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Avanade

Digital transformation, cloud, and IT consulting.

Junior Azure Managed Services Engineer

Cloud EngineeringUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeSaint-Herblain, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A first experience in operations, support, systems administration, or cloud, gained through an internship, work-study placement, or first job, is appreciated.
  • Good understanding of cloud and Azure fundamentals, with the ability to perform routine operations and first-level diagnostics.
  • Knowledge of ITIL principles, ticket lifecycle, and service-level agreements.
  • Initial experience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, Terraform, or Bicep, with willingness to develop further.
  • Ability to learn quickly, follow procedures, organize work, and seek assistance at the appropriate level.
  • Good written and oral communication in French, and an English level sufficient to work in an international context.
  • Interest in AI and willingness to understand its benefits, limitations, and responsible-use rules.
  • Training at Bac+2 to Bac+5 in computing, systems, networks, or cloud, or equivalent professional experience, is appreciated.
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification is appreciated; AZ-104, SC-900, or an equivalent certification is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of or certification in ITIL Foundation is appreciated.
  • Exposure to hybrid environments, large enterprises, or multi-client and international contexts is an advantage.
  • Initial use of generative AI, copilots, or Azure AI services in a learning or project context is an advantage.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to maintaining Azure platforms in operational condition, following procedures, service commitments, and security standards.
  • Handle incidents, requests, and operational tasks appropriate to the role’s autonomy; perform initial diagnostics and escalate in a structured manner.
  • Contribute to backlog handling and tracking according to priorities, service-level agreements, and operational instructions.
  • Communicate clearly and factually about activity progress, encountered difficulties, and next steps.
  • Help improve the reliability, performance, security, and operability of Azure services.
  • Develop autonomy through documentation, mentoring, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • With team support, experiment with relevant AI use cases to facilitate diagnostics, enrich knowledge, and automate recurring tasks.
  • Handle assigned incidents and requests, follow resolution procedures, and help restore service.
  • Identify recurring incidents, collect useful diagnostic information, and contribute to root-cause analysis.
  • Document diagnostics, actions, results, and communications in the IT service management tool.
  • Prepare information for escalations to experienced teams, Microsoft, or third-party providers.
  • Participate, depending on acquired autonomy and contract organization, in extended support or on-call arrangements.
  • Perform proactive, preventive, and corrective maintenance according to established procedures.
  • Use Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to monitor environments, qualify alerts, and conduct initial analyses.
  • Check backups, contribute to restorations, and participate in continuity or recovery tests using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
  • Contribute to capacity, performance, configuration, compliance, and obsolescence checks.
  • Identify straightforward improvement opportunities and help implement them.
  • Under supervision where complexity requires it, perform operations on Azure networking components including virtual networks, peering, network security groups, DNS, and connectivity.
  • Perform routine operations on virtual machines, storage, Key Vault, and, where in scope, platform-as-a-service services or containers.
  • Participate in preparing and executing changes, production releases, migrations, and hypercare phases.
  • Apply governance, least-privilege, identity management, hardening, and compliance principles.
  • Develop practical use of PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Bash to automate recurring operations.
  • Contribute to using and maintaining Infrastructure as Code components with Terraform and/or Bicep, following Git and continuous integration/continuous delivery practices.
  • Create and update operational procedures, runbooks, and knowledge-base articles.
  • Identify repetitive tasks that could be automated and help evaluate the resulting benefits.
  • Explore, with team support, use cases where AI could improve operational efficiency and service quality.
  • Help experiment with copilots for diagnostic assistance, ticket summarization, knowledge search, and documentation generation.
  • Apply responsible, secure, and traceable AI-use rules with human validation.
  • Document results and share lessons learned to identify demonstrated-value use cases.

Desired Qualifications

  • Curiosity, rigor, analytical thinking, cooperation, service orientation, and willingness to share knowledge.
  • Interest in AI and willingness to understand its contributions, limitations, and responsible-use rules.
  • Success in the role is measured by following procedures and service commitments, quality of ticket handling, growth in autonomy and Azure skills, quality of initial diagnostics and escalations, reliable documentation and operational traceability, knowledge sharing, and measurable contributions to automation, AI integration, security, and delivery improvement.

About the Company

Avanade

Digital transformation, cloud, and IT consulting.

Avanade helps large organizations move to digital operations using Microsoft-based solutions. It combines consulting, implementation, and managed services to deliver digital transformation, cloud migration, and optimized business processes. Its offerings are built around the Microsoft ecosystem, with partnerships with Microsoft and Accenture enabling tailored, enterprise-grade deployments. Avanade differentiates itself by aligning technology delivery with business outcomes for enterprise and public sector clients, focusing on long-term service contracts and customized design-led experiences. The company's goal is to drive efficiency, improve customer experiences, and support sustainable growth for clients through technology-enabled transformation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Founded
2000

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