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Pay Range:$44.57 - $62.80 The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for the implementation, administration, maintenance, security, and optimization of SEARHC's hybrid infrastructure environment. This includes on-premises, cloud-based, and virtualized platforms supporting clinical, operational, and business services across Southeast Alaska.The Infrastructure Engineer supports technologies including Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Entra ID, enterprise storage, backup and recovery solutions, networking services, and cybersecurity controls.
This position serves as a Tier III escalation resource and participates in enterprise technology projects, infrastructure modernization efforts, cybersecurity initiatives, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery operations. The Infrastructure Engineer is expected to function with a high degree of autonomy while ensuring the availability, security, performance, and recoverability of mission-critical healthcare systems.
SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.
Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.
Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job
Infrastructure Administration
- Administer and support Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure platforms.
- Maintain Microsoft Windows Server environments.
- Support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
- Administer Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and identity management services.
- Support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.
- Administer Microsoft 365 infrastructure and related cloud services.
- Maintain infrastructure monitoring and alerting systems.
- Manage enterprise storage platforms and associated technologies.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Administers and maintains enterprise backup and recovery platforms supporting both on-premises and cloud-hosted systems.
- Monitors backup jobs, recovery point objectives (RPOs), and recovery time objectives (RTOs) to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
- Performs backup validation, recovery testing, and restoration activities for servers, applications, databases, and virtual environments.
- Participates in the maintenance, and execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
- Assists with disaster recovery exercises and failover testing for critical infrastructure and healthcare applications.
- Supports infrastructure resiliency initiatives, including redundancy, replication, and high-availability solutions.
- Identifies and mitigates risks related to system availability, recoverability, and operational continuity.
- Maintains documentation related to backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures.
- Collaborates with cybersecurity, networking, and application teams to ensure recoverability of critical systems in the event of a cyber incident, ransomware event, or natural disaster.
Security and Compliance
- Implement security best practices and hardening standards.
- Support vulnerability remediation activities.
- Participate in cybersecurity investigations and incident response activities.
- Maintain regulatory compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and applicable healthcare security requirements.
- Support identity and access management initiatives, including MFA and privileged access controls.
Automation and Engineering
- Develop PowerShell and automation solutions.
- Create and maintain infrastructure documentation and operational standards.
- Participate in infrastructure design reviews and technology evaluations.
- Recommend solutions that improve operational efficiency, resiliency, and security.
Primary Focus
- Independent administration of production systems
- Project implementation
- Advanced troubleshooting
- Automation and scripting
- Disaster recovery testing
- Technical mentoring of junior staff
Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required
- Associate degree, bachelor's degree, internship experience, or two years equivalent work experience
Two or more of the following, or the ability to obtain within 12 months of hire:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)
- Citrix Certified Associate (CCA-V)
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- CompTIA Security+
- ITIL Foundation
Experience Required
- 3-7 years of relevant infrastructure engineering experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Advanced knowledge of:
- Microsoft Windows Server environments
- Active Directory and Entra ID architecture
- Azure infrastructure and cloud services
- Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure administration
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops administration
- Enterprise storage systems and virtualization platforms
- Enterprise backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions
- Identity and access management technologies
- PowerShell scripting and automation
- Infrastructure security best practices
- High-availability and fault-tolerant infrastructure design
- Enterprise monitoring and observability platforms
- Healthcare regulatory requirements affecting infrastructure operations
Working knowledge of:
- Networking architecture
- Cybersecurity incident response
- Vulnerability management
- Business continuity planning
Skills:
- Independently administer enterprise infrastructure platforms
- Perform root-cause analysis of complex infrastructure issues
- Design and implement infrastructure solutions
- Develop automation scripts and operational efficiencies
- Lead infrastructure implementations and upgrades
- Conduct disaster recovery testing and recovery operations
- Manage enterprise identity systems
- Implement security hardening standards
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies
- Mentor junior infrastructure personnel
- Develop technical standards and operational procedures
Abilities:
- Exercise sound technical judgment with minimal supervision
- Lead technical projects and workstreams
- Balance operational support and project priorities
- Identify and resolve systemic issues
- Analyze infrastructure performance and capacity requirements
- Support mission-critical healthcare environments
- Communicate effectively with leadership, vendors, and technical staff
- Participate in major incident response and recovery efforts
Required Certifications:
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
Pay Range:
Pay Range:$44.57 - $62.80 The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for the implementation, administration, maintenance, security, and optimization of SEARHC's hybrid infrastructure environment. This includes on-premises, cloud-based, and virtualized platforms supporting clinical, operational, and business services across Southeast Alaska.The Infrastructure Engineer supports technologies including Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Entra ID, enterprise storage, backup and recovery solutions, networking services, and cybersecurity controls.
