Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to join our team and lead developing and managing our organization’s Azure Platform. In this role you will be responsible for designing, deploying and maintaining cloud systems, including cloud native services, cloud infrastructure, and cloud services such as monitoring.

This role will be part of a dynamic team that is responsible for Cloud Virtualization infrastructure. We are looking for a skilled Azure Specialist with deep expertise in performance tuning, automation, security, and cost optimization within Microsoft Azure environments. Extensive experience managing and optimizing Azure cloud resources, improving efficiency through automation, securing cloud infrastructures, and driving down operational costs without compromising performance or security. Will work closely with the rest of the team to develop skill and implement best practices, ensure high availability, and maintain the security and compliance of our cloud infrastructure.  
 

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Accountabilities

• Implement Azure cost management strategies, including rightsizing, reservations, and eliminating wasteful spending.
• Optimize the performance of Azure-based services, ensuring scalability, responsiveness, and reliability.
• Design and implement automation workflows to streamline cloud operations using tools like Terraform.
• Utilize Azure Policy to ensure compliance of standards and assess compliance across the environments.
• Implement and maintain cloud monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure visibility into performance, security, and costs.
• Provide regular reports and insights on resource utilization and operational health to stakeholders.
• Work closely with architecture, operations, and security teams to ensure smooth and secure cloud operations.
• Optimize the performance of Azure-based services, ensuring scalability, responsiveness, and reliability.
   

Education and Experience

• 5 years hands on experience designing and implementing Azure Environments
• Proven experience in managing and optimizing Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Cost Management and cost optimization techniques.
• Experience with CI/CD automation using Terraform and GitHub or Azure DevOps
• Expertise in cloud security practices, including identity management, encryption, and compliance standards.
• Familiar with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework as it pertains to the Terraform framework
• Familiarity with performance monitoring and tuning tools within Azure.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to provide actionable insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of cloud adoptions and cloud architecture frameworks
• Understanding of Cloud Financial Management and Cloud Security
• Strong background in infrastructure technologies such as VMWare, Cisco, Windows, UNIX, and Linux Experience working in the utility sector will be beneficial
• Experience with SAP and other enterprise applications will be beneficial
• Ability to drive progress from poorly defined problem to create consensus on requirements and best solution to meet those requirements.