Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
About The Position
AIP Publishing is a leading publisher of the physical sciences, dedicated to accelerating scientific discovery and reimagining scholarly publishing. They foster a collaborative and creative atmosphere, encouraging an environment where individuals feel comfortable, seen, and empowered to do their best work. The company seeks colleagues who are astute, flexible, and driven to solve problems thoughtfully, considering the impact on individuals, teams, organizations, and customers. The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, reporting to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Cloud Administration, is a critical role within a DevSecOps team. This position requires strong troubleshooting skills, a passion for solving complex technical challenges, and an interest in leveraging automation and AI to enhance operational efficiency. The engineer will be directly responsible for cloud administration, infrastructure operations, security remediation, system reliability, and providing Level 3 technical support.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of infrastructure, systems administration, or cloud operations experience.
- Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments.
- Experience supporting Windows Server environments.
- Experience with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Experience with PowerShell scripting.
- Experience working within a cross-functional Cloud Operations or DevSecOps team.
- Experience using work management and collaboration platforms such as Jira.
- Availability to participate in occasional scheduled maintenance windows and after-hours response during major incidents or critical outages.
Nice To Haves
- Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Manage patching, updates, and lifecycle for Azure VMs and cloud workloads (e.g., Azure Update Manager).
- Support remaining on-premises infrastructure through its planned transition to cloud.
- Maintain operational documentation, standards, and procedures.
- Coordinate with vendors and service providers to resolve infrastructure issues.
- Act as an escalation point for complex infrastructure issues, partnering with senior engineers on the hardest problems.
- Troubleshoot cloud, server, networking, identity, and application connectivity problems.
- Participate in root cause analysis and problem resolution efforts.
- Participate in major incident response and problem management activities.
- Support Microsoft Entra ID administration and identity services.
- Assist with Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, and security remediation activities.
- Partner with the Information Security team on vulnerability management and platform hardening initiatives.
- Actively participate in the team's DevSecOps practices, including working with security on scanning pipelines and shift-left collaboration with Development.
- Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Development, and business stakeholders to support projects, operational initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Use Jira and Azure DevOps to track work, document activities, and contribute to team delivery objectives.
- Take part in the team's daily DevSecOps working sessions and cross-functional syncs to stay aligned on security, delivery, and operational priorities.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts, automation solutions, and operational improvements.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual operational effort.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools such as Claude and Azure AI capabilities to improve troubleshooting, documentation, and operational efficiency.
- Contribute to infrastructure modernization and cloud optimization initiatives.
Benefits
- A remote workforce with staff based in NY, NJ, CT, MD, VA, PA, MA, RI, or Washington, DC, who meet in person for collaboration, training, strategic planning — and fun!
- Generous paid time off and paid sick and safe leave
- Flexible Work Schedule
- Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits
- Exceptional retirement benefits
- Monthly remote stipend
- Training and Tuition assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
