Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer

The Apex team is seeking a Cloud Engineer. This role will require the right colleague to serve as a tactical and operational technical resource and be responsible for the implementation of a variety of IT cloud solutions.

Apex Cybersecurity Solutions Inc, is a leading IT and Cybersecurity services firm based in Chicago, IL. A certified African-American Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that delivers several services to client businesses and organizations that Transform, Innovate and Protect systems through cybersecurity and information technology.

The Apex team is seeking a Cloud Engineer. This role will require the right colleague to serve as a tactical and operational technical resource and be responsible for the implementation of a variety of IT cloud solutions.

Responsibilities for this role will include promoting and implementing innovative solutions within hybrid and cloud-based networking, virtualization, infrastructure, and secure endpoint environments and to implement best practices across cloud technologies.

This role will be able to demonstrate knowledge with the implementation and/or support of hybrid environments. Cloud experience within infrastructure platforms is preferred. This position will exhibit a consultative communication style to clients on cloud solutions and must be willing to grow technology and infrastructure fundamentals with self-paced and formal training.

Job Duties:

• Develops cloud infrastructure skills to be able to design, troubleshoot and implement infrastructure solutions including:
  • Azure or AWS Cloud solutions to promote innovative technologies to solve business problems
  • Virtualization with Hyper‑V and/or VMware
  • Disaster recovery and high availability solutions
  • Server and storage hardware or converged infrastructure
  • Basic networking, load balancer, application gateway, and firewalls configuration
  • Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), Active Directory + Azure AD deployment and integration
  • Domain and tenant migration

Qualifications,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED, required
• Bachelor's degree, preferred

Experience:

• Two (2) or more years of technical infrastructure implementation experience with increasing responsibility within Cloud Solutions (Azure or AWS) or Microsoft Stack, required
• Some background in server virtualization (Hyper‑V or VMware), Active Directory and networking, required
• Aptitude for working in a consulting environment, required

Technology:

• One or more of the following, required:
  • Azure or equivalent AWS resource management
  • Enterprise Mobility + Security components
  • Server Virtualization in Hyper‑V or VMware
  • Application Virtualization in Remote Desktop Services or Citrix Xen App
  • Domain, tenant and infrastructure migration tools
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)