Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Cloud, AD & Automation Lead

Evolving Solution Services; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Ausdall & Farrar in Indiana seeks a senior IT engineer to lead complex infrastructure projects for MSP clients. You will design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, Hyper-V/Azure Stack HCI, and Microsoft 365 environments, overseeing security, backup, and identity solutions.

You will mentor junior staff, run on-call rotations, and collaborate with vendors. The role requires 5+ years in IT engineering, deep AD/Entra ID expertise, PowerShell, and strong communication to translate technical

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive IT engineering experience, including MSP or multi-tenant consulting.
• Deep expertise in VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper‑V/Azure Stack HCI administration.
• Strong Microsoft 365 administration experience with PowerShell and Graph API.
• Advanced Active Directory and Entra ID engineering skills, including hybrid identity and AD Connect.
• Proficiency with Windows Server, DNS, DHCP, and certificate services.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup/DR platforms (Veeam, Datto, Azure Site Recovery).
• Solid networking fundamentals and automation/scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the final internal escalation point for complex, high-impact incidents across virtualization, M365, and Active Directory workloads.
• Perform root‑cause analysis on recurring issues and drive permanent corrective actions to reduce repeat ticket volume.
• Engage vendor support on behalf of clients and manage the support lifecycle through resolution.
• Maintain ownership of Major Incidents, communicating status to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Architect, deploy, and manage Scale Computing HCI, VMware vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper‑V/Azure Stack HCI environments.
• Perform host provisioning, cluster configuration, vMotion/Storage vMotion, capacity planning.
• Manage backup and disaster‑recovery integrations including failover testing.
• Lead hardware refresh, P2V/V2V migrations, and datacenter consolidation projects.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI

Microsoft 365 administration

Entra ID / Azure AD

PowerShell scripting

Active Directory & Entra ID

Windows Server

Backup/DR platforms

Networking basics

Vendor management

Communication skills

Tools

Veeam

Datto

Azure Site Recovery

Job description

Van Ausdall & Farrar in Indiana seeks a senior IT engineer to lead complex infrastructure projects for MSP clients. You will design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, Hyper-V/Azure Stack HCI, and Microsoft 365 environments, overseeing security, backup, and identity solutions.

You will mentor junior staff, run on-call rotations, and collaborate with vendors. The role requires 5+ years in IT engineering, deep AD/Entra ID expertise, PowerShell, and strong communication to translate technical