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Windows Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$70K - $140K/yr

The Windows Engineer will support Barrow Wise's NYC Department of Social Services project and perform the following duties: * Plan, manage, coordinate, and deploy/configure systems upgrades, as well ...

The Windows Engineer will support Barrow Wise's NYC Department of Social Services project and perform the following duties: * Plan, manage, coordinate, and deploy/configure systems upgrades, as well ...

Requirement - Windows Systems Engineer Location- Wayne, PA (Preferred) / Plano, TX / Charlotte, NC Contract W2 Windows Engineer - Role Overview This role is focused on strategic engineering, design ...

Windows Engineer Location: Springfield, VA Clearance: TS/SCI Citizenship: US Citizenship Required Whether running countries, corporations, or courtrooms, our clients bear the responsibility for ...

We are looking for a Senior Windows Engineer to provide enterprise-level assistance to our customers. You will diagnose and troubleshoot software and hardware problems and help our customers install ...

The Windows Engineer will design, maintain, and secure Windows platforms while ensuring patch deployment and lifecycle management in bandwidth-constrained, isolated, and edge environments. This role ...

Fannie Mae is in transition from Windows XP to Windows 8.1.Current;ly there are about 14,000 Windows XP machines and about 1700 Windows 8.1 machines and the majority of Windows XP machines are ...

The Windows Engineer will design, maintain, and secure Windows platforms while ensuring patch deployment and lifecycle management in bandwidth-constrained, isolated, and edge environments. This role ...

MANTECH seeks a skilled and motivated Windows Systems Administrator to join our team of top Information Technology and Analytic professionals in Chantilly, VA. You will play a vital role in ...

MANTECH seeks a skilled and motivated Windows Systems Administrator to join our team of top Information Technology and Analytic professionals in Chantilly, VA. You will play a vital role in ...

215243 Windows C++ Developer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$57.50 - $77.50/hr

Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation) Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation) ICAP (Contractor Payroll) Flextrack (Vendor Management System) We are looking for experienced Windows Developers with ...

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As of Jul 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for windows developer in the United States is $134,970.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $110,000.00 and $160,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Windows Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining applications for the Windows operating system. They work with programming languages like C#, C++, and .NET to build desktop or UWP (Universal Windows Platform) applications. Their role includes debugging, optimizing performance, and ensuring compatibility across different Windows versions. Windows Developers may also integrate software with cloud services and databases, depending on project requirements.

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To thrive as a Windows Developer, you need strong programming skills in languages such as C#, .NET, and C++, along with a solid understanding of Windows operating system architecture. Familiarity with development tools like Visual Studio, Windows APIs, and version control systems such as Git is typically expected, and certifications like Microsoft Certified: Windows Developer Associate can be advantageous. Excellent problem-solving abilities, teamwork, and clear communication are important soft skills in this role. These skills ensure high-quality, maintainable software solutions while enabling effective collaboration within development teams.

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Windows Developers often encounter challenges such as managing compatibility across different Windows versions, optimizing application performance, and debugging complex issues within the operating system environment. Staying up-to-date with frequent updates to the Windows platform and adhering to best practices for security and user interface design are essential. Collaboration with QA testers, UX/UI designers, and IT support teams helps in identifying and resolving issues more efficiently. Proactively participating in code reviews and leveraging available documentation and community resources can greatly assist in overcoming these challenges.

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Windows Server Lead

Windows Server Lead

SAIC

Washington, DC

Full-time

Posted 22 days ago


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7.9

Company rating: 7.9 out of 10

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Job description

Job ID: 2613941

Location: Washington, DC, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-23

Category: Program Management

Subcategory: Program Mgmt

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description

SAIC is seeking a Windows Server Lead to support our government contract. 

