Senior Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

RED Global; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RED Global in Chicago, IL is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer to join an enterprise infrastructure team. This hands-on role maintains and automates both on‑premises and Microsoft Azure infrastructure in a hybrid environment.

The candidate will manage VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, storage, and networking, and will design, deploy, and support Azure compute, networking, storage, and identity services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure, systems administration, or cloud engineering experience.
• 5+ years of Microsoft Azure administration and engineering.
• Strong VMware vSphere/vCenter administration experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting HPE enterprise server and storage platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep).
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, Bash, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and enterprise networking.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup, and high availability solutions.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize physical and virtual server environments.
• Manage VMware vSphere/vCenter, ESXi hosts, clusters, HA, DRS, and vSAN.
• Perform hardware lifecycle management, firmware updates, health monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Administer enterprise SAN/NAS storage environments, including performance tuning and LUN provisioning.
• Support enterprise networking including VLANs, switching, and connectivity with routing and firewall infrastructure.
• Design, document, and execute disaster recovery and business continuity testing.
• Design, deploy, and support Azure infrastructure including compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
• Manage Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Conditional Access, and hybrid identity.
• Optimize Azure resources through cost governance, right-sizing, and licensing strategies.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep.

Skills

Azure administration

VMware vSphere

Windows Server administration

Disaster recovery planning

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

Bicep

PowerShell

Python

Azure CLI

Ansible

Job description

RED Global in Chicago, IL is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer to join an enterprise infrastructure team. This hands-on role maintains and automates both on‑premises and Microsoft Azure infrastructure in a hybrid environment.

The candidate will manage VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, storage, and networking, and will design, deploy, and support Azure compute, networking, storage, and identity services.