Infrastructure Engineer Level 3

Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer Level 3 Location: East Brunswick, NJ Duties & Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain complex enterprise-scale physical and virtualized infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration between on-premises systems and AWS cloud environments. Lead the architectural design and governance of VMware technologies, including advanced site recovery orchestration (SRM) to ensure business continuity and automated disaster recovery. Plan and lead high-stakes upgrades, complex migrations, and long-term capacity expansions based on multi-year business roadmaps. Oversee the installation, configuration, and expert-level maintenance of Windows, Linux, and IBM MQ servers, establishing the gold standards for performance, security, and high availability. Drive infrastructure automation initiatives using scripting and configuration management tools to standardize routine maintenance, patching, and resource monitoring. Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting support to resolve the most complex server and storage-related issues that cannot be resolved by junior teams. Develop and enforce comprehensive infrastructure documentation standards, including architectural blueprints, procedural playbooks, and best practice frameworks. Perform expert-level IBM MQ administration, including high-level cluster configuration, performance tuning, and global monitoring strategies. Govern the Microsoft 365 suite and productivity tools, ensuring enterprise-wide security compliance, tenant health, and optimal user experience. Establish and audit security best practices across all infrastructure layers, ensuring alignment with industry frameworks and internal compliance mandates. Collaborate with senior application owners and stakeholders to architect optimized system performance and solve systemic technical bottlenecks. Architect and oversee the deployment of robust, multi-site backup and recovery solutions for virtual machines, NAS, and mission-critical applications. Define strategy for regular backup integrity testing and data availability audits to ensure 100% data recoverability. Architect and govern AWS compute and storage environments, ensuring optimal instance selection (EC2), volume management (EBS/EFS), and S3 lifecycle policies for enterprise workloads. Lead the design and management of AWS Sandbox and production environments, enforcing infrastructure governance through AWS Organizations and IAM least-privilege resource access. Orchestrate large-scale migrations of on-premises VMware workloads to AWS, utilizing AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) to ensure minimal downtime and platform stability. Implement and manage AWS Backup and Disaster Recovery strategies, ensuring cloud-native workloads meet the same RPO/RTO standards as on-premises core servers. Optimize AWS cloud infrastructure costs by implementing advanced resource monitoring, autoscaling groups, and strategic instance rightsizing to support the business cost‑efficiency goals. Lead cross‑functional IT teams and consult with external clients throughout the infrastructure lifecycle, delivering high-level strategic solutions from initial assessment to change implementation. Requirements & Skills Bachelor's Degree or equivalent high-level certifications and 7–10+ years of hands‑on experience in enterprise infrastructure administration. Expert‑level mastery in at least four of the following areas: Windows/Linux Server, VMware (including SRM), SAN/NAS Storage, IBM MQ, AWS Infrastructure, and Automation. Proven ability to architect and govern security best practices and frameworks across hybrid cloud environments. Superior troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis (RCA) skills with the ability to solve unprecedented and highly complex technical challenges. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical roadmaps and concepts to executive leadership. Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, manage high‑priority projects, and mentor junior engineers in a fast‑paced environment. ITIL® Intermediate or Expert certification (Preferred). AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (Highly Preferred). Advanced professional certifications such as VCAP (VMware Certified Advanced Professional) or CISSP (Preferred). Extensive experience architecting and governing AWS compute and storage platforms at an enterprise scale (Preferred). #J-18808-Ljbffr Princeton IT Services, Inc