Windows Server Platform Operations Engineer – Technical Pathways Program
Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: July 12, 2025
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Job Description:
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for
people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader
headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the
world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those
who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease,
and give back to our communities through philanthropy and
volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put
people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make
life better for people around the world. The Technical Pathways
Program is a 13-18-month intensive fixed duration (FDE)
professional development program during which the apprentice
receives a combination of formal training, on-the-job learning, and
mentoring in a key functional area to be equipped to compete for a
Lilly position after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Tech@Lilly Technical Pathways apprentices will complete IT
certifications relevant to the job they are apprenticing in, that
is paid for by Lilly, as part of their participation in the
Technical Pathways Apprenticeship Program. Join us in
revolutionizing Infrastructure Operations with AI and Automation!
The Cloud and Connectivity organization is actively looking for
Multiple Windows Server Platform Operations Engineer to join them.
Do you like to solve challenges and have an interest in large scale
impact? Would you like the ability to impact a global public and
private cloud infrastructure operations through AI and Automation?
If so, please apply. What You’ll Be Doing We are seeking multiple
Windows Servers Platform Operations Engineers with 3 plus years of
experience to support and lead enterprise Windows Server
environments. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in
maintaining system stability, automating operational tasks, and
ensuring high availability for critical workloads. This position
requires both in-depth technical expertise and a proactive approach
to problem-solving and operational excellence. This role will work
with the latest Public and Private cloud IaaS services. Our goal is
to improve the availability of infrastructure and reliability
through repeatable patterns, new architectural designs,
improvements in observability to prevent outages to help increase
value across the organization. The role will partner with our
global Lilly operations SMEs and other platform infrastructure
operations SME to deliver the daily operations associated with this
area. How You’ll Succeed Be Bold: You will drive Infrastructure
Operations to never have to fix the same problem twice through
adoption of AI OPS, Event Driven Automation, and robust
Observability. Be Fast: You will accelerate initiatives in areas
such as: Infrastructure AI OPS automation, cloud IaaS management,
and cloud infrastructure as code to enable critical business
projects. Be Proactive: You will have groundbreaking chances to
transform our operations processes using proactive, predictive, and
automated AI & Observability capabilities. Be Your Best: You will
bring a high learning agility and Infrastructure operations /
engineer skills to help us enable the Lilly Technology strategy,
identifying tech opportunities, and accelerate our AI OPS journey.
What You Should Bring Validated experience in server operations and
administration Expertise in supporting and maintaining Windows
Server environments, including versions 2016, 2019, and 2022. Prior
experience performing regular server administration duties,
encompassing patch management, configuration updates, and
compliance monitoring. Demonstrated ability to resolve OS and
hardware issues in collaboration with support engineers and vendors
as the need arises. Experience monitoring/optimizing server
performance, ensuring high availability and stability. Demonstrated
experience in automation and scripting to streamline processes and
improve efficiency. Shown ability to develop and run Ansible
playbooks for automation of system configurations and deployments.
Ability to apply PowerShell scripting for automating repetitive
tasks. Prior experience using Ansible Tower/AWX for centralized
automation. Prior experience following ITIL-based incident,
problem, and change management processes using ServiceNow.
Experience addressing critical incidents and conducting detailed
root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences. Ability to
coordinate change process, ensuring minimal impact to production
environments. Prior technical leadership supporting enterprise
grade infrastructure solutions and leading the deployment at
multiple global locations.Strong hands-on experience performing
troubleshooting and Windows Server system administration with
automated infrastructure availability and resiliency at enterprise
scale up to the AI/ML frameworks. Consistent track record of high
quality, agile focused, team-based solution delivery. Strong
experience with Windows Server administration, Active Directory,
Group Policy, and patch management (WSUS). Hands-on experience with
virtualization platforms like VMware vCenter or cloud-based virtual
machines Known of backup solutions . Expertise in leading endpoint
security related OS configurations. Expertise in Windows Failover
clustering maintenance and troubleshooting Experience with Server
build automation resolutions and problem management Basic
understanding of cloud technologies (Azure, AWS) and hybrid cloud
environments. Proficient in using monitoring tools such as Splunk
or similar platforms. Basic requirements High School Diploma/GED
3-6 years’ experience as a Windows Server / Platform Engineer.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in
the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship
for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this
employment position. ? Additional Information: Onsite role located
in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required). Expected Shift Hours:
11:00am – 8:00pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 12:00-9:00pm US
Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (EDT) Available Shifts: Monday to
Friday or Thursday to Monday Less than 5% travel. Lilly is
dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively
engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying
for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for
a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form
( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for
further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request
an accommodation as part of the application process and any other
correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly is proud to be an
EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race,
color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual
orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally
protected status. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong
support networks for their members and are open to all employees.
Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia
Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network,
Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India
Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ
Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for
Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities).
Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend
on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic
location. The anticipated wage for this position is $12.98 - $40.87
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company
bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to
eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a
company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility
for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits;
flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care
flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits;
certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being
benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and
employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend,
modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its
sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines
will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of
Lilly employees. WeAreLilly
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