Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer | IaC & Automation

Delta Dental of Michigan; Okemos (MI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana seeks a Systems Engineer in Okemos, MI, to design, deploy, and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure. The role emphasizes scalable, secure systems and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to support mission critical applications.

Responsibilities include implementing architecture standards, building IaC templates, and ensuring cost efficiency. Strong virtualization, scripting, and security skills are essential for 24/7 support and reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field with 3 years’ hands-on infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing physical and virtual infrastructure.
• Preferably holding certifications such as Red Hat Systems Engineer, Windows Administrator, or VMware Data Center Virtualization.
• Willing to accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
• Knowledge of rack and blade servers, DAS/SAN storage, and networks from Dell, Cisco, Supermicro.
• Proficient with virtualization (VMs, servers, storage, compute) using VMware, KVM, OpenStack, or Nutanix AHV.
• Proficient with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Bitbucket, and Git.
• Ability to manage compute, storage, and network infrastuctures including Windows, RHEL, and Ubuntu OSes; AD and DNS.
• Familiar with security best practices and IAM, encryption, and monitoring in cloud environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to provide on-call support 24/7.
• Excellent communication and collaboration to work cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Deploys physical and virtual solutions based on business requirements and available technologies.
• Implements architecture strategies for performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Applies and enforces security measures to protect systems and data.
• Participates in cross-functional teams on systems management strategies.
• Builds and updates IaC scripts and templates to support automated deployments.
• Maintains operational policies and documentation related to infrastructure.
• Identifies and resolves routine infra issues with Operations, Applications, and vendors.
• Participates in capacity planning, performance analysis, and tuning activities.
• Proposes innovative infra solutions and participates in on‑call rotation.
• Supports development teams with infrastructure engineering for app deployment and integration.
• Performs other related duties as necessary.

Skills

Virtualization

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

Bitbucket

Git

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VMware

KVM

OpenStack

Nutanix AHV

Active Directory

DNS

Windows Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Ubuntu

Job description

Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana seeks a Systems Engineer in Okemos, MI, to design, deploy, and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure. The role emphasizes scalable, secure systems and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to support mission critical applications.

Responsibilities include implementing architecture standards, building IaC templates, and ensuring cost efficiency. Strong virtualization, scripting, and security skills are essential for 24/7 support and reliable