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CYNET SYSTEMS

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Lisle, IL · On-site

$57 - $62/hr

Strong experience as a Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer, primarily in Microsoft Azure. * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AKS) and containerized workloads. * Strong understanding of networking ...

EMPIST

Infrastructure Engineer I

Chicago, IL · On-site

$110K - $145K/yr

The Networking-Focused ISG Engineer is responsible for supporting, optimizing, and securing client network environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. Responsibilities : • ...

Tech Tammina

Devops/Infrastructure Engineer

Hoffman Estates, IL · On-site

$105K - $138K/yr

... Infrastructure Engineer Location: Hoffman Estates, IL Skills Required • Networking (Production Issue) • Istio service mesh: Deep troubleshooting, sidecar injection, mTLS, Envoy proxy debugging ...

Simplex Trading

Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$125K - $200K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

Infrastructure Engineer pay range $125,000-$200,000 USD Why us? Founded in Chicago in 2004, Simplex is a leading, technology-driven, proprietary market-making firm. We work with the most advanced ...

Empist

Infrastructure Engineer I

Chicago, IL · On-site

$80K - $100K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work with Infrastructure and Cloud engineers to ensure alignment between network configurations and server, Azure, and VMware environments * Support basic server, virtualization, and identity-related ...

Northern Trust

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$99K - $169K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

We're seeking an Azure Infrastructure Engineer who can design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms- and collaborate effectively with Java engineering teams. You will own core Azure ...

Northern Trust

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$110K - $145K/yr

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized financial institution seeking an Azure Infrastructure Engineer. The role involves designing, building, and operating secure cloud ...

Northern Trust

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$99K - $169K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

We're seeking an Azure Infrastructure Engineer who can design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms- and collaborate effectively with Java engineering teams. You will own core Azure ...

Northern Trust

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$99K - $169K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

We're seeking an Azure Infrastructure Engineer who can design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms- and collaborate effectively with Java engineering teams. You will own core Azure ...

Cboe Global Markets

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$111K - $151K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The ideal candidate has * 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and infrastructure/platform engineering. * Production experience managing Kubernetes, preferably in bare-metal or on ...

NET56

Network Infrastructure Engineer

Barrington, IL · On-site

$80K - $100K/yr

Network Infrastructure Engineer Location: On-premises Type of Employment: Full-time The Network Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for supporting and maintaining critical client and internal ...

NET56

Network Infrastructure Engineer

Barrington, IL · On-site

$80K - $100K/yr

Network Infrastructure Engineer Location: On-premises Type of Employment: Full-time The Network Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for supporting and maintaining critical client and internal ...

Grainger Businesses

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Lake Forest, IL · On-site

$95K - $159K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Position Details This Senior Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for engineering, configuring, and supporting enterprise endpoint and virtual desktop technologies across a complex IT environment.

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How much do infrastructure engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 13, 2026, the average yearly pay for infrastructure engineer in Illinois is $123,130.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $104,200.00 and $136,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are some common challenges infrastructure engineers face when managing large-scale systems?

Infrastructure Engineers often encounter challenges such as ensuring system scalability, maintaining high availability, and minimizing downtime during updates or incidents. Managing complex environments requires balancing security, performance, and cost efficiency while supporting rapid growth or changes in business needs. Effective communication and collaboration with development, security, and operations teams are also crucial to address issues quickly and maintain seamless service delivery.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an infrastructure engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as an Infrastructure Engineer, you need a solid understanding of networking, operating systems, cloud platforms, and infrastructure architecture, often supported by a degree in computer science or related fields. Familiarity with tools like AWS, Azure, VMware, automation frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform), and relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or CompTIA Network+ is typical. Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills help you collaborate across IT and business units and respond effectively to incidents. These skills and qualities are crucial for ensuring system reliability, security, and scalability in complex technology environments.

What is the difference between Infrastructure Engineer vs Network Engineer?

AspectInfrastructure EngineerNetwork Engineer
CertificationsCompTIA Network+, Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNPCompTIA Network+, Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP
Work EnvironmentData centers, cloud environments, enterprise IT infrastructureNetwork operations centers, enterprise networks, ISP environments
ResponsibilitiesDesigning, implementing, maintaining IT infrastructure, servers, cloud systemsDesigning, configuring, troubleshooting network hardware and connectivity
Industry UsageIT companies, cloud providers, large enterprisesTelecommunications, ISPs, large organizations with complex networks

While both roles require similar certifications and work in enterprise environments, Infrastructure Engineers focus on overall IT infrastructure including servers and cloud systems, whereas Network Engineers specialize in network hardware and connectivity. Understanding these differences helps in choosing the right career path or job search focus.

