Infrastructure Lead – Hybrid Cloud & Automation

Daikin Applied; Plymouth (MN); Hybrid; USD 113,800 - 193,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401K match

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Daikin Applied seeks an Infrastructure Team Lead to guide a Digital team in Plymouth, MN, leading hybrid cloud and edge projects across Azure, on-prem, and hybrid ecosystems. You will drive modernization, establish standards, and ensure high availability while partnering with the Network Team Lead for integrated solutions.

You will mentor engineers, own automation initiatives, and ensure seamless transition to operations with strong documentation and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years in IT infrastructure with problem solving and project management.
• 1+ years of successful project management experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services: compute, storage, networking, identity (Azure AD/Entra ID), security.
• Experience designing high-availability, disaster recovery, and resilient systems in enterprise environments.
• Proven track record leading project-based teams and transitioning solutions to operations.
• Strong experience with Windows and Linux.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated infra delivery.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers across hybrid cloud and edge environments.
• Provide technical leadership across Azure, identity platforms, compute, storage, and security integrations.
• Drive infrastructure transformation initiatives including cloud migrations and platform standardization.
• Design and implement hybrid architectures integrating on-premises systems, Azure, and edge compute.
• Partner with Network Team Lead to deliver integrated infrastructure and network solutions (Cisco SD-WAN).
• Establish and enforce infrastructure standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Ensure solutions meet high availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and performance requirements.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery and ensure quality and timelines.
• Promote automation-first engineering practices.

Skills

Azure

Leadership

Project management

Windows

Linux

CI/CD

Azure AD/Entra ID

Hybrid cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Cisco SD-WAN

Job description

Daikin Applied seeks an Infrastructure Team Lead to guide a Digital team in Plymouth, MN, leading hybrid cloud and edge projects across Azure, on-prem, and hybrid ecosystems. You will drive modernization, establish standards, and ensure high availability while partnering with the Network Team Lead for integrated solutions.

You will mentor engineers, own automation initiatives, and ensure seamless transition to operations with strong documentation and knowledge transfer.