Infrastructure Engineering

Arrowstreet Capital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowstreet Capital is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering leader to guide our core platforms across on‑prem, cloud, and SaaS in a hybrid model. You will mentor engineers, drive IaC adoption, and deliver modernization projects while maintaining operational excellence in security and DR.

This role balances hands‑on technical leadership with organizational planning, acting as a catalyst for continuous improvement in a fast‑moving environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical experience required.
• 5+ years managing Infrastructure systems teams in production.
• 5+ years designing, implementing and managing AD, M365, ADFS, VMWare vSphere/vCenter/ESX.
• 2+ years promoting DevOps, SRE or platform engineering practices.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery solutions and multi-site/hybrid environments.
• Ability to develop long-term strategic Infrastructure goals and a technology roadmap.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Mentor staff and lead a team of infrastructure engineers.
• Own design, operation, and continuous improvement of a hybrid environment.
• Set operational standards for monitoring, backup, recovery, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Advance Infrastructure as Code across stacks.
• Prioritize projects using Jira and Jira Service Desk (Incidents & Tier 3).
• Develop and enforce IT standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure security best practices and timely remediation.
• Participate in audits and client inquiries as required.
• Guide team members' growth and optimize productivity.
• Support root-cause analysis for production incidents.
• Review and enhance troubleshooting documentation.
• Lead projects holistically, address gaps, implement automation.
• Occasional evening or weekend work as needed.

Skills

People management

Infrastructure design

DevOps / SRE

Disaster Recovery

Strategic planning

Cross-team communication

Cloud / hybrid architectures

IaC / automation

Job description

Job Overview

The Infrastructure Engineering role is responsible for the firm’s core infrastructure platforms across a hybrid environment that includes on‑premises data centers, public cloud services, and SaaS solutions. This position leads a team of infrastructure engineers accountable for both day‑to‑day operational excellence and the delivery of strategic initiatives that modernize our systems. It will play a large role in shaping and evolving core technical services.

In addition to operating core compute, storage, network, identity, and platform services, this role will also take part in projects such as the consolidation of our on‑premises DR data center, continued expansion of M365 services, modernization of computer and file services solutions as well as lifecycle management of critical infrastructure technologies.

The Infrastructure Engineering role is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating all activities of the core Infrastructure platforms, and will work closely with internal teams to drive key initiatives. The role is expected to drive increased adoption of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across technology stacks.

To augment the capacity of the Infrastructure Engineering team, Arrowstreet maintains a dedicated Tier 2 Systems Administration team that reports directly to this position helping ensure smooth coordination between both teams.

The right candidate is self‑motivated and looks for opportunities to improve all aspects of the technical environment. This experienced Engineer will be asked to lead projects through every phase of implementation, both independently and collaboratively as needed. This role balances hands‑on technical leadership with organizational planning, serving as both an operational leader and a catalyst for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Must have proven management skills with the ability to mentor staff members
• Own the design, operation, and continuous improvement of a hybrid infrastructure environment spanning:
• Establish and maintain operational standards for monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, patching, and lifecycle management
• Lead the continuing journey toward Infrastructure as Code (IaC) that the team is already on
• Assess, refine and prioritize team projects and responsibilities to end users leveraging Jira and Jira Service Desk (Incident Management and Tier 3 support requests)
• Developing and Enforcing IT standards, procedures, policies, and best practices to the infrastructure team
• Security focus to confirm that best practices are followed and remediation where necessary is applied in a timely manner
• Participate in audits (SOC1) and client inquiries as required
• Provide guidance to team members to foster professional growth and increase work productivity
• Provide support to resolve escalated issues and root cause discovery of production impacting events
• Review and enhance documentation for troubleshooting and resolution procedures for all levels of support
• Lead assigned projects with a holistic approach, address any gaps identified and implement automation where possible
• Occasional evening or weekend work required

Qualifications

• Prior hands on technical experience is a requirement for this position
• 5+ years managing Infrastructure systems teams in a production capacity
• 5+ years relevant experience designing, implementing and managing related Infrastructure platforms such as: Microsoft Active Directory, M365, Microsoft ADFS, VMWare vSphere/vCenter/ESX Technology stack
• 2+ years relevant experience promoting DevOps, SRE or platform engineering practices
• Experience working with/designing for Disaster Recovery solutions (Zerto or VMWare SRM, Microsoft AG, etc). We are presently in a multi-site/hybrid that is constantly evolving and changing
• Ability to develop long term strategic Infrastructure enterprise goals and create a technology roadmap
• Ability to communicate well within and across teams; foster relationships throughout the organization, and build trust amongst peers through demonstrated strong job performance

In addition, experience with any of the following would be valuable:

• Experience with AWS or Azure based technology implementations as an owner/architect/builder
• Solid understanding of multi-site design and hybrid designs. Knowledge of application flow and systems design is desirable
• Development or automation background specific to Infrastructure as code

The base salary range for this position is $130,000 - $290,000 per year.

Arrowstreet Capital operates a robust talent acquisition program, and we also seek to compensate and reward our employees competitively within our industry and in line with our merit-based culture. Our approach to total compensation includes base salaries and annual discretionary bonuses, as well as a robust benefits package. The determination of a successful candidate’s base salary placement within the listed range will vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications (which may also include relevant certifications, credentials and other education), the job responsibilities and scope, the commensurate resulting level of the position and other relevant factors. The listed range is also an estimate, and additional information regarding base salary and other elements of total compensation offered by Arrowstreet Capital to successful applicants will be communicated during the recruitment process.

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.