Lead System Engineer

Infinite Computer Solutions; Campus (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinite Computer Solutions seeks a Cloud Platform / Systems Engineer with strong Azure and Linux/Windows admin skills to lead platform engineering. You will handle IaC, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and cloud-native workloads in a hybrid environment.

The role emphasizes production support, observability, and end-to-end lifecycle management with a focus on automation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong cloud and infrastructure experience.
• Proven Azure administration skills.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.
• Knowledge of virtualization (VMware).
• Understanding storage, networking, and server infra concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support Azure cloud infrastructure and hybrid environments.
• Perform day-to-day systems administration across Linux and Windows environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Support Kubernetes/containerized workloads and cloud-native applications.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and infrastructure provisioning.
• Automate operational tasks including patching, monitoring, deployments, and server configurations using Shell/Python scripting.
• Support platform engineering initiatives with focus on scalability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, and Application teams to support end-to-end platform lifecycle management.
• Participate in cloud migrations, VM migrations, decommission activities, and modernization initiatives.
• Monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot production issues, and perform root cause analysis.
• Ensure operational readiness, documentation, observability, and compliance standards are maintained.
• Support infrastructure provisioning and deployment activities across lower and higher environments.
• Contribute to improving operational maturity through automation and process optimization.

Skills

Azure

Hybrid cloud

VMware

Storage networking

Linux/Windows administration

CI/CD concepts

Kubernetes

Cloud-native architectures

Observability

Incident management

Education

BE

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Shell scripting

Python scripting

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Cloud Platform / Systems Engineer

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Platform / Systems Engineer with strong experience in Azure cloud infrastructure, Linux/Windows operating systems, automation, and platform engineering. The ideal candidate should possess hands‑on production support and engineering experience in cloud-native environments, with a strong focus on automation, DevOps practices, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

This role will support the transition from traditional infrastructure operations to a modern platform engineering model with end‑to‑end ownership of infrastructure lifecycle management, automation, deployment, observability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Azure cloud infrastructure and hybrid environments.
• Perform day‑to‑day systems administration across Linux and Windows environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Support Kubernetes/containerized workloads and cloud-native applications.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and infrastructure provisioning.
• Automate operational tasks including patching, monitoring, deployments, and server configurations using Shell/Python scripting.
• Support platform engineering initiatives with focus on scalability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, and Application teams to support end‑to‑end platform lifecycle management.
• Participate in cloud migrations, VM migrations, decommission activities, and modernization initiatives.
• Monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot production issues, and perform root cause analysis.
• Ensure operational readiness, documentation, observability, and compliance standards are maintained.
• Support infrastructure provisioning and deployment activities across lower and higher environments.
• Contribute to improving operational maturity through automation and process optimization.

Required Skills & Experience

• Cloud & Infrastructure
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience managing hybrid cloud and on‑prem infrastructure environments.
• Good understanding of virtualization technologies including VMware.
• Experience with storage, networking, and server infrastructure concepts.

Operating Systems

• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Good understanding of Windows Server administration.
• Knowledge of OS-level troubleshooting, services, cron jobs, scheduled tasks, permissions, sudo privileges, system performance tuning, and patching.

Hands‑on Experience

• Terraform Bicep
• Ansible
• Shell scripting
• Python scripting
• Understanding implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Understanding with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices.
• Containers & Kubernetes
• Container orchestration
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and microservices.
• Monitoring & Operations
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and alerting tools.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Ability to support production systems and perform operational automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Administrator / Azure DevOps / Kubernetes certifications preferred.
• Experience in Platform Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) environments.
• Experience supporting AI/Cloud-native application platforms.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps operating models.
• Exposure to enterprise infrastructure transformation projects.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently in fast‑paced environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Ownership mindset with focus on operational excellence and automation.

Key Expectations

• Candidate should possess practical production experience, not just training/certification knowledge.
• Strong preference for engineers with hands‑on automation and cloud operations experience.
• Ability to support future‑state platform engineering initiatives and cloud transformation programs.
• Focus on reducing manual operational effort through automation and standardization.

Qualifications

BE

Range Of Year Experience-Min Year

8

Range Of Year Experience-Max Year

12