Engineer II, IT Infrastructure
Cross River · Fort Lee, NJ · 2 wk ago
HybridEngineering$80k–$110k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions, selecting and right-sizing services to meet diverse enterprise workload requirements
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Advise stakeholders on appropriate architecture patterns for different business and technical needs, balancing performance, security, scalability, and cost
- Assist with cloud cost optimization as a core practice
- Help establish and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using dashboards and proactive alerts for system health and anomalies
- Aid with security and compliance across cloud resources based on security recommendations and current best practices while aligning with financial industry regulatory requirements
- Support deployment and operation of AI infrastructure components in collaboration with the AI Engineering team
- Leverage AI development tools (Cursor, Claude, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate IaC authoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and code review
- Help conduct thorough reviews of cloud infrastructure configurations produced by consultants, external vendors, automated tools, and validate AI-generated infrastructure code for quality, security, and business alignment
- Assist with establishing and enforcing cloud architecture standards, documentation requirements, and technical best practices
- Support backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies
Qualifications
- Must Have:
- 3+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or systems engineering
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
- Strong experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
- Familiarity managing Windows and Linux systems
- Good understanding of networking fundamentals
- Experience with automation and scripting
- Strong understanding of security best practices and compliance
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Preferred:
- Experience deploying and supporting nested virtualization environments at the enterprise level
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated environments
- Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator or similar