Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Naperville, IL - Initial hybrid 3x/week onsite, transitioning to remote

Pay: 130k-160k+ BOE

No 3rd parties please

MMD Services is partnering with a long-standing client, a well-established national organization with exceptional employee tenure, on a major cloud modernization initiative. MMD has partnered with hiring managers and senior leadership within this org for the last 10 years and all presented candidates will be shortlisted.

We're looking for a seasoned infrastructure engineer who understands both legacy and modern cloud technologies and can bring practical experience, technical leadership, and fresh ideas to the team.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Take ownership of AWS infrastructure engineering across EC2, S3, VPC, and related services.
• Help introduce Terraform and Infrastructure as Code into an environment currently relying on manual provisioning and management.
• Collaborate with Microsoft and internal engineers on a large-scale VMware-to-Azure migration.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges involving legacy applications, Windows Server, VMware, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Evaluate existing cloud environments and recommend improvements to architecture, automation, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to technical decisions and best practices across AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure.

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ years of progressive infrastructure engineering experience, with a strong foundation in traditional on-premises environments.
• Hands-on experience migrating legacy VMware/Windows workloads into Azure.
• Strong AWS infrastructure experience, including EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, ideally including implementing automation in traditional environments.
• Strong background in VMware/vSphere, Windows Server, Active Directory, and legacy enterprise applications.
• Hands-on Azure experience, including Azure Portal, virtual machines, storage, and networking.
• Ability to work independently, troubleshoot complex environments, and contribute meaningful technical recommendations.

Nice to Have:

• Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Monitor, or Azure Backup.
• CloudFormation, Ansible, or PowerShell.
• Cloud security, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery experience.

Why This Opportunity?

You'll work alongside an experienced infrastructure team and Microsoft implementation resources on a significant modernization initiative. The environment combines traditional enterprise systems with modern cloud technologies, giving you the opportunity to apply your past migration experience, help introduce new automation practices, and influence technical improvements.

About MMD Services:

MMD Services is a Chicago-based boutique IT recruiting firm with over 20 years of established client relationships. We work directly with hiring leadership and take a personalized, quality-over-quantity approach to recruiting.

MMD Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.