Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Eastvantage; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastvantage seeks a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to drive complex cloud transformations for enterprise and mid-market customers. You will blend hands-on engineering with architecture leadership, guiding assessment, design, migration and handover from project initiation to operations.

You will lead workshops, design Azure and hybrid cloud solutions, manage end-to-end migrations, implement backup and security strategies, and mentor junior engineers while coordinating with vendors and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cloud/infrastructure engineering experience.
• Proven success delivering customer-facing infrastructure transformations.
• Strong Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows Server and AD skills.
• Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating delivery teams.
• Microsoft certifications (Azure/Security) preferred.
• ITIL Foundation and related backup/disaster recovery certifications advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery workshops, assessments and requirements gathering.
• Design Azure, hybrid/private cloud, identity, networking, backup solutions.
• Produce high/low level designs, runbooks and handover docs.
• Deliver end-to-end migrations of servers, apps and AD/365 tenants.
• Plan replication, cutover, validation and minimal disruption transitions.
• Implement security-by-design across identity, endpoints and networks.
• Coordinate engineers, architects, vendors and customers; mentor peers.

Skills

Azure IaaS/PaaS

Azure networking

Active Directory

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Azure Site Recovery

Security by design

Microsoft 365

Tools

Veeam

Datto BCDR

Zerto

Job description

Role Purpose

The Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer will deliver complex cloud transformation, infrastructure modernisation, migration, security, backup and disaster recovery engagements for enterprise and mid-market customers. The role combines deep hands‑on engineering with customer discovery, solution design, technical leadership and disciplined project delivery from assessment through cutover and operational handover.

Role & responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery workshops, infrastructure assessments, dependency analysis and requirements gathering with customer stakeholders.
• Design practical Azure, hybrid cloud, private cloud, Microsoft 365, identity, networking, backup and disaster recovery solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Produce high‑level and low‑level designs, implementation plans, migration runbooks, rollback plans, effort estimates and operational handover documentation.
• Deliver end‑to‑end server, application, file services, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 tenant and cloud infrastructure migrations.
• Plan and coordinate replication, cutover, validation and transition activities while minimising service disruption and delivery risk.
• Implement and improve Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V and related infrastructure platforms.
• Deliver backup, recovery and business continuity solutions using technologies such as Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Veeam, Datto BCDR and Zerto.
• Apply security‑by‑design principles across identity, endpoint, network segmentation, vulnerability management and Microsoft security capabilities.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, translating business needs into clear options, trade‑offs and implementation recommendations.
• Coordinate engineers, architects, project managers, vendors and customer teams; mentor peers and provide technical leadership during complex engagements.

Preferred candidate profile

Core Technical Requirements

• Microsoft Azure IaaS/PaaS; landing zones; Azure networking, storage, governance and security; hybrid architecture; cloud adoption and migration planning.
• Windows Server 2008 R2-2019 or later; Active Directory; DNS; DHCP; Group Policy; WSUS; identity and access management.
• VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper‑V administration, assessment, consolidation and migration experience; private cloud modernisation. Server, application and file migrations; AD consolidation and multi‑forest migration; Microsoft 365 tenant‑to‑tenant migration; cutover and validation.
• Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Veeam, Datto BCDR and/or Zerto; recovery architecture, testing and business continuity planning.
• VPNs, hybrid connectivity, segmentation, load balancing concepts, Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management and security uplift programs.
• Microsoft 365, Intune, MDM/MAM, endpoint management, patching, monitoring and automation; Datto RMM exposure is advantageous.
• HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, estimation, technical assessments, project delivery governance and operational handover.

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cloud, infrastructure or systems engineering experience, ideally within an MSP, technology solution provider or professional services environment.
• Demonstrated success delivering customer‑facing infrastructure transformation and migration projects across multiple industries.
• Strong Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Active Directory and virtualisation capability.
• Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to present technical recommendations to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications are strongly preferred. Examples include Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, Windows Server, Microsoft 365 or Security certifications.
• ITIL Foundation and vendor certifications in backup, disaster recovery, virtualisation or security are advantageous.