administration, Intune/SCCM device management, and Windows ... You will work closely with Tier 1 support, senior engineers, and vendor support teams to ensure ...

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How much do senior windows engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 20, 2026, the average hourly pay for senior windows engineer in California is $69.13, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $60.72 and $79.47 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior Windows Engineer vs Windows Systems Administrator?

AspectSenior Windows EngineerWindows Systems Administrator
CertificationsMCSE, MCSA, CompTIA Server+MCSE, MCSA, CompTIA Server+
Work EnvironmentDesign, implementation, and troubleshooting of Windows infrastructureDay-to-day management, maintenance, and support of Windows systems
Employer & Industry UsageIT consulting firms, large enterprises, tech companiesCorporate IT departments, government agencies, healthcare
Common Search & ComparisonFocuses on advanced engineering and architectureFocuses on operational support and system administration

The Senior Windows Engineer typically handles complex infrastructure design and implementation, requiring advanced certifications and technical expertise. In contrast, a Windows Systems Administrator focuses on maintaining and supporting existing Windows systems. Both roles are vital in IT environments but differ mainly in scope and responsibilities.

Infographic showing various Senior Windows Engineer job openings in California as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 95% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 85% Physical, 6% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $143,786 per year, or $69.1 per hour.

Systems Engineer, Sr. - Windows, VMWare, CM

PSG Global Solutions

El Segundo, CA • On-site

$111K - $152K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 5 days ago


Job description

Company Description

We intelligently bring brands and customers closer together. Every time. We do this through market-leading consumer insights, targeting, data quality and cross-channel marketing technology.

Job Description

The Senior Systems Engineer position is a member of the Engineering group within the Technical Operations department of our client.

The function of the role is to provide MS Windows systems administration and support for engineering projects, infrastructure and development. The role will be focused on automation, building for scale, and fault tolerant systems. This role will also focus on technologies such as Puppet, VMWare, SAN/NAS, and other technologies.

This is a highly challenging and progressive team environment with an opportunity to work alongside infrastructure engineers and architects. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

- Partners with the engineering, infrastructure, security and project management teams to help implement new systems that are scalable and highly resilient 

- Develops automation tools and processes to help scale operations

- Responsible for disaster recovery testing and restoration of critical services during DR events

- Provides systems and services expertise and drive operational best practices 

- Participates in capacity and scalability planning

- Researches, develops, and implements new technologies and practices

- Leverages or builds appropriate technical tools to perform administration tasks, root-cause analysis and service restoration (such as back up, restore, failover, log interpretation, and performance monitoring

- Develops and maintains positive and cooperative relationships, inside and outside of teams, interacting in a friendly, open, honest, and accepting manner 

- Mentors junior systems administrators 

- Ensures 24/7 availability of the production servers and applications within a team environment

- Resolves Tier 3 incidents and requests. Requires on-call availability on team rotation outside of normal business hours

- Works to develop internal SOPs and Service handbooks for key systems and services

- Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Skills 

- Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering Discipline, or relevant experience 

- 5+ years of experience with supporting open-source infrastructure, systems administration, as well as hardware and software troubleshooting 

- Solid understanding of Microsoft Windows systems administration

- Experience with Puppet, Chef, or other configuration management tools

- Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware and HyperV

- Experience with DNS and DHCP technologies

- Experience with PowerShell

- Experience with system performance monitoring & fine-tuning 

- Experience with back up technologies

- Proven technical experience and a solid foundation in operating systems 

- Strong work ethic and have a natural tendency to take ownership of incidents & requests 

- Good team communication skills, with technical and non-technical colleagues 


Highly Desired Skills 

- Experience with AWS 

- Experience with Splunk or ELK 

- Experience with Hadoop

- Experience working with SAN/NAS storage environments 

- Experience with JIRA 

- Experience in programming languages (C#, Perl, Python a plus) 

- ITIL certification or working knowledge 

- Additional advanced certifications (i.e. Microsoft, VMWare, etc.) 

- Experience with Linux system administration such as Red Hat / CentOS a plus 

- Experience in Oracle and MS SQL environments a plus 


Additional Abilities 

- Attention to detail, and a drive to be successful; ability to work independently with minimal supervision or assistance

- Experience writing detailed and clear procedures and documentations that are easy to follow 

- Strong problem solving skills, innovation, collaboration, analysis

Additional Information

JENALYN BERNARDO | Prosum | Technical Recruiter

Awarded 7th "Best Places to Work in Los Angeles

2201 Park Place Suite 102, El Segundo, CA 90245

p: 310-360-5004 website: www.prosum.com