Cloud Engineer – Senior Associate

As an Azure Cloud Engineer, Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Technical experience as following: 

• Cloud Technology Expertise:Experience with Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, storage solutions, and networking.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Proficiency in using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, and ARM templates for automating infrastructure deployment and management.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Hands-on experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred).

• DevOps Practices: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience with tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Spinnaker.

• Database Management: Experience with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other cloud-based database solutions.

• Security and Compliance: Knowledge of Azure security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, and compliance frameworks.

• Monitoring and Optimization:Proficiency in using monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

• Scripting and Automation:Proficient in scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automating cloud operations.

• Networking:Good understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPC, subnets, load balancers, and VPN gateways.

Customer Success

• Collaborate with cross functional team members to develop and propose to potential customers technical cloud-based solutions including proposals and statements of work.

• Assist to develop reference architectures and best practice approaches to optimize clients’ cloud adoption, application performance, security, and cost models.

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate to designs and approach.

• Participate in meetings and discussions with internal and external customers.

• Identify and prioritize use cases for implementation.

• Identify technical requirements for the identified use cases and build an implementation plan.

Implementation, Innovation (building), and Learning

• Develop and propose technical cloud-based solutions.

• Optimize clients’ cloud adoption, application performance, security, and cost models.

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into designs and approaches.

• Identify and prioritize use cases for implementation.

• Take an “always learning” approach to your role, continuing to advance your skills, knowledge and network in Cloud and DevOps.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on Microsoft Azure and relevant offerings, knowledge of other cloud could be an asset.

• Obtain and maintain relevant certifications as needed for the Microsoft Cloud Engineering Practice.

• Collaborate with your team members and contribute as a technical team member while participating in multiple concurrent cloud focused projects, ensuring implementations are well aligned with the overall architecture.

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve

• Relevant experience working as an engineer or in a related capacity.

• Demonstrated experience in cloud technologies (especially Azure), project execution, and software development.

• Experience in implementing and scaling cloud-based projects, focusing on:

• Cloud technology architectures and solutions, including hybrid cloud and deployment options (PaaS, IaaS).

• Change management practices, including organizational models, roles/responsibilities, and technology tooling and automation.

• Application modernization strategies and tooling.

• Supporting the removal of technical debt and legacy applications.

• Working in waterfall, scrum, agile, and other methodologies.

• Strong oral and written communication skills, with experience in a consulting environment, including business presentations and technical writing.