IT Infra and Cloud Specialist

Requisition
2199
-Posted
10/01/2026

- Enfield, CT

- Enfield, CT

Be part of a team focused on enabling the success of Farm Credit East’s staff through world class technology support. Farm Credit East’s success is built on its ability to leverage technology and staff to provide a high-class customer and employee experience. This position provides staff the support and resources they need to provide the level of service Farm Credit East is known for.

We are One Team Working Together with a focus on our five pillars:
Outstanding Customer and Employee Experience, Quality Growth, Operational Excellence, Commitment to our Communities, and Protecting Customer Information.

T he value drivers for this role are as follows:

• As the Infrastructure Technical Specialist – Cloud & Data Center, you will serve as a hands on technical leader responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and operational excellence of Farm Credit East’s Microsoft Azure Cloud Center of Excellence (COE) and on premises data center infrastructure. This role is focused on technical execution, solution architecture guidance, and cost optimization, while working closely with internal technology teams and external partners, including Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI).
• This position requires deep technical expertise, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to translate business needs into secure, scalable, and cost effective infrastructure solutions. The incumbent will work in a fast paced environment supporting time sensitive business needs while delivering high quality, reliable infrastructure services.
• The role must own post go live operations, environment stability, platform governance, monitoring, incident response, and SLA management across Salesforce FSC, nCino, Digital Portal, Integrations, Identity, and Data platforms for the Vision 360 project.

• Act as the technical lead for the Microsoft Azure Cloud Center of Excellence (COE), providing hands on leadership for cloud solution design, implementation, and optimization.
• Provide solution architecture guidance for Azure IaaS and PaaS workloads, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and business objectives.
• Lead the implementation and support of hybrid infrastructure solutions, integrating Azure cloud services with on premises data center environments.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues related to Azure, on prem systems, and hybrid connectivity.

• Execute infrastructure strategies by directly participating in the design, build, deployment, and maintenance of cloud and data center platforms.
• Ensure reliability, availability, performance, and scalability of infrastructure services supporting business applications.
• Partner with application, security, and architecture teams to deliver end to end infrastructure solutions.
• Provide hands on troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure incidents and performance issues.
• Supports external auditor technology needs for marketplace location.
• Works with security group to administer and coordinate the business continuity plans as directed.
• Own and drive Azure Fin Ops practices, including cost monitoring, optimization, forecasting, and chargeback/showback models.
• Partner with finance and leadership teams to ensure cost effective use of Azure and on-prem infrastructure resources.
• Establish and maintain governance standards to prevent cost overruns and ensure financial accountability.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for on premises data center infrastructure, including compute,…