The successful candidate will provide oversight and management support for 30+ Windows engineers responsible for providing operations and maintenance (O&M) and engineering support for the Common Operating Environment of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Common Operating Environment (COE). The Server Tower Lead is responsible for providing leadership to the Windows Server Tower staff and for providing Windows engineering thought leadership to the Government. The Windows Server Team is responsible for Windows servers, Active Directory, remote desktop services, OS vulnerability remediation, Windows Server and workstation patching, hypervisor (VMware, HyperV) management, provisioning servers (on-prem, AWS GovCloud, AWS, Azure, Oracle, and Google), design and deploying HA/DR capabilities, and supporting DOT’s field site reduction plans / migration to Cloud. This team also supports and manages Keyfactor/CA, MS Entra, KiteWorks, BeyondTrust, Quest Password Manager, Delinea Privilege Manager, Varonis, and multiple technologies. 
The successful candidate will provide expertise from responding to OCIO Initiatives and requirements to prevent service degradations and outages and supporting service restoration activities during outages.  This position will provide maintenance, implementation, and design services for Windows-based systems across the enterprise.  In addition, the position will be responsible for resolving and completing assigned tasks and Change Requests and will act as an escalation for support issues. The candidate will also be responsible for applying new solutions through research and collaboration with team members and will be advising on course of actions for new application initiatives.
 

Job Description and Duties

  • Full-time Onsite at DOT HQ, Washington DC. Ideal candidate will cover later shift providing support ending sometime between 5pm and 7pm daily. 
  • Serve as escalation point for application support and troubleshooting, provides guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application, or system problems. 
  • Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps. 
  • Improve existing processes through solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions or documentation.
  • Manage ServiceNow ticket queues and ticket resolution for all Windows Server Tower incident, catalog request, and change request tickets.  Monitor assignment group queues for unassigned and aging tickets.  Establish standards of practice for ticket documentation and QA tickets for compliance and train Windows Server Tower staff on standards.  
  • Oversea provisioning, patching, and day-to-day management of the installed server environment including vulnerability remediation.
  • Oversea documentation of Windows systems, processes, procedures, etc.
  • Facilitate and lead daily change management meetings with team and government staff to review and approve Change Requests using the ServiceNow Dashboard. 
  • Provide Windows Server Tower inputs presentations and deliverables to the DOT and SAIC managers.
  • Collaborate with team members to provide inputs to multiple ad hoc and recurring data calls including the monthly Program Management Review (PMR), bi-weekly progress review (BPR), and Application Hosting weekly calls. 
  • Perform Root Cause Analysis and Problem Management for the Windows systems and tools. 
  • Improve existing processes through solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions or documentation.
  • Provide support for new enterprise systems and in support of engineering solutions to address existing issues.
  • Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 

  • TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience.
  • Must have a minimum of 8 years of related experience providing business solutions engineering support, to include architectural design, engineering design, proof of concept development, pilots, analysis, results, and documentation. 
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-discipline server and system operation teams. 
  • Expert-level experience managing service delivery and solutioning
  • Experience managing teams of 30+ personnel performing complex engineering, operations, and maintenance support. 
  • Project Manager, Project Lead, and/or Program Manager experience leading teams of similar size and scope strongly preferred, ideally supporting government clients.
  •  Must be able to collaborate across other Infrastructure and vendor teams to develop solutions with multi-faceted requirements spanning across technologies, and sometimes multiple task orders. 
  • Experience leading troubleshooting calls spanning across multiple teams and using multi-discipline approach.
  • Must have extensive knowledge of multi-vendor server operating systems. 
  • Demonstrated experience in a fast tempo ITSM support environment.
  • Experience with performing root cause analysis, risk identification, and risk mitigation
  • Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively.
  • Demonstrated experience in a fast tempo ITSM support environment.
        
    Preferred skills and qualifications:
  • Demonstrated experience in all aspects of enterprise Windows environment operations and maintenance (O&M) and engineering.
  • Enterprise Architect experience, particularly in medium to large size government environments
  • ServiceNow ITSM platform and experience managing tickets, building dashboards, running queries, and building out workflows 
  • Experience leading on-premises to cloud migrations to Azure, AWS, OCI, and/or GCP 
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), PMI‑ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), PSM I (Professional Scrum Master I) or other agile certifications 
  • ITIL certification(s) and ITSM 
  • AWS, Azure Cloud, Google solution architect/ enterprise architect certification(s) 
     

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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