Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Start Date: January 2027
Duration: Full-Time / Permanent
Location: North Kansas City, MO (Hybrid 3 4 days onsite per week)
Industry: Healthcare
Position Overview
Mako Professionals is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for a healthcare organization in North Kansas City, MO. This senior technical resource will support mission-critical on-premises infrastructure while helping shape a cloud-first strategy, plan migrations, and modernize hybrid environments.
The ideal candidate combines hands-on data center experience with demonstrated enterprise cloud migration expertise. The organization currently relies primarily on on-premises systems, with cloud usage for backup replication, disaster recovery, and select applications. At least one completed on-premises-to-cloud migration is a major priority; Azure or AWS is preferred. Pure Storage and Cohesity exposure is valuable, but deep product expertise is less important than cloud architecture and migration experience.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead cloud readiness assessments, migration planning, architecture decisions, and on-premises-to-cloud transitions using Azure, AWS, or comparable platforms.
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Help define cloud adoption strategy and infrastructure roadmaps, balancing cost, performance, scalability, security, and operational needs.
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Design, maintain, and optimize physical, VMware virtualized, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure for high availability and reliability.
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Administer and support Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and enterprise virtualization platforms.
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Support SAN/storage operations, including Pure Storage, replication, capacity, and performance in collaboration with existing team members.
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Maintain backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities, including Cohesity Data Protect, cloud replication, and planned DRaaS initiatives.
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Implement security and cyber-resilience best practices; resolve complex infrastructure incidents and partner with networking, security, and IT leadership.
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Ensure infrastructure solutions align with governance, compliance, data center operations, and long-term modernization goals.
Required Qualifications
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10+ years of progressive IT infrastructure experience in complex, mission-critical enterprise environments.
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Hands-on participation in or leadership of at least one enterprise on-premises-to-cloud migration; multiple migrations are strongly preferred.
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Proficiency in Azure and/or AWS cloud infrastructure, migration planning, hybrid architecture, and workload evaluation.
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Strong on-premises background with Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, and Microsoft 365.
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Working knowledge of enterprise SAN/storage, replication, backup and recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery.
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Understanding of infrastructure security, ransomware protection, system hardening, and regulatory requirements.
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Ability to troubleshoot complex cross-platform issues, lead technical initiatives, and make sound architecture recommendations.
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Ability to work onsite in North Kansas City 3 4 days per week.
Preferred Qualifications
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Healthcare or similarly regulated enterprise infrastructure experience.
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Multiple Azure or AWS migrations, cloud platform evaluations, cost assessments, and hybrid-cloud roadmap development.
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Administrative experience with Pure Storage and/or Cohesity Data Protect; comparable storage or backup technologies also relevant.
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Exposure to DRaaS, cloud-based recovery, Omnissa Horizon/VDI, Google Cloud Platform, OCI, or multi-cloud environments.
Preferred Technical Certifications
Relevant certifications are a plus, not a requirement: Microsoft Azure (AZ-104, AZ-305), Windows Server Hybrid (AZ-800/801), Microsoft 365 (MS-102), AWS Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, and certifications related to Pure Storage, Cohesity, Omnissa, Google Cloud, or Red Hat.
Practical migration experience takes priority over certifications.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience and certifications will be considered.
