Infrastructure Engineer Senior

associatedbank; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings (401k & pension)

Volunteer time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Well-being programs

Parental leave

Job summary

Associated Bank is seeking an Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, automate, and support critical infrastructure for secure, reliable operations. You will partner with application and technology teams to enhance deployment, performance, and resilience while mentoring other engineers.

Role emphasizes VMware portfolio expertise, Terraform IaC, Ansible, CI/CD, and PowerShell. Strong collaboration with service providers and leadership is expected, with a focus on enterprise-grade reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years with VMware portfolio including VCF, SRM, vSAN, NSX, HCX.
• 5+ years with Terraform IaC, CI/CD pipelines, Ansible, GitHub Actions, and container solutions.
• 5+ years with PowerShell, HashiCorp HCL, RESTful APIs, YAML/JSON, and PowerCLI.

Responsibilities

• Design and automate private cloud infrastructure to support scalable applications.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, infrastructure, and communications; identify root causes.
• Automate testing, configuration, release, and deployment with IaC and DevOps practices.
• Monitor capacity, availability, and performance; propose improvements.
• Maintain inventories, diagrams, and technical documentation for operations.
• Collaborate with providers, tech teams, and leadership to strengthen infrastructure.
• Support resilience through DR docs and Business Resumption testing.
• Coach engineers and help shape technology direction.

Skills

Terraform IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Ansible

GitHub Actions

PowerShell

HashiCorp HCL

RESTful APIs

YAML/JSON

PowerCLI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, MIS, or Computer Engineering

Tools

VMware VCF

VMware SRM

VMware vSAN

VMware NSX

VMware HCX

Active Directory

DNS/DHCP/PKI/GP

SAN arrays

Dell PowerFlex

Pure Storage

Cisco UCS

Job description

Role Summary

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design, automate, and support critical infrastructure that keeps applications and data running securely, reliably, and efficiently. You'll partner with application and technology teams to improve deployment, performance, availability, and resilience while serving as a technical resource and mentor for other engineers.

Key Accountabilities

• Design and automate private cloud infrastructure and technology solutions that support reliable, scalable applications.
• Manage incident and problem resolution by troubleshooting connectivity, infrastructure, and communication issues and identifying root causes.
• Automate testing, configuration, release, and deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code and modern DevOps practices.
• Monitor infrastructure capacity, availability, and performance to identify issues and recommend improvements.
• Maintain hardware and software inventories, network diagrams, technical documentation, and system records to support ongoing operations.
• Partner with service providers, technology teams, business partners, and leadership to resolve issues and strengthen infrastructure solutions.
• Support business resilience efforts by maintaining disaster recovery documentation and participating in Business Resumption Readiness testing.
• Coach and mentor engineers through knowledge sharing, technical guidance, and training while helping shape technology direction.

Education & Experience

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience with the VMware portfolio, including VCF, SRM, vSAN, NSX, and HCX.
• 5+ years of experience with Terraform Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management such as Ansible, GitHub Actions, and container solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with PowerShell, HashiCorp HCL, RESTful APIs, YAML/JSON, and PowerCLI.

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and Group Policy.
• 2+ years of experience with SAN arrays, NAS, Cisco UCS, Dell PowerFlex, and Pure Storage.
• 2+ years of experience supporting Windows Server and Red Hat operating systems.
• VMware VCF, Microsoft, HashiCorp, Ansible, or other relevant vendor certifications.

Why You'll Love Working Here

You'll have opportunities to grow your technical expertise, mentor others, and influence the direction of technology that supports a leading regional bank. We value collaboration, continuous learning, and people who take ownership and turn complex challenges into practical solutions.

In addition to core traditional benefits, we take pride in offering benefits for every stage of life.

• Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans.
• Paid time off to volunteer in your community.
• Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups.
• Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities.
• Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more.
• Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

Associated Bank serves more than 120 communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri and we consider our colleagues critical to our continued success. See why our colleagues continually vote us a best place to work in the Midwest.

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We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified parties, including but not limited to people returning to the workforce, people with disabilities, those without a college degree, and veterans or those with military experience.

Compliance Statement

Associated Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We support a work environment where colleagues are respected and given the opportunity to perform to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

Fully complies with all applicable enterprise policies and procedures. Acts in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in training materials, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act. Responsible for reporti