Staff, IT Infrastructure Platform Specialist

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Job Summary

The Staff, IT Infrastructure Platform Specialist, serves as a technical anchor for the infrastructure operations team and a key driver of platform reliability, modernization, and operational excellence. This role owns the design, stability, and continuous improvement of a hybrid infrastructure environment spanning on-premises datacenters, colocation facilities, and Microsoft Azure.

The position functions as a technical lead without direct supervisory responsibilities, providing day-to-day direction to contractors and vendor partners and serving as the primary escalation point for offshore engineering teams. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, and Azure - paired with a strategic mindset, a service-first attitude, and a long-term view on where infrastructure needs to go.

The Staff, IT Infrastructure Platform Specialist will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work up to two (2) days a week remotely, as business needs allow.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Vendor Management

• Serve as technical lead for contractors and vendor partners, setting standards and validating deliverables
• Provide technical guidance to offshore infrastructure engineering teams based on Murphy's architectural principles
• Ensure runbooks, operational procedures, and architecture documentation are complete, current, and consistently followed
• Connects infrastructure decisions to business outcomes and contributes to the infrastructure roadmap with a multi-year perspective
• Champion proactive investments that prevent issues, balancing current operational needs with long-term architectural priorities

Infrastructure and Platform Operations

• Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure across on-premises datacenters, colocation facilities, and Microsoft Azure
• Oversee enterprise datacenter operations including compute platforms, virtualization, storage systems, and coordination with colocation providers
• Manage VMware virtualization platforms, enterprise storage systems, and infrastructure capacity planning
• Own infrastructure lifecycle management including system upgrades, patching, and platform modernization

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

• Maintain and optimize Azure infrastructure for hybrid workloads and server deployments
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and cost using Azure monitoring capabilities
• Implement server provisioning automation using Power Shell and CI/CD workflows
• Maintain seamless integration between Azure and on-premises platforms

Identity & Endpoint Management

• Administer Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Entra , and Active Directory Certificate Services
• Implement identity governance and least-privilege access models across infrastructure platforms
• Collaborate closely with the enterprise security team to apply controls and drive remediation actions

Automation & Operational Excellence

• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Power Shell and Bash scripting
• Drive CI/CD pipeline adoption for automated server provisioning and configuration management
• Actively identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt - treating complexity as a liability and leaving every system in better shape than it was found
• Identify and implement operational improvements that increase platform stability, reliability, and efficiency
• Support infrastructure automation initiatives across hybrid and multi-platform environments

Microsoft 365 and Collaboration Platforms

• Administer Microsoft 365 services supporting enterprise collaboration and productivity.
• Maintain identity integration between Microsoft 365, Azure Entra , and on-premises Active Directory
• Ensure operational stability and governance of collaboration platforms
• Support adoption and operational use of collaboration platforms including Azure Dev Ops and related tools

Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience

• Own enterprise backup strategy and oversee recovery validation processes across hybrid infrastructure environments
• Maintain operational readiness for disaster recovery in alignment with business continuity requirements

Monitoring, Incident, and Operational Reliability

• Ensure infrastructure services meet defined SLAs through proactive monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement
• Drive root cause analysis for major incidents and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence

Qualifications/ Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 16 years' experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering or administration
• Minimum of 3 years' experience managing hybrid infrastructure environments integrating on-premises systems and Azure services
• Vendor and contractor management
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery models and collaboration with product or…