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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Azure Shift Supervisor - Technical Subject Matter Expert

System AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeReston, VA, USA$86.4k - $176.2kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Four to six years of IT experience, including at least two years in a supervisory role.
  • Experience supporting a 24x7 cloud-based environment.
  • A valid US passport is required.
  • An active TS/SCI with polygraph-level clearance is required.
  • Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate Azure operations through schedule management, queue management, incident resolution, and escalation management for personnel and performance issues.
  • Own the team during the assigned shift and serve as part of the incident management team in a 24x7 cloud-based environment.
  • Diagnose, mitigate, or escalate system issues to maintain high platform availability.
  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert across Azure, Active Directory, and Office 365 platforms, supporting complex issue resolution, technical consistency, and process and operational improvements across workstreams.
  • Create and maintain shift schedules to support all program workflows.
  • Review paid time off and callout requests, and coordinate overtime support as needed.
  • Ensure consistent coverage across workstreams during the assigned shift.
  • Facilitate shift handoff calls, report on activities, and provide updates to the oncoming shift and supervisor.
  • Monitor communications and address engineer questions and concerns in real time.
  • Serve as the point of contact for ticket escalations and manage ticket queues.
  • Act as an escalation contact for internal and client-facing incidents, including after-hours support.
  • Perform business continuity planning coordinator responsibilities as needed, and ensure service-level agreement adherence through active queue monitoring and prioritization.
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for complex Azure, Active Directory, and Office 365 issues.
  • Provide hands-on troubleshooting support and guidance across workstreams, including Identity, Network, Livesite, and TechOps.
  • Reinforce standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, and best practices to ensure technical consistency.
  • Contribute to developing and improving standard operating procedures, knowledge articles, and troubleshooting guides.
  • Support root cause analysis and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
  • Identify recurring technical trends and escalate systemic issues.
  • Partner with Leads to identify technical gaps and recommend scalable solutions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting Azure, Active Directory, or Office 365 environments.
  • Familiarity with key performance indicator and service-level agreement metrics and operational performance tracking.
  • Experience developing standard operating procedures, knowledge articles, or technical documentation.
  • Troubleshooting and technical problem-solving experience.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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