Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Who we are:

Illumia is an industry leader in bringing the best integrated technology solutions to education, healthcare, and business campuses worldwide. Illumia was built on the collective expertise of two legacy cultures, and brings together people, technology, and insight to pioneer the art of the experience across the communities we serve. Be a part of this exciting organization and improving the lives of people doing mission-critical work.

Why join our team?

We strive to provide the best customer experience in the industry and have succeeded with a single, strong motivating principle: We serve our user community.

Our success and growth are directly attributed to our people. Our newly named company is dedicated to fostering a culture of integrity, respect, and continuous personal development. We maintain an entrepreneurial spirit, where creativity, innovative problem-solving, and learning agility drive our day-to-day actions.

What you will be doing:

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will join the Illumia Architecture team under the direction of the Sr. Staff Architect. This role shall be responsible for designing, building, and managing Illumia’s cloud infrastructure environment, ensuring robust security, compliance, and operational excellence. They will collaborate with IT security, Architecture, Compliance, and cross-functional teams to maintain and enhance our cloud systems, automate processes, and resolve infrastructure issues. In this role, as the Sr. Infrastructure Engineer, they shall be communicating weekly and working with various product development teams to ensure timely patching cadence and compliance levels

Job Summary / Purpose

This role owns the infrastructure deployment and architecture for Illumia products’ cloud infrastructure and services. In order to ensure all product teams comply with the infrastructure standards set forth by the Chief Architect, this role shall act in an advisory capacity, helping product teams understand and meet the requirements.

Who you will work with:

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will primarily work with members of the Architecture and Platform engineering teams. As part of the larger architecture team this role will be required to communicate with product team members, report issues and working on modernization projects. As required, this role may also serve as the engineer in org-wide infrastructure and network security initiatives.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, build, and manage the cloud infrastructure environment.
• Ensure security and compliance of systems hosted in cloud environments.
• Manage and maintain supporting cloud infrastructure systems
• Handle and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with team members to develop/improve supporting cloud infrastructure systems
• Collaborate with internal and external team members to ensure compliance with corporate security frameworks
• Implement and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation.
• Utilize technology to automate tasks and reduce manual efforts.
• Configure network security solutions to work optimally with various internal products
• Troubleshoot cloud networking and security related issues

What You’ll Bring:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, information security or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud service providers like AWS or Azure, with 3 of those years working in an infrastructure or networking engineer role.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture specifically AWS and Azure
• Knowledge of Networking concepts including firewalls and gateways
• Skills:
  • Experience with scripting and programming languages such as Python, Bash, and Powershell
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with Azure and AWS cloud CLIs
• Knowledge of network security platforms (e.g. Firewalls and WAFs)
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and cloud computing principles (vNETs/VPC, routing, security groups, ACLs, etc.)
• Understanding of cloud computing deployment models
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage complex systems
• BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
• Familiarity with Linux and Windows operating systems
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as code management in Azure and AWS
• Strong background with demonstrable projects in networking and infrastructure management

Competencies and Behaviors

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and influence product decisions with data.
• High degree of autonomy and ownership mindset, comfortable operating without daily supervision.
• Collaborative mindset with strong cross-functional exposure.
• Desire to continuously learn and stay current on emerging technologies science.
• Desire to mentor team members and help set the standard for engineering rigor.

What you get when you join our team:

• Work with cutting-edge cloud and data technologies and platforms.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Hybrid working model.
• Regular social, sporting, and community events.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage and retirement/pension plan options, bonus, 25 days holidays .

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time

Illumia is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, protected military/veteran status, or any other protected factor.