Azure Infrastructure Engineer — Hybrid Platform

Princeton University; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton University is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to own provisioning, configuration, security, and maintenance of our integration platform infrastructure, spanning on-prem Linux and Azure cloud.

The role emphasizes IAM, networking, CI/CD, monitoring, and disaster recovery, with collaboration across API, data, and services teams in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications include 7+ years Azure, Kubernetes, IaC, Linux, Python, and security-focused deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure on Azure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads.
• Hands-on IAM and security controls in deployment pipelines.
• Strong Linux administration and scripting.
• Experience with WSO2 platform infrastructure.
• Experience with REST APIs for automation.
• Experience designing and operating secure, scalable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain all infrastructure supporting integration services.
• Design and build Azure cloud infrastructure hosting platform using AKS and IaC.
• Manage on-premises Linux servers, patching and security hardening.
• Administer IAM integrations and certificate lifecycle management.
• Own network config including DNS, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs.
• Collaborate on CI/CD tooling and environment provisioning for teams.
• Provide on-call support, monitoring, alerts, and disaster recovery.

Skills

Azure cloud infra

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Linux / shell

Python

SQL

Networking

IAM

REST APIs

Monitoring

CI/CD

Security hardening

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AKS

Docker

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

WSO2

Job description

Princeton University is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to own provisioning, configuration, security, and maintenance of our integration platform infrastructure, spanning on-prem Linux and Azure cloud.

The role emphasizes IAM, networking, CI/CD, monitoring, and disaster recovery, with collaboration across API, data, and services teams in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications include 7+ years Azure, Kubernetes, IaC, Linux, Python, and security-focused deployments.