Sr. IT Engineer - Cloud

The Senior IT Engineer you will be responsible for architecting and delivering enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architecture. This role demands deep expertise in Azure IaaS/PaaS services, Azure AD, infrastructure automation, Azure governance policies, and performance optimization.

Role Description

• Design and implement Azure-native and multi-cloud infrastructure solutions, including networking, computer, storage, identity, and security. MUST be proficient and possess required hands-on experience.

• Lead cloud architecture reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices

• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates

• Help define and enforce governance policies using Azure Policy, Blueprints, and RBAC

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and automate infrastructure provisioning

• Communication: Can effectively communicate complex ideas and information to diverse audiences and can facilitate effective communication between others.

• Adaptability: Can proactively adapt to challenging situations, anticipate changes, and make modifications to meet the demands of changing circumstances.

• Self-Motivation: Can proactively seek out challenges, initiate self-development projects, and contribute to personal or professional innovative ideas.

• Teamwork: Can lead a team effectively, facilitating cooperation, sharing information, and ensuring that all team members are able to contribute to their full potential.

• Analytical Thinking: Can synthesize complex data, identify patterns, draw insights, and present findings clearly and understandably.

• Detail-Oriented: Can manage complex tasks or projects, identifying errors or inconsistencies, and ensuring all details are addressed, necessary corrections are made, and quality is maintained.

• Organization: Can effectively coordinate multiple projects, delegate tasks where appropriate, and employ advanced organizational tools and methods.

• Problem-Solving: Can proactively identify potential problems, initiate preventive measures, and propose and contribute to innovative solutions.

• Initiative: Can proactively seek out challenges, initiate projects, and contribute to innovative ideas.

• Technical Troubleshooting: Can proactively seek out potential technical problems, initiate preventive measures, and contribute to innovative solutions.

Skill Level Requirements

• Ability to simplify and effectively communicate complex problems to stakeholders across various functions and levels. - Intermediate

• Expertise in leveraging cloud-based platforms and services to build, deploy, and manage applications and data on the internet - Intermediate

• Experience in managing and maintaining computer systems and networks to ensure optimal performance and security. - Intermediate

• Familiarity with tools such as Puppet, KernelCare, Tenable, and/or Tanium for automating and managing cloud environments. - Intermediate

• Understanding of directory services such as Active Directory and LDAP for efficient user and resource management. - Intermediate

• Ability to implement and manage DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and monitoring to enhance the collaboration between development and operations teams preferred - Intermediate

Other Requirements

• Completed Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or relevant work experience required

• 10 years of experience in IT architecture or engineering roles

• 8 years of experience of IT cloud infrastructure engineering and architecture focused on Azure

• Proven expertise in Azure IaaS/PaaS services. In-depth experience with Azure networking services (e.g., Virtual WAN, VNETs, NSGs, Private Link, ExpressRoute, VPNs, Azure Firewall, Azure Monitors, etc.).

• Well-versed in enterprise identity management (Azure AD, Conditional Access, MFA); Strong understanding of Azure security, IAM, policies, and management groups.

• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and implementation (MS Defender, Sentinel, Key Vault, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)

• Experience with Azure governance frameworks and cost management tools

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification strongly preferred

• Experience with multi-region architecture and disaster recovery planning

• Familiarity with container orchestration (AKS) and serverless computing (Azure Functions), ADLS.

• Familiarity with O365 Tenant is a plus

• Familiarity with Confluence, Jira, and other issue-tracking systems

The estimated annual pay range for this position is $120,000 - $180,000 which includes a base salary. The compensation for this position is dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending.

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