How to hire a senior infrastructure analyst

How to hire a senior infrastructure analyst, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior infrastructure analyst hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior infrastructure analyst job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior infrastructure analyst
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The senior infrastructure analyst hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   A senior infrastructure analyst's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, senior infrastructure analysts from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list presents senior infrastructure analyst salaries for various positions.

   Type of Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Computer systems analysts study an organization’s current computer systems and procedures and design information systems solutions to help the organization operate more efficiently and effectively. They bring business and information technology (IT) together by understanding the needs and limitations of both.	$35-70
   Analyst Lead	The duties of an analyst lead depend on one's line of work or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities revolve around performing research and analysis, coordinating with different departments to gather leads and data, reviewing findings, and producing reports and presentations for the stakeholders and other higher-ranking officials... Show more	$35-58
   Analyst	Analysts are employees or individual contributors with a vast experience in a particular field that help the organization address challenges. They help the organization improve processes, policies, and other operations protocol by studying the current processes in place and determining the effectiveness of those processes... Show more	$25-47

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • ITIL
   • RCA
   • Switches
   • Network Infrastructure
   • VDI
   • SCCM
   • Virtualization
   • VMware
   • Linux
   • PowerShell
   • Windows Server
   • Infrastructure Management
   • Unix
   • Azure

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   Responsibilities:

   • Install, configure and manage various flavors of Linux.
   • Implement and manage SAN at numerous HNA factories to support VMware infrastructure.
   • Manage Citrix for Philadelphia regional team.
   • Manage all UNIX environments, installations, configurations and implementations.
   • Configure Cisco routers and switches using Cisco IOS/CatOS.
   • Used SCCM technology to deploy specific software and patches to workstations.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior infrastructure analyst job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A senior infrastructure analyst can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, senior infrastructure analysts' average salary in hawaii is 55% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level senior infrastructure analysts 49% less than senior-level senior infrastructure analysts.
   • Certifications. A senior infrastructure analyst with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a senior infrastructure analyst's salary.

   Average senior infrastructure analyst salary

   $104,706yearly

   $50.34 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior infrastructure analyst salary

   $74,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

   Average senior infrastructure analyst salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$132,059	$63
   2	New York	$116,962	$56
   3	New Jersey	$116,737	$56
   4	North Carolina	$104,412	$50
   5	Maryland	$102,223	$49
   6	Nevada	$102,109	$49
   7	Massachusetts	$101,433	$49
   8	Connecticut	$101,423	$49
   9	Florida	$101,278	$49
   10	Texas	$100,449	$48
   11	Pennsylvania	$98,877	$48
   12	Virginia	$96,772	$47
   13	Wisconsin	$89,602	$43
   14	Arizona	$89,234	$43
   15	Oklahoma	$86,346	$42
   16	Minnesota	$84,839	$41
   17	Indiana	$84,538	$41
   18	Ohio	$79,436	$38
   19	Tennessee	$77,178	$37
   20	Illinois	$77,111	$37

   Average senior infrastructure analyst salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	The Walt Disney Company	$123,592	$59.42	32
   2	Affiliated Computer Services	$110,444	$53.10
   3	BNY Mellon	$109,145	$52.47	9
   4	Citi	$106,971	$51.43	48
   5	Xerox	$106,236	$51.08
   6	CVS Health	$104,001	$50.00	162
   7	Marriott International	$103,883	$49.94	12
   8	Wayfair	$103,153	$49.59
   9	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$102,861	$49.45	138
   10	IBM	$102,590	$49.32	28
   11	Versiti	$99,387	$47.78	1
   12	National Grid plc	$99,283	$47.73	3
   13	T. Rowe Price	$99,010	$47.60	8
   14	Blue Cross & Blue Shield	$98,632	$47.42	7
   15	Liberty Utilities	$98,632	$47.42	1
   16	Tekskills	$98,632	$47.42
   17	Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America - Central Ohio Agency	$98,331	$47.27	2
   18	Trinity Health	$97,605	$46.93	12
   19	Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.	$97,188	$46.73	3
   20	Duke University Health System	$95,537	$45.93	5

4. Writing a senior infrastructure analyst job description

   A senior infrastructure analyst job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a senior infrastructure analyst job description:

   Senior infrastructure analyst job description example

   There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.
   
   The Senior Infrastructure Operations Analyst - Reliability Operations supports the Technology Operations organization to build tools and manage platforms with the mission of helping T. Rowe Price technology developers across the globe be more productive, while ensuring core platforms and applications meet reliability objectives that delight our customers.
   
   As a member of the Reliability Operations team, you will be charged with developing tools to automate, streamline, and improve infrastructure platforms and operational processes. If solving complex operational problems, helping developers innovate faster, and improving the stability and reliability of infrastructure services excites you, opportunity awaits, come build with us!
   Some example projects include:
   Eliminate toil by automating user provisioning and management in SaaS platforms like Atlassian JIRA, Rally, Aha, and Retrium. Increase observability of AWS hosted applications by working with developers to implement telemetry in their applications and then working to standardize and automate those patterns. Build observability tools to fill current gaps, such as authenticated synthetics. Contribute to the development of a chaos engineering toolkit used by developers and operations teams to evaluate resiliency of their applications. Improve incident management processes by building status pages for core infrastructure services like DNS, ADFS, AWS. Build ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure deployments Contribute to internal platforms that enable operational management of AWS resources by production support teams. Lead training, demos, and consultations of tools for production support and developer teams Define and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLO), Service Level Indicators (SLI), and Error Budgets for applications and platforms.
   
   In addition, you will be part of an on-call rotation and expected to maintain our reliability objectives for a portfolio of SaaS, On-Premises, and AWS hosted services and applications. Our team currently supports developer productivity and observability platforms such as JIRA, Rally, Aha, Trello, Retrium, Subversion, Splunk, OpenSearch, Grafana, Cortex, & Prometheus.
   
   REQUIREMENTS
   5+ years of relevant IT experience 4+ years of experience building and supporting solutions on Amazon AWS Familiarity with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure Proficiency administering and troubleshooting Windows and Linux server platforms Knowledge/experience with Docker containers Experience with Microsoft Active Directory, ADFS, DNS, DHCP solutions Knowledge/experience with observability tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, and cloud native tools Knowledge/experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitLab and Artifactory. Knowledge/experience with Cloud Management tools - (prefer Terraform, Vault, Packer) Fluent in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, or .Net) Python preferred Proven ability to automate using scripting and/or programming using serverless technologies Effectively uses logic as a problem-solving tool Communicate technical ideas and concepts to non-technical audiences Able to clearly articulate operational principles, practices, and policies Provide accurate and timely status for their own work and escalate when necessary Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies Work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
   
   FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.
   
   Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
   
   We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
   
   Benefits: We invest in our people through a wide range of programs and benefits, including:
   Competitive pay and bonuses as well as a generous retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan with matching contributions Flexible and remote work opportunities Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision) Tuition assistance Wellness programs (fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program)
   
   Our policies may change as our working lives evolve. Yet, our commitment to supporting our associates' well-being and addressing the needs of our clients, business, and communities is unwavering.
   
   T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right senior infrastructure analyst for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with senior infrastructure analysts they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit senior infrastructure analysts who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   To find senior infrastructure analyst candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit senior infrastructure analysts, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   While interviews are great, you will only sometimes learn enough from a conversation with a senior infrastructure analyst applicant. In those cases, having candidates complete a test project can go a long way in figuring out who's the most likely to succeed in the role. If you aren't a technical person and don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior infrastructure analyst

   Once you've found the senior infrastructure analyst candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new senior infrastructure analyst. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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