Job Description
*Chicago-area hybrid opportunity. 3 Days onsite in downtown Chicago, IL*
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We're seeking a Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to join a financial services organization consolidating its infrastructure into Azure.
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This is a highly visible role reporting to the CIO, for a hands-on engineer who wants to own the IT platform end to end.
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The position will own Azure, networking, firewall and remote-access infrastructure, backup, and DR. This is not a security policy or SOC role.
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What You'll Do
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Own Azure subscriptions, governance, RBAC, and cost management
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Design and run hub-and-spoke networking: VNets, NSGs, private endpoints, and VPN Gateways
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Own the Palo Alto infrastructure, including HA, Panorama, PAN-OS upgrades, and Prisma Access/GlobalProtect
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Own the WAN and office LAN (Cisco Meraki)
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Run Azure Backup and Site Recovery and lead the annual DR test
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Lead the migration of remaining data-center workloads into Azure using infrastructure-as-code
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What We're Looking For
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5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience
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3+ years of hands-on Azure experience at the platform level
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Strong Azure networking experience (VNets, VPN Gateway, hub-and-spoke, NSGs, private endpoints)
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Hands-on Palo Alto infrastructure experience (PAN-OS, HA, Panorama)
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WAN/LAN ownership, Cisco Meraki preferred
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Azure Backup/Site Recovery and DR testing experience
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Kubernetes (AKS preferred), Bicep or Terraform, and PowerShell or Python
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Windows Server administration
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Financial services or PCI DSS experience is a strong plus
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Additional Details
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Competitive base salary
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Comprehensive benefits