Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Permanent, full-time
Los Angeles, CA (Westside), 5 days onsite
$180,000 – $200,000 base salary plus bonus

About the Client:
A global financial firm with offices across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The IT team is small and growing, and this is a visible seat that works directly with senior leadership.

Role Overview:
You will be the senior technical owner of the firm’s cloud, network and identity infrastructure. The environment is cloud-first with very little on-prem, and several projects are already under way. You will stay hands-on and personally build and operate the work. This is not a seat for someone who wants to manage or step back from the technology.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, build and day-to-day operation of the firm’s Azure environment, including networking, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform and Azure DevOps, and support the firm’s data platform, including Databricks
• Manage enterprise networking and security across offices, including Meraki and Palo Alto, VPN, wireless, routing, DNS and DHCP
• Administer identity and access with Entra ID, Okta and Active Directory, including Microsoft 365 integration
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex infrastructure, cloud, network and identity issues
• Support security tooling and practices, including endpoint protection, vulnerability management, patching and hardening
• Automate repetitive work with PowerShell and other tooling, and document standards, runbooks and architecture
• Support and administer enterprise AI tools, and build automations, pipelines or agents that improve how IT delivers
• Support office moves, expansions and global connectivity
• Work with vendors and partners, and explain technical risks and recommendations clearly to non-technical leaders

Skills and Experience

• 8+ years in infrastructure, systems or cloud engineering, including 3+ years as a senior technical lead on complex projects
• Deep hands-on Microsoft Azure experience, with Terraform or another infrastructure as code tool
• Strong identity experience with Entra ID and Okta, and Microsoft 365 administration
• Working knowledge of enterprise networking and firewalls, ideally Meraki and Palo Alto
• PowerShell scripting and automation
• Practical AI and automation experience. We want to hear what you have built, such as workflows, agents or pipelines, not just prompting
• Willing to do the work yourself, with the judgment to own a platform end to end
• Collaborative and mature, with composure in a high-demand environment

Nice to Have

• Background in private equity, credit, financial services or a law firm
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Databricks, Intune, CrowdStrike, Defender or Veeam
• Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect certification

Interview Process: Two to three stages with technology leadership, finishing with an onsite conversation with a senior executive. The team wants someone in seat as soon as possible and moves quickly once they find the right person.

Please note we are unable to offer employer sponsorship for this