Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer (Azure/VMware)

F2Onsite; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

F2OnSite in Chicago seeks an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer to manage hybrid infrastructure across on‑premises HPE/VMware stacks and Azure cloud. You will drive automation, security, and reliability while modernizing data center operations.

The role requires 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience, strong VMware and Azure expertise, and hands‑on IaC with Terraform, ARM/Bicep. Hybrid work arrangement is available, with onsite presence in Downtown Chicago.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud platforms.
• Strong VMware administration experience, including vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, DRS, HA, vSAN, resource pools, and licensing management.
• At least 5 years of hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience supporting Compute, Storage, Networking, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, and Hybrid connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support enterprise server infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Oversee VMware vSphere/vCenter environments, including ESXi hosts, virtual machine deployment, cluster administration, DRS/HA configuration, licensing, and resource optimization.
• Perform capacity planning, hardware lifecycle management, firmware updates, and proactive system health monitoring.
• Administer enterprise SAN and NAS storage platforms, including LUN creation, storage allocation, performance optimization, and capacity forecasting.
• Support core data center networking functions, including VLAN administration, switching, and connectivity with routing and firewall infrastructure.
• Develop, document, and execute disaster recovery and business continuity procedures, including scheduled failover testing and validation of recovery objectives.
• Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, networking, identity services, and platform resources.
• Create and maintain infrastructure deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Skills

VMware administration

Windows Server administration

Scripting: PowerShell/Python

Azure administration

ITIL/ITSM knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/related field

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

Bicep

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

F2OnSite in Chicago seeks an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer to manage hybrid infrastructure across on‑premises HPE/VMware stacks and Azure cloud. You will drive automation, security, and reliability while modernizing data center operations.

The role requires 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience, strong VMware and Azure expertise, and hands‑on IaC with Terraform, ARM/Bicep. Hybrid work arrangement is available, with onsite presence in Downtown Chicago.