About the Role
Aechelon Technology is seeking a skilled candidate to join our Platforms team to design, build, automate, and scale Windows-based storage systems. This role involves building standardized, repeatable, and highly automated Windows Server platforms integrated with storage technologies, going beyond traditional Windows administration.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable Windows-based storage systems, implementing designs established with senior engineers.
- Build and refine standardized, repeatable Windows Server deployments for customer shipment.
- Support clustering, failover, and high-availability architectures.
- Provide input on architectural decisions impacting performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Develop and enhance automation for system provisioning, configuration management, deployment workflows, platform validation, health checks, and lifecycle management.
- Develop and maintain advanced PowerShell-based automation, expanding into APIs and other scripting languages.
- Improve tooling to reduce manual configuration and support deterministic system builds.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines for Windows-based platform builds.
- Create automation for lifecycle management, including updates, patching, and configuration drift detection.
- Develop quality-of-life tooling for System Engineers and customer deployments.
- Collaborate with hardware teams to provide structured feedback on performance, anomalies, and integration challenges.
- Implement threat protection and best practices following security guidance.
- Contribute to technical documentation, including system designs, release notes, integration workflows, and troubleshooting guides.
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering experience and supporting Windows Server deployment environments (or equivalent).
- Solid working knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows clustering and failover, Storage Spaces Direct, and Authentication systems.
- Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
- Experience contributing to repeatable infrastructure deployments with an infrastructure-as-code mindset.
- Strong troubleshooting and systems analysis capabilities.
- Ability to work independently with review at critical points.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced product engineering environment.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Experience supporting hardware/software integrated systems.
- Exposure to enterprise security tooling and endpoint protection.
- Experience leading system upgrades or migration projects.
Skills
- PowerShell scripting
- Automation
- Infrastructure-as-code
- Systems analysis
- Troubleshooting
- Communication
- Documentation
Location
- California
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $158,000 - $178,000 per year
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Company performance-based profit sharing
- 401k
- 100% employer paid health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, std, ltd, and life insurance plans)
About the Company
- Aechelon Technology, Inc. is a leading producer of 3D simulator content, including Geospecific visual/sensor databases and realistic 3D models.
- We seek people who share our passion for real-time computer graphics and commitment to our mission of helping make our Nation’s pilots safer.
- We will give you a chance to work with some of the most talented people in the graphics industry.
Equal Opportunity
- Aechelon Technology is an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to providing access and opportunities to individuals with disabilities.
- Aechelon Technology will provide a reasonable accommodation for applicants unable to fully utilize/access our application process due to a disability.
