Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job summary

Architects, deploys, and manages Sunward’s hybrid cloud environments with a focus on operational excellence, security, and automation. Responsible for maintaining critical on-premises infrastructure while leading the strategic migration of workloads to AWS. Administers Microsoft 365 services via Azure, manages identity integrations with Entra ID, and implements modern DevOps practices to ensure resilient, compliant, and scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum four years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or systems administration roles in hybrid environments.
• Practical experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure components such as EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch, with an emphasis on performance, security, and resilience.
• Proven success supporting and optimizing on-premises virtualization platforms (VMware preferred) and related infrastructure, in alignment with business continuity requirements.
• Led or contributed to structured on-premises-to-cloud workload migrations, applying best practices for data integrity, service availability, and cost-efficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• In-depth understanding of Microsoft 365 administration and Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), including identity synchronization, security configuration, and role-based access management.
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform strongly preferred), with an understanding of modular, reusable templates.
• Solid knowledge of modern CI/CD practices, infrastructure automation, and source control tools/workflows (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub).
• Strong knowledge of security and compliance principles related to cloud and hybrid environments and how they inform infrastructure design, operational processes, and access controls.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage hybrid cloud environments with a focus on operational excellence, security, and automation.
• Maintain critical on-premises infrastructure.
• Lead strategic migration of workloads to AWS.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services via Azure.
• Manage identity integrations with Entra ID.
• Implement modern DevOps practices to ensure resilient, compliant, and scalable systems.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, including networking, compute, storage, databases, and security controls.
• Manage and support on-premises infrastructure, including VMware environments, Windows/Linux servers, storage systems, backup solutions, and networking hardware.
• Plan and execute migration strategies for moving applications, servers, and services from on-premises data centers to AWS.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automation scripts using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Bicep/ARM templates.
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate provisioning, deployment, and configuration of cloud and hybrid resources.
• Administer Microsoft 365 and Azure services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID (Azure AD), and identity synchronization.
• Implement and maintain hybrid cloud integrations, including VPNs, Direct Connect, hybrid file systems, identity federation, and secure networking.
• Drive cloud adoption following well-architected frameworks, security best practices, and compliance guidelines (NCUA, FFIEC, NIST).
• Build and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions across both on-premises and cloud systems.
• Develop and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans encompassing both cloud and on-premises assets.
• Maintain detailed documentation of system architectures, migration plans, standard operating procedures, and recovery workflows.
• Provide operational support and participate in a rotating on-call schedule for critical infrastructure incidents.
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud and hybrid technologies to improve system performance, cost efficiency, and security posture.

Skills

Degrees

Work schedule

Relocation