What is an infrastructure engineer?

An infrastructure engineer ensures that their organization’s computer network infrastructure functions properly. As an infrastructure engineer, you monitor computer systems, improve IT applications, and troubleshoot infrastructure problems. Exact job responsibilities vary widely depending on the employer, but typical duties involve working with storage and hosting technologies, monitoring computer software and hardware, installing servers, and developing cloud-based infrastructure. Infrastructure engineer positions are available in all industries, especially those with a heavy reliance on technology. This career requires extensive experience working with computers and the ability to stay current with emerging technologies and trends.

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Infographic showing various Infrastructure Engineer job openings in Illinois as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 93% Full Time, and 7% Contract. Highlights an 93% In-person, and 7% Hybrid job distribution, with an average salary of $123,130 per year, or $59.2 per hour.

AWS Infrastructure Engineer - Work From Home

Next Step Systems

Des Plaines, IL • On-site, Remote

$104K - $137K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 7 days ago

Job description

AWS Infrastructure Engineer - Work From Home
This AWS Infrastructure Engineer position is a 100% Remote opportunity. Candidates located in the Chicago area is a plus.
The AWS Infrastructure Engineer will have a wide variety of responsibilities and skills that compliment a hosting environment designed with security and stability in mind. This role will be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of infrastructure within the data centers and public clouds. This is a hands-on position that requires complete transparency and trust.
Responsibilities:
- Highest level of Linux Administration and Engineering for internal and external infrastructure.
- Administration of Linux operating systems.
- Administration of LAMP/LEMP environments.
- Deploying mass system security updates with automation in mind.
- Consulting services related to Magento and Cloud Hosting solutions.
- Work directly with high stakes customers to ensure success.
- Monitor customer communication channels to meet SLA requirements.
- Participate in Slack and ticketing systems to support customers.
- Field escalated support requests by telephone, email and ticketing system.
- Work within a project management system that focused on completing and documenting projects that are assigned outside of the escalated support queue.
- Troubleshooting of local and remote Linux operating system environments concentrating on a LAMP/LEMP stack.
- Operate and maintain infrastructure deployment systems using such as Cobbler, Ansible, etc.
- Support Linux multi-tenant, virtual, and dedicated platforms focusing on web hosting.
- Manage the provisioning and deployment of internal, multi-tenant, virtualized, and dedicated platforms.
- Investigate abuse and security vulnerabilities while creating and documenting policies related to Linux security.
- Utilize monitoring solutions such as Nagios, Icinga2, Cacti, Observium, and Cloudwatch.
- Assist the infrastructure team with predictive asset allocation with load testing.
- Build on current AWS infrastructure design and architecture to provide a high availability mission critical hosting platform.
- Management of customer migrations onto the company's network.
- Design and management of disaster recovery solutions.
Qualifications:
- 5 years in Linux system administration.
- 3 years in AWS hosting management.
- Must know how to build ansible, puppet or shell automation plays.
- Must have experience with DevOps.
- Deploying bare metal infrastructure using automated tools such as Cobbler and Ansible.
- Creating automation using bash or python.
- Engineering Linux based hosting solutions.
- Monitoring Cloud and data center based infrastructure.
- Deploying automated Linux kernel and system updates.
- Troubleshooting Magento based ecommerce solutions.
Preferred Skills:
Languages: Bash, Python, JavaScript, React
- Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, OSX
- Application Management: Apache, NGINX, HAProxy, Varnish, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, Cacti, Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana (ELK), Docker, KVM, cPanel, Magento, WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Cobbler, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Asterisk, FreePBX, Redis, Memcache, CloudFlare, NFS, Firewall, Iptables, SELinux, Samba, Kubernetes, Drone, Jenkins
- Infrastructure Management: Automation, Kickstart, Load Balancing, DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, DHCP, LVM, TFTP, Icinga2, Nagios, Observium, Cacti, New Relic, AWS, EC2, RDS, ELB/ALB, S3, EFS, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, Route53
Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Des Plaines IL Jobs, AWS Infrastructure Engineer, Linux, AWS Hosting Management, Infrastructure, Cobbler, Ansible, Bash, Python, Engineering Linux, Cloud, Data Center, Linux Kernel, Magento, eCommerce Solutions, Work From Home, Remote, Illinois Recruiters, IT Jobs, Illinois Recruiting
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