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This role supports infrastructure maintenance, proactive monitoring, and incident resolution, ensuring the stability, performance, and security of hybrid cloud and on-premises systems. The engineer works closely with the broader infrastructure and engineering teams to maintain healthy fleets, respond to operational issues, and continuously improve the reliability of the platforms they support. Work hours will be 11 PM-8am EST\nKey Responsibilities \nOperate, maintain, and monitor virtualized and containerized workloads across Azure, AWS, and VMware. \nPerform infrastructure maintenance including patching, configuration, and lifecycle management of servers and cloud resources. \nServe as a point of escalation for incident resolution, performing root-cause analysis and driving issues to closure. \nAdminister and troubleshoot core network services (DNS, DHCP). \nProvide deep operating system level troubleshooting for both Windows Server and Linux hosts. \nMaintain and manage AWS and Azure infrastructure objects across compute, networking, identity, and security. \nAutomate operational tasks through scripting. \nDocument operational procedures and contribute to runbooks and knowledge bases. \nRequired Qualifications \nAzure \nDemonstrable hands-on experience operating Microsoft Azure infrastructure, including: \nVirtual machines \nStorage Accounts (blob, file, queue, table) \nManagement groups, subscriptions, resource groups, tags \nVirtual networks (VNets), subnets, NAT gateways, Azure Firewall, Load Balancer / App Gateway / Front Door / Traffic Manager, route tables, network security groups (NSGs) \nPrivate DNS zones and private endpoints / Private Link \nApp Services / Web Apps \nKey Vaults \nEntra ID (identity, users, groups, RBAC) and app registrations / service principals \nManaged identities \nAWS \nStrong hands-on and project experience with AWS infrastructure and services, including: \nCore AWS services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Workspaces \nAutomation & DevOps: Scripting (Python, Bash, Go), Docker, Kubernetes \nAWS Networking: VPCs, VPC peering, NAT gateways, security groups, route tables, and connectivity options like Direct Connect or AWS Site-to-Site VPN \nCore Network Services \nExpert-level knowledge of DNS, including forward and reverse lookup zones, record types (A/AAAA, CNAME, PTR, MX, SRV, TXT), conditional forwarders, recursive vs. authoritative resolution, caching, dynamic DNS, and scavenging. \nExpert-level knowledge of DHCP, including scopes, reservations, options, lease management, DHCP relay / IP helpers, and scope failover / redundancy. \nVirtualization \nStrong hands-on experience administering and operating VMware / vSphere in a production environment, including virtual machine lifecycle management, host and cluster operations, and troubleshooting. \nOperating Systems & Troubleshooting \nDeep Windows Server operating system troubleshooting, including proficiency with tools in the Sysinternals suite such as Process Monitor (Procmon), Process Explorer, and similar diagnostic utilities. \nSolid Linux troubleshooting and administration experience. \nProficiency with Wireshark or other packet-level analysis tools for diagnosing connectivity and application issues. \nScripting & Automation \nScripting experience for automating operational and administrative tasks (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or Python). \nGeneral \nExperience with infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and incident resolution workflows. \nStrong communication, documentation, and ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders \nProven experienceworking in cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions. \nPreferred Qualifications (Nice to Have) \nExperience managing hybrid cloud environments. \nKubernetes or container orchestration experience. \nDevOps background, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code. \nAzure Arc and Azure Update Manager for hybrid patch management. \nHands-on AWS experience (e.g., EC2, VPC, IAM). \nThe Amwins Advantage: Benefits & Perks\nMedical, Dental, Vision available your first day of employment\nChoice of medical plans through Blue Cross Blue Shield; 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