Principal Infrastructure Architect: Cloud & Security

Socket.dev; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

Wellbeing Benefits

401K

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Summer Flex Fridays

Job summary

SurePoint Technologies, a leader in legal tech, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to drive enterprise infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments. You will define roadmaps, set standards, and mentor engineers to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available platforms that align with business goals.

You’ll lead modernization initiatives, oversee complex deployments, and ensure resilient operations with a focus on automation and documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive IT infrastructure engineering experience supporting complex enterprise environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field. Candidates with related Military or specialized training and extensive experience will also be considered.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, Trusts, Group Policy, DNS, PowerShell, DFS, and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Expert knowledge of VMware vCenter, ESXi, vMotion, and Omnissa Horizon.
• Experience with PingOne (or an equivalent IdP), SSO, SAML, and Active Directory integration of these technologies.
• Strong networking expertise including Cisco and Meraki switching, Cisco routing, TCP/IP, ODBC, and JDBC.
• Experience with PRTG or equivalent monitoring platforms and SNMP.
• Experience with IBM Storwize, SAN technologies, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI.
• Excellent verbal, written, and technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure roadmaps, modernization strategies, and long-term technology plans.
• Lead the design, implementation, and support of complex infrastructure solutions spanning colocation, AWS cloud, networking, storage, virtualization, and identity services.
• Establish enterprise architecture standards, technical guidelines, and operational best practices.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that improve scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead large-scale cloud, networking, security, and platform initiatives.
• Ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to infrastructure engineers and serve as the highest-level escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Maintain platform availability, reliability, security, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, standards, and procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, monitoring, and resiliency initiatives.
• Occasional travel to the Cincinnati data center to support infrastructure operations, including hardware deployment and outage response.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Trusts

Group Policy

DNS

PowerShell

DFS

SQL Server

VMware vCenter

ESXi

vMotion

Omnissa Horizon

PingOne/SSO/SAML

AD integration

Cisco

Meraki

TCP/IP

ODBC

JDBC

PRTG

SNMP

IBM Storwize

SAN

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Job description

SurePoint Technologies, a leader in legal tech, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to drive enterprise infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments. You will define roadmaps, set standards, and mentor engineers to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available platforms that align with business goals.

You’ll lead modernization initiatives, oversee complex deployments, and ensure resilient operations with a focus on automation and documentation.