Sr Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer Role

(Lead Infrastructure Engineer)

Location: Chicago, IL – Hybrid: 3 days onsite/2 days WFH

Company Summary: They are an investment firm/asset management company in the Loop in Chicago with a substantial portfolio of $123B in assets under their management. They prioritize taking care of their employees so they remain long-term satisfied employees growing together. With a very strong record of successful growth, they continue to add to their roster in Chicago.

Role Summary: This role is responsible for managing the firm's Enterprise Infrastructure and providing enablement solutions which include Microsoft Cloud (Azure), M365 Suite, Digital Workplace enablement, and integrated application systems. Infrastructure availability, resiliency, and innovation is at the core of our Technology. We are looking for an experienced engineer who has proven and successful on-premise to Microsoft Cloud (O365 and Azure) migrations. We are looking for a candidate who also has experience with supporting technologies such as load-balancing, disaster recovery, storage, infrastructure as code, and identity management. In addition, this individual will be part of the Security Operations team supporting all aspects of our Cyber Security Program. Security will be a big part of this role through all aspects of infrastructure deployment with responsibilities also including patching and vulnerability remediation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Lead in the planning, design, implementation, and support of Azure Cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
2. Responsible for implementation and support of Corporate Enterprise Messaging and surrounding systems (i.e. MS Teams, MS Exchange, Mimecast, Proofpoint, and Symantec DLP email servers).
3. Experience with design and deployments of Server farms and service environments in the Cloud (i.e. Linux, MSFT, IaaS, PaaS).
4. Maintenance and evolution of Identity management (i.e. Active Directory, Cisco Client, InTune).
5. Lead in the planning, design, implementation, and support (including patching and config changes) of our VMWare infrastructure, including SRM and EMC RecoverPoint replication technologies.

Requirements:

1. 5+ years' technical solutions implementation, architecture, evaluation, and investigation in Azure.
2. Strong knowledge of MS Exchange, Azure Active Directory, Storage, M365 suite.
3. Experience leading on-premise data center to Cloud migrations for infrastructure and applications.
4. Experience with Infrastructure monitoring and SRE practices.
5. Leadership experience managing small teams.

Nice to Haves:

1. Strong experience with several infrastructure and security technologies/tools.
2. Experience using JIRA and Service Now systems.
3. Ability to solve complex business processes through technology solutions in Prod, UAT, and DEV environments.
4. Proven ability to self-manage small to medium sized projects and proven excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.