Principal Infrastructure Lead Job Description
6 months contract role with hire possibility
Onsite from Day 1
Location Hoffmann Estate IL 60192
Overview
The Principal Infrastructure Lead is a senior technical role responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure platforms across data center, cloud (Azure), network, storage, and compute environments. This role acts as a hands-on technical leader, providing mentorship and direction to infrastructure staff while setting standards for reliability, scalability, and security.
In addition, the Principal Infrastructure Lead will play a forward-looking role in identifying
potential use cases for AI and automation both within IT operations and across
business processes. While not directly responsible for building AI solutions, this position
ensures the infrastructure and platforms are ready to support AI adoption and surfaces
opportunities for efficiency and business enablement.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Design & Engineering
Lead the design and implementation of hybrid cloud infrastructure with an emphasis on Azure adoption, automation, and modernization.
Architect solutions across compute, storage, and network domains, ensuring scalability and disaster recovery readiness.
Define standards for monitoring, performance, and configuration management.
AI & Automation Readiness
Identify opportunities for AI and automation within IT and business operations (e.g., help desk automation, predictive maintenance, workflow optimization).
Ensure infrastructure platforms (Azure, M365, data integrations) are capable of supporting AI tools and services.
Partner with leadership on early AI use case evaluations and proof-of-concepts,while leaving ownership of enterprise AI strategy to future dedicated roles.
Operations Leadership
Provide Tier-3/architect-level support for escalations from Infrastructure Engineers, Service Desk, and Applications teams.
Oversee infrastructure lifecycle (capacity planning, patching, hardware refresh,cloud ptimization).
Own infrastructure documentation, runbooks, and technical standards.
Automation & Cloud Enablement
Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for deployments and guardrails.
Lead automation efforts for provisioning, monitoring, and backup/restore processes.
Partner with DevOps/CloudOps on pipelines and secure cloud adoption.
Security & Compliance Alignment
Collaborate with Security team to enforce zero-trust principles, network segmentation, and vulnerability remediation.
Using consolidated strategy and risk from leadership, identify platforms and configurations that secure systems.
Ensure infrastructure controls support compliance frameworks where appropriate.
Team Mentorship & Leadership
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a small team of infrastructure engineers/administrators.
Act as a thought leader in infrastructure design, helping less senior staff build skills.
Contribute to workforce planning and skill development but without formal people-management overhead.
Skills & Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).
812 years of progressive IT infrastructure experience, with senior engineering exposure.
2 years in an IT infrastructure leadership position.
Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, virtualization (vSphere), and Windows/Linux server environments.
Strong knowledge of networking (routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, SD-WAN).
Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell DSC).
Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., SolarWinds, Azure Monitor, Splunk).
Experience in DR/BCP planning and execution.
Relevant certifications a plus: MCSE, Azure Solutions Architect, CCNP,VMware VCP.
Reporting & Collaboration
Reports to: Head of IT Operations.
Works closely with: Service Desk Lead, Application Support, Security team, and external vendors.
Acts as the bridge between strategy and execution ensuring infrastructure roadmaps are executed effectively.
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