Remote Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Windows & Identity

Dotdash Meredith; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

People Inc. is seeking an experienced IT Cloud Engineer to support, maintain, and modernize enterprise infrastructure during data-center decommissioning and cloud migrations.

You will own Windows Server operations, identity integrations (Okta–AD/Azure-AD), automation, and hybrid cloud services across on-prem and AWS/Azure/GCP. This agency worker assignment is remote in the United States, 40 hours per week, start ASAP for six months with a potential extension.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in systems administration or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong Windows Server and patch automation experience.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure, or GCP (IAM, compute/storage, networking).
• Deep knowledge of Okta, Active Directory, Azure AD integrations.
• Scripting with PowerShell (preferred), plus Python or Bash.
• Experience with Linux, Nutanix, Rubrik.
• Familiarity with Docker/containers.
• Monitoring/logging with Prometheus/Grafana, Loki, Splunk, or ELK.
• Excellent troubleshooting and stakeholder communication.
• Preferred: Cloud-migration background, ITIL knowledge, Microsoft Administrator or cloud certifications.

Responsibilities

• Administer 200+ Windows servers, patch SLAs, monitoring, and lifecycle planning.
• Manage AD/Azure AD/Okta SSO/MFA integrations and health.
• Lead NYC data-center migrations, Nutanix decommission, backups.
• Build dashboards and alerts; define SLOs with app owners.
• Manage AWS/Azure/GCP workloads; optimize cost, reliability, security.
• Deliver PowerShell/Python/Bash tooling for automation and IaC.

Skills

Windows Server

Okta/Azure AD

AWS

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Nutanix

Rubrik

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

IaC

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Terraform

Job description

People Inc. is seeking an experienced IT Cloud Engineer to support, maintain, and modernize enterprise infrastructure during data-center decommissioning and cloud migrations.

You will own Windows Server operations, identity integrations (Okta–AD/Azure-AD), automation, and hybrid cloud services across on-prem and AWS/Azure/GCP. This agency worker assignment is remote in the United States, 40 hours per week, start ASAP for six months with a potential extension.