Remote Infrastructure Engineer: Cloud & Automation

Republic Services; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) Match

ESPP

PTO

EAP

Job summary

Republic Services is seeking an Infrastructure Administrator to support enterprise physical and virtual environments on cloud and on‑prem platforms. This remote role focuses on deploying, automating, monitoring, and supporting servers and applications, while coordinating with vendors and development teams.

You will handle 24x7 support, change and incident management, backups, and security fundamentals, ensuring high availability and reliable performance for internal and external customers.

Qualifications

• Scripting and automation skills (Perl, Bash, PHP, Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc.).
• Basic understanding of security concepts (Active Directory, NTFS permissions, security auditing, contexts).
• Understanding of cloud storage, network, and hardware technologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and recommends performance improvements to ensure high availability of infrastructure.
• Serves as an escalation point for technical issues at the team level.
• Participates in deployment, maintenance, and upgrade of applications developed by different teams.
• Documents technical problems, resolutions, and processes for assigned tasks and projects.
• Participates in testing and evaluation of new technologies to ensure compatibility and functionality.
• Follows change and incident management policies and procedures.
• Oversees server build outs, monitoring, patch/security updates, backups, restores, asset management, 24x7 support, pager duty.

Skills

Scripting & Automation

Server Hardware

Security Fundamentals

Cloud Storage & Virtualization

Job description

Republic Services is seeking an Infrastructure Administrator to support enterprise physical and virtual environments on cloud and on‑prem platforms. This remote role focuses on deploying, automating, monitoring, and supporting servers and applications, while coordinating with vendors and development teams.

You will handle 24x7 support, change and incident management, backups, and security fundamentals, ensuring high availability and reliable performance for internal and external customers.