This position serves as a Tier III escalation resource and participates in enterprise technology projects, infrastructure modernization efforts, cybersecurity initiatives, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery operations. The Infrastructure Engineer is expected to function with a high degree of autonomy while ensuring the availability, security, performance, and recoverability of mission-critical healthcare systems.
SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.
Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.
Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job
Infrastructure Administration
- Administer and support Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure platforms.
- Maintain Microsoft Windows Server environments.
- Support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
- Administer Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and identity management services.
- Support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.
- Administer Microsoft 365 infrastructure and related cloud services.
- Maintain infrastructure monitoring and alerting systems.
- Manage enterprise storage platforms and associated technologies.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Administers and maintains enterprise backup and recovery platforms supporting both on-premises and cloud-hosted systems.
- Monitors backup jobs, recovery point objectives (RPOs), and recovery time objectives (RTOs) to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
- Performs backup validation, recovery testing, and restoration activities for servers, applications, databases, and virtual environments.
- Participates in the maintenance, and execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
- Assists with disaster recovery exercises and failover testing for critical infrastructure and healthcare applications.
- Supports infrastructure resiliency initiatives, including redundancy, replication, and high-availability solutions.
- Identifies and mitigates risks related to system availability, recoverability, and operational continuity.
- Maintains documentation related to backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures.
- Collaborates with cybersecurity, networking, and application teams to ensure recoverability of critical systems in the event of a cyber incident, ransomware event, or natural disaster.
Security and Compliance
- Implement security best practices and hardening standards.
- Support vulnerability remediation activities.
- Participate in cybersecurity investigations and incident response activities.
- Maintain regulatory compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and applicable healthcare security requirements.
- Support identity and access management initiatives, including MFA and privileged access controls.
Automation and Engineering
- Develop PowerShell and automation solutions.
- Create and maintain infrastructure documentation and operational standards.
- Participate in infrastructure design reviews and technology evaluations.
- Recommend solutions that improve operational efficiency, resiliency, and security.
