Windows Server
Also written as Windows Server Administration, Windows Administration, Windows Admin, IIS
Microsoft's operating system for company servers, running services such as logins (Active Directory), file sharing, DNS, DHCP and websites (IIS). Windows admins install, patch, secure and troubleshoot these servers, in the company's own data centre or in the cloud.
Think of it like
The building manager's office for a Microsoft-based company: keys, post, storerooms and maintenance in one place.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Handles patching, user issues and routine checks.
Senior sounds like
Has planned upgrades or migrations to newer versions or to Azure, and automated routine work with PowerShell.
Ask them
“What's the largest Windows Server upgrade or migration you've done, and what did you automate along the way?”
Reading Windows Server on a resume
- Table-stakes
- Most people in this field list Windows Server, so its presence tells you little, and opening a screen with it can make the call sound junior. Ask what they built with it instead.
Sourcing for Windows Server
Every way it's written
("Windows Server" OR "Windows Server Administration" OR "Windows Administration" OR "Windows Admin")Paste into LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri or your ATS. Combine with a job title and location.
Wider net, with accepted substitutes
("Windows Server" OR "Windows Server Administration" OR "Windows Administration" OR "Windows Admin" OR "IIS")Includes skills a hiring manager would usually accept instead. Use it when the exact search runs dry.
Job titles to search alongside it
Network Engineer · Network Administrator · System Administrator · IT Infrastructure Engineer · Network Security Engineer · NOC Engineer · Windows Administrator · Linux Administrator
Where this talent works in India — Networking & IT Infrastructure
Target companies that build networking gear or run large networks and data centres themselves: equipment makers, telecom operators, data-centre operators and infrastructure-services firms. Help-desk-heavy outsourcing contracts use the same titles with far less design work, so ask who designed the network, not just who kept it running.
For example: Cisco, Juniper Networks (HPE), HPE Aruba Networking, Arista Networks, Extreme Networks, F5, Infoblox, Nokia.