Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Scorpion Therapeutics; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

401k matching

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a seasoned IT Infrastructure & DevOps professional in Washington, DC to administer and secure the company's global on-premises and cloud environments. You will manage AD/Exchange/M365, VMware, networks, storage, and Linux servers, while building IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS security controls.

This role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration with IT and business teams.

Qualifications

• BS in IT/CS/Engineering or equivalent; 7+ years enterprise IT infrastructure.
• Strong AD, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Windows Server, Linux.
• VMware experience; enterprise networking/firewalls/storage.
• Practical AWS; scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.).
• CI/CD experience; strong troubleshooting; excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, and identity management.
• Manage Microsoft Exchange (on-prem and Microsoft 365 hybrid).
• Administer Microsoft 365 (Entra ID/Azure AD, Intune, Office 365 apps/services).
• Maintain, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers; support Windows endpoints.
• Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi; manage Cisco UCS.
• Configure/support/troubleshoot Cisco switches and firewalls.
• Administer storage platforms (Dell PowerStore, Dell Isilon).
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and security.
• Develop/maintain operational procedures, documentation, and runbooks.
• Support AWS cloud infrastructure (HA, security, efficiency).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Build/optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline).
• Support containers (Docker; Amazon ECS or Kubernetes/EKS).
• Implement monitoring/logging/alerting (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Manage AWS security controls (IAM roles/policies; compliance).
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity; optimize cost/performance.
• Troubleshoot complex issues; conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify automation opportunities; evaluate emerging tools/technologies.
• Participate in upgrades, migrations, and cloud adoption; collaborate with IT/business teams.

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft 365

Exchange

Windows Server

Linux

PowerShell

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

VMware vSphere

Cisco networking

Dell storage

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• Administer and support Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, and identity management.
• Manage Microsoft Exchange (on-prem and Microsoft 365 hybrid).
• Administer Microsoft 365 (Entra ID/Azure AD, Intune, Office 365 apps/services).
• Maintain, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers; support Windows endpoints.
• Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi; manage Cisco UCS.
• Configure/support/troubleshoot Cisco switches and firewalls.
• Administer storage platforms (Dell PowerStore, Dell Isilon).
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and security.
• Develop/maintain operational procedures, documentation, and runbooks.

Cloud & DevOps Operations

• Support AWS cloud infrastructure (HA, security, efficiency).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Build/optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline).
• Support containers (Docker; Amazon ECS or Kubernetes/EKS).
• Implement monitoring/logging/alerting (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Manage AWS security controls (IAM roles/policies; compliance).
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity; optimize cost/performance.

Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Troubleshoot complex issues; conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify automation opportunities; evaluate emerging tools/technologies.
• Participate in upgrades, migrations, and cloud adoption; collaborate with IT/business teams.

Required Qualifications

• BS in IT/CS/Engineering or equivalent; 7+ years enterprise IT infrastructure.
• Strong AD, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Windows Server, Linux.
• VMware experience; enterprise networking/firewalls/storage.
• Practical AWS; scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.).
• CI/CD experience; strong troubleshooting; excellent communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Route 53, ECS/EKS).
• Terraform/CloudFormation; Docker/Kubernetes.
• AWS certification; Microsoft certs; regulated industry experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance, unlimited paid time off, parental leave, 401k matching, and other benefits.