Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Saint Louis, MO.

Summary:

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for securing and maintaining hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure while ensuring systems meet security, risk, and compliance requirements. This role leads vulnerability management, patching, system hardening, backup integrity, and infrastructure modernization efforts. The Engineer serves as a key liaison between Infrastructure, Security, End User Technology, and Application teams to drive remediation efforts and maintain a strong security posture.

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead vulnerability remediation, patching, and system hardening initiatives across Windows, Linux, cloud, and on-prem environments

* Provide Tier 3 support for servers, storage, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure

* Install, configure, monitor, and automate infrastructure platforms and management tools

* Support infrastructure modernization and retirement of legacy systems

* Maintain security and compliance across Azure and other cloud platforms

* Partner with security and leadership teams to address audit findings, risk items, and compliance requirements
* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field

* 8+ years of infrastructure engineering or systems administration experience with a focus on security and vulnerability management

* 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS

* Strong experience administering Windows Server environments

* Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or Nutanix

* Experience with vulnerability management and patching solutions (Qualys, Microsoft Defender, SCCM, or similar)

* Knowledge of enterprise storage, identity management, and server architecture

* Familiarity with Microsoft security tools including Defender, Sentinel, and Entra

* Power Shell scripting and automation experience preferred