Infrastructure Team Lead: Hybrid Cloud & Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

PTO

401K match

Career growth opportunities

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Daikin Applied seeks an Infrastructure Team Lead to guide a Digital team delivering hybrid cloud and edge infrastructure across Azure and on-premise environments. You will mentor engineers, drive cloud migrations, and establish standardized patterns with a strong emphasis on automation and observability.

The role partners with cybersecurity, architecture, and network teams to ensure high-availability, disaster recovery, and scalable operations while transitioning solutions to ongoing support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years in IT infrastructure support positions with high-level problem solving and technical project management experience.
• 1+ years of successful project management experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, identity (Azure AD/Entra ID), and security.
• Experience designing and implementing high-availability, disaster recovery, and resilient systems in enterprise environments.
• Proven track record of leading project-based teams and successfully transitioning solutions to operations.
• Strong experience with both Windows and Linux operating environments.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers focused on project-based delivery across hybrid cloud and edge environments.
• Provide technical leadership across Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS), identity platforms, compute, storage, and security integrations.
• Drive digital infrastructure transformation initiatives, including cloud migrations, data center modernization, platform standardization, and automation adoption.
• Design and implement hybrid architectures integrating on-premises systems, Azure services, and edge compute environments.
• Partner with the Network Team Lead to deliver integrated infrastructure and network solutions, including Cisco SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity models.
• Establish and enforce infrastructure standards, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices aligned to enterprise goals.
• Ensure all solutions are designed to meet high availability (99.999%), resiliency, disaster recovery, and performance requirements.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of infrastructure components within cross-functional projects, ensuring quality, scalability, and adherence to timelines.
• Promote automation-first engineering practices, reducing reliance on manual intervention and traditional system administration models.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and application teams to align solutions with business, compliance, and cybersecurity standards.
• Drive observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and telemetry integration for proactive system management.
• Lead transition-to-operations activities, ensuring comprehensive documentation, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
• Contribute to infrastructure strategy, roadmaps, capacity planning, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to inform future-state architecture and continuous improvement.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships, including cloud providers and infrastructure technology vendors.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Hybrid cloud

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or IT or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or IT (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Cisco SD-WAN

Windows

Linux

Job description

Daikin Applied seeks an Infrastructure Team Lead to guide a Digital team delivering hybrid cloud and edge infrastructure across Azure and on-premise environments. You will mentor engineers, drive cloud migrations, and establish standardized patterns with a strong emphasis on automation and observability.

The role partners with cybersecurity, architecture, and network teams to ensure high-availability, disaster recovery, and scalable operations while transitioning solutions to ongoing support.