Primary Focus
- Independent administration of production systems
- Project implementation
- Advanced troubleshooting
- Automation and scripting
- Disaster recovery testing
- Technical mentoring of junior staff
Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required
- Associate degree, bachelor's degree, internship experience, or two years equivalent work experience
Two or more of the following, or the ability to obtain within 12 months of hire:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)
- Citrix Certified Associate (CCA-V)
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- CompTIA Security+
- ITIL Foundation
Experience Required
- 3-7 years of relevant infrastructure engineering experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Advanced knowledge of:
- Microsoft Windows Server environments
- Active Directory and Entra ID architecture
- Azure infrastructure and cloud services
- Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure administration
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops administration
- Enterprise storage systems and virtualization platforms
- Enterprise backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions
- Identity and access management technologies
- PowerShell scripting and automation
- Infrastructure security best practices
- High-availability and fault-tolerant infrastructure design
- Enterprise monitoring and observability platforms
- Healthcare regulatory requirements affecting infrastructure operations
Working knowledge of:
- Networking architecture
- Cybersecurity incident response
- Vulnerability management
- Business continuity planning
Skills:
- Independently administer enterprise infrastructure platforms
- Perform root-cause analysis of complex infrastructure issues
- Design and implement infrastructure solutions
- Develop automation scripts and operational efficiencies
- Lead infrastructure implementations and upgrades
- Conduct disaster recovery testing and recovery operations
- Manage enterprise identity systems
- Implement security hardening standards
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies
- Mentor junior infrastructure personnel
- Develop technical standards and operational procedures
Abilities:
- Exercise sound technical judgment with minimal supervision
- Lead technical projects and workstreams
- Balance operational support and project priorities
- Identify and resolve systemic issues
- Analyze infrastructure performance and capacity requirements
- Support mission-critical healthcare environments
- Communicate effectively with leadership, vendors, and technical staff
- Participate in major incident response and recovery efforts
Required Certifications:
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in associate infrastructure engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows server administration
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, and VLANs
- Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
- CompTIA Network+, CompTIA A+, or equivalent entry-level certification preferred
Tips for Your Associate Infrastructure Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to infrastructure tools
List the specific platforms you've worked with, such as VMware, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Ansible, in a dedicated skills section. Hiring managers for associate infrastructure engineer roles scan for tool names before reading job descriptions.
Highlight certifications early in your resume
Certifications like CompTIA Network+, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or Azure Fundamentals carry real weight for associate-level infrastructure roles. Put them near the top of your resume so they're visible before a recruiter reaches your work history.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists associate infrastructure engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target job titles that map to your specialization
Openings for associate infrastructure engineers are posted under varied titles like junior systems engineer, associate cloud engineer, or infrastructure analyst. Search multiple terms to avoid missing roles that match your actual skill set.
Prepare for scenario-based technical interviews
Interviewers for associate infrastructure engineer positions often present a broken network diagram or a failed deployment scenario and ask you to walk through your troubleshooting steps. Practice narrating your diagnostic process out loud, not just arriving at the answer.
Negotiate start date and training access, not just pay
At the associate level, access to employer-sponsored certifications and cloud training budgets can be more valuable long-term than a small salary bump. Ask specifically about professional development resources during the offer conversation.
Associate Infrastructure Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most associate infrastructure engineers?
The companies hiring the most associate infrastructure engineers right now include Oracle, Google, and Amazon, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services firms and managed service providers consistently account for a large portion of associate-level infrastructure hiring.
How many associate infrastructure engineer jobs are remote?
About 54% of associate infrastructure engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though on-site roles remain common for positions involving physical hardware, data center operations, or network cabling. Cloud-focused and monitoring-oriented sub-specializations tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible postings.
How do you become an associate infrastructure engineer?
Start by earning a degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or complete a recognized technical bootcamp focused on networking or cloud systems. Pursue an entry-level certification such as CompTIA Network+ or AWS Cloud Practitioner to validate foundational skills. Build hands-on experience through lab environments, internships, or helpdesk roles, then apply to associate-level positions that match your strongest technical area.
Can you get hired as an associate infrastructure engineer with little experience?
Yes, many employers hire candidates with limited professional experience if they can demonstrate hands-on technical skills and a relevant certification. Building a home lab, contributing to open-source infrastructure projects, or completing cloud provider training programs gives you concrete examples to discuss in interviews. Focus your applications on organizations that explicitly list entry-level or junior roles rather than applying broadly to mid-level postings.
What does the associate infrastructure engineer interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial screening call with a recruiter, followed by a technical interview that covers networking concepts, server administration basics, and cloud fundamentals. Some employers add a practical exercise where you troubleshoot a simulated environment or review a configuration file for errors. Final rounds often include a conversation with a team lead or senior engineer to assess how you approach problems and communicate technical decisions.
Where can I find and apply to associate infrastructure engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to associate infrastructure engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search for roles that match your technical background and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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