job summary: Chicago Tribune top employer! Hybrid - 1x/mo in office Bonus, 401k match and great PTO 37.5 hour work week! This role is ideal for someone with 8 years hand's on engineering experience interested in moving into a larger role designing cloud migration projects, managing deliverables and implementations. Tech Stack: Cloud journey to both Azure, AWS On-Prem Linux & Windows Operating Systems (AD, M365, Exchange) VMware and Docker, Ansible and Cloud Formation, Cisco ACI and Palo Alto, experience with Active Directory, Entra Storage concepts and technologies like NetApp and Pure Storage. Brief Description: The Senior Infrastructure & Operations Engineer performs leadership, analysis, design, and implementation tasks related to the development of infrastructure solutions. This individual is responsible for engineering infrastructure solution design and ensuring these solutions fit with architectural standards, operational standards, best practices, and the IS roadmap. This individual also possesses a strong operational understanding of both cloud and on-premises systems and solutions and plays an important role in defining the long-term strategy for infrastructure services and solutions. Specific Duties: Primary duties and responsibilities include defining, documenting, communicating, and managing the execution of the infrastructure technical strategy, standards, and roadmaps; using various tools to design, orchestrate, and automate infrastructure solutions; identifying, standardizing, and guiding the implementation of cloud and on-premise platforms, processes, and tools; and providing technical expertise, direction, and solutions related to cloud-based services, processes, and tools. Knowledge/Skills Required/Preferred: Personal skills include strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to effectively work within team structures, and strong customer service orientation. Professional skills include the ability to lead, analyze and translate business needs into solution architecture requirements, knowledge of all components of a holistic enterprise architecture, and strong business acumen. strong project, planning, and support skills is also required. Technical skills include experience deploying and operating on public cloud and on-premises platforms, demonstrated experience with Linux, Windows Operating Systems, virtualization and containerization platforms like VMware and Docker, common infrastructure industry tools such as Ansible and Cloud Formation, enterprise networking platforms like Cisco ACI and Palo Alto, experience with Active Directory, Entra ID, M365, and experience with storage concepts and technologies like NetApp and Pure Storage. Education/Experience: A bachelor's degree in computer science/business or proven equivalent work experience is required. At least 7 years hands-on experience with cloud architectures and on-premises infrastructure solutions is also required with a minimum of 2 years in a lead role. location: Northfield, Illinois job type: Permanent salary: $130,000 - 140,000 per year work hours: 8am to 4pm education: Bachelors responsibilities: Specific Duties: Primary duties and responsibilities include defining, documenting, communicating, and managing the execution of the CAP's infrastructure technical strategy, standards, and roadmaps; using various tools to design, orchestrate, and automate infrastructure solutions; identifying, standardizing, and guiding the implementation of cloud and on-premise platforms, processes, and tools; and providing technical expertise, direction, and solutions related to cloud-based services, processes, and tools. qualifications: Experience level: ExperiencedMinimum 8 years of experienceEducation: Bachelors skills: Program ManagementAWS Cloud FormationAzureBlobStorageLinuxExchangeM365UNIXCiscoPalo AltoSMTPADOARMNetwork Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility). Applications accepted on ongoing basis until filled.