Associate Infrastructure Engineer

Purpose
The Associate Infrastructure Engineer performs a critical role in implementing and supporting cloud-based solutions and strategies. This role is responsible for participating in complex efforts and providing level-3 support. This individual is experienced with various development tools and IT infrastructure components. The candidate will be supporting Infrastructure and Operations services, with a focus on cloud technologies.
Responsibilities

Work with business and technology partners to understand needs from the client perspective
Drive technology discussions and facilitate decision with other teams within the organization
Collaborate cross-functionally to develop our target state cloud platform and infrastructure
Gather technical requirements, assess capabilities, and analyze findings to provide appropriate cloud platform solution recommendations and adoption strategy
Build and deploy efficient solutions that improve efficiencies and add value to the business
Develop creative and efficient solutions for migration to cloud environments
Build technology solutions, including the process, integrations, and automation
Automate testing and execution of playbook actions
Identify and execute on opportunities to automate and simplify lifecycle management
Implement best-practice standards that will be leveraged by business units to streamline and simplify cloud platform operations
Operate and maintain cloud-based solutions to ensure high performance and reliability
Maintain operational processes, guidelines, and standards that facilitate robust, scalable, cost-effective, and innovative services
Participate in risk identification within the technical architecture in partnership with security teams
Ensure alerts and events are flowing across various cloud-based services and partners
Normal business hours and some after-hours/on-call responsibilities
Support projects and initiatives to deliver on strategic goals, including building automation to improve efficiencies
Work closely with agile teams to prioritize the implementation of user stories while balancing priorities, ensuring continuous delivery or business value
Track time and complete assignments on schedule
Build, maintain, and promote strong technical documentation
Keep abreast of and gain expertise in the evolving technology and understand how new technologies could be applied to our Cloud platform offerings
Maintain an operational dashboard to track and report on the health of IT systems, including alignment or impact to business services
Executes POCs and feasibility studies to validate next-gen product concepts, technologies, and services leveraging results to guide business and technology decisions
Research, test, and understand the relevant products and product capability
Participate in the vendor community on relevant products and product capability

About You

Associate's degree in information systems, or related field, OR at least 1+ years of applicable experience
Experience with Windows Server and/or Linux distributions, Windows Server 2012 or above, Linux distributions (Red Hat-based or Debian-based)
General understanding of infrastructure as code and with knowledge in a couple of the following tools:
PowerShell
JSON
Python
Azure CLI
AWS CLI
Terraform
PowerCLI
Javascript
OAuth, webhooks, and REST API
A general understanding of SNMP, Syslog, RMON, and other messaging and agent facilities
Experience supporting cloud-native applications in an agile manner using DevOps concepts and principles
General Understanding of Group Policy maintenance
Some Experience maintaining Active Directory
Basic networking skills used in troubleshooting client issues

Physical Requirements

Ability to travel up to ~10% of the time, which may include weekends and evenings, as needed
Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled environment
Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal
Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of a normal workday
Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties

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