Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Pay range: $85 - 105/hr
Job Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Chicago, IL
Work Schedule: 40 Hours/week, 9 - 5 Monday to Friday

• You will be joining the client's US Infrastructure Planning & Engineering team.
• The Senior Infrastructure Engineer manages our organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring its smooth operation and optimal performance.
• The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Data Center builds and management, VMware technologies, Azure, Active Directory, Exchange and SMTP relay, EMC storage, physical server technologies, and related Azure services.
• This role requires a deep understanding of infrastructure management, coupled with excellent technical skills and the ability to lead and collaborate with a team.

• Manage and maintain the organization's IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, virtualization platforms, and related systems.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of the infrastructure components, addressing any issues promptly and efficiently.
• Oversee the design, and workload management of Azure VMWare Services and migration of VMs to the cloud
• Oversee the design, implementation, and administration of VMware technologies, including vSphere, VCenter, VSAN, Horizon, and VDIs.
• Manage Active Directory services, including user accounts, group policies, security, and access controls.
• Administer Exchange server and SMTP relay services, ensuring smooth email communication and system integrity.
• Monitor and optimize EMC storage systems, ensuring efficient data storage, backup, and disaster recovery processes.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of physical server technologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement infrastructure solutions that meet business needs and align with industry best practices.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, making recommendations for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, data privacy regulations, and disaster recovery policies.
• Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

• Leadership Skills: Act as the network team lead and provide advisory and expertise to ensure the project is on track to meet objectives.
• Support other team members by sharing knowledge, collaborating, and problem-solving.
• Strong Communication Skills: You are a strong written/verbal communicator who is willing to speak up to ensure clear communication channels with team members and other teams.
• You are able to clearly communicate with different team members and teams while also being able to communicate with executive leadership when required.
• Technological Expertise: You are able to demonstrate a strong technical experience in Networks and Security.
• Utilizing your skillset in a technical leadership capacity to drive progress and provide resolution to any issues that may arise.

• You can demonstrate 12+ years of experience in the following.
• Proven experience in infrastructure management, preferably in a leadership role
• Experience in Cloud, data center, and HCI project delivery.
• Expert level experience in the areas of design and deployment of VMware VCF, NST-T, vSAN, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Amazon
• Web Services (AWS), VMC on AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), VMware Horizon VDI, Citrix
• Virtual Apps and Desktops, Microsoft WVD / AVD & Amazon Workspaces (VDI).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey highly technical subject matter to all levels of management in easily consumable and relatable language.
• Industry certifications: VCP 2019 DTM - Desktop and Mobility, VCP6-DCV - Datacenter Virtualization, VCP6-DTM -
• Desktop and Mobility, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Developer Associate, EMC SE: Enterprise Storage ITIL - Foundation MCSE, A+, N+.

• Experience as Infrastructure Engineer - 12+ years
• Experience in infrastructure management, preferably in a leadership role - 3 yrs.
• Experience in Cloud, datacenter, VxRail, XtremeIO San, CommVault, and HCI project delivery. - 5 years
• Expert level experience in the areas of design and deployment of VMware VCF, NST-T, vSAN, Azure), Amazon - 10 years
• Web Services (AWS), VMC on AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), VMware Horizon VDI, Citrix, VMware Solution (AVS) - 3 years
• Virtual Apps and Desktops, Microsoft WVD / AVD & Amazon Workspaces (VDI). - 5 years
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey highly technical subject matter to all levels of management in easily consumable and relatable language.
• Industry certifications: VCP 2019 DTM - Desktop and Mobility, VCP6-DCV - Datacenter Virtualization, VCP6-DTM
• Desktop and Mobility, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Developer Associate, EMC SE: Enterprise Storage ITIL - Foundation MCSE, A+, N+.

• VMware VCF, Azure VMware Solution
• VMware VxRail, VxRack, vSAN, NSX-T
• VMware vROPs, LogInsight, vRNI
• VMware Cloud, Horizon Cloud
• AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP
• VMware VDI Horizon View 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• VMware App Volumes, ThinApp, App-V
• UEM / DEM, FSLogix, Profile Unity
• Workspace One Access, Identity Manager
• Dell 620, 720, 730, M830
• HPE Gen7, Gen8, Gen9
• EMC ScaleIO, EMC Isilon, EMC Unity
• F5 LTM, GTM
• Liquidware labs Stratusphere UX
• ServiceNOW, CA Service Desk, BMC Remedy, JIRA
• Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
• Citrix PVS, NetScaler

• Azure - 3 years nice to have but preferred
• Banking/financial industry experience

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund