Sr. Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer at Horizontal Talent in Richardson, Texas

Job Description:

Azure Cloud Engineer

DIRECT HIRE - $150K


Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation and management of public cloud solutions, primarily focusing on Azure, with additional services in GCP and AWS being a bonus.


• Influence and participate in the end-to-end oversight of the public cloud platforms.


• Help our CCoE create, improve, adopt and apply security, governance, operational and financial best practices.


• Develop and enforce best practices for cloud management, including cost optimization, performance monitoring, disaster recovery, and high availability.


• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members on cloud technologies and solutions.


• Create and manage multi-regional cloud deployments including public and private networking, routing, DNS, CDN, Firewalls and WAN connectivity.


• Respond to technical issues in a timely and professional manner.


• Effectively articulate complex cloud reports to management and other IT development partners.


• Convert project-specific specifications into a cloud architecture that satisfies those specifications, considering resource usage and scalability.


• Ensure the cloud environment is designed with the company's needs in mind from start to finish.


• Carry out tasks like deployment, upkeep, monitoring, and management within the developed cloud framework.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.


• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure and security.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Azure cloud management within an enterprise-sized organization.


• Proven expertise in IT infrastructure and security.


• Experience working with development teams on web application hosting and identity and access management technologies.


• Additional experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is highly desirable.


• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present thoughts clearly to stakeholders.


• Technical and business acumen to partner efficiently with all levels of cloud solution requestors and stakeholders.


• Ability to build and maintain high levels of trust with management, developers, engineers, and support personnel.


• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages.

• Certifications in Azure, GCP, or AWS.


• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.


• Experience with implementing Terraform


• Linux Administration


• Kubernetes administration skills