IT Infrastructure Specialist – Windows Server / VMware

IT Infrastructure Specialist – Windows Server / VMware

Location: Zurich, Switzerland | Hybrid

Workload: 100%

Start: ASAP, latest 1 December 2026

Contract: Until 28 February 2027, with a strong perspective for long-term extension

About the Role

For a consulting company supporting an end client in the financial services sector, we are looking for an experienced IT Infrastructure Specialist with a strong hands-on background in Windows Server and VMware.

You will work across both Run & Operate and Build activities. Alongside ensuring the stability of the existing infrastructure and resolving incidents, you will contribute to infrastructure migrations and the design and implementation of the future-state infrastructure architecture.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys staying close to the technology and combining operational responsibility with infrastructure transformation.

Your Responsibilities

• Administration and operation of Windows Server environments
• Administration and support of VMware infrastructure
• Troubleshooting, incident resolution and technical remediation
• Supporting day-to-day infrastructure operations
• Contributing to infrastructure migration and transformation projects
• Supporting the design and implementation of the future infrastructure architecture
• Administration and support of Active Directory
• Working with Cisco switches, firewalls and storage infrastructure
• Close collaboration with the consulting team and end customer

Your Profile

• Around 5–10 years of relevant IT infrastructure experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Windows Server Administration
• Strong practical experience with VMware
• Solid experience with Microsoft Active Directory
• Experience with Cisco network infrastructure and firewalls
• Good understanding of storage infrastructure
• Strong troubleshooting and incident-resolution skills
• Comfortable working across both operations and infrastructure build/migration projects
• Independent and hands-on technical mindset

Nice to Have

• SQL knowledge
• German and/or French language skills

Location & Working Model

• Zurich-based hybrid setup
• Approx. 3 days per week on-site at the consulting company's Zurich office
• Approx. 2 days per week remote
• Occasional visits to the end customer's site in Zurich, typically 2–3 times per month
• Potential occasional travel to other locations within Switzerland
• Important: Candidates must be resident in Switzerland, as access to the end customer's systems is restricted to Switzerland and remote access from abroad is not possible.

Interested?

If you have strong hands-on experience with Windows Server, VMware and enterprise IT infrastructure and are interested in combining operational responsibility with infrastructure transformation, I look forward to hearing from you.