Lead Azure Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Provide cloud solutions across client projects, encompassing assessments, migrations (rehost, replatform, refactor), and modernization efforts.

• Establish Azure environments that adhere to best practices for security, compliance, performance, and cost optimization.

• Collaborate with Solution Architects to convert designs into scalable and practical solutions.

• Diagnose and resolve technical issues that arise during the implementation and deployment phases.

• Assist in transitioning client environments to Managed Services, which includes documentation, diagrams, and knowledge transfer.

• Contribute to automation, process enhancements, and the development of internal capabilities within the Professional Services team.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 6 years of experience in a related area.

• Significant client-facing and consultative experience, alongside practical delivery skills.

• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including infrastructure, networking, identity, and governance (IaaS, PaaS, Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policies).

• Demonstrated experience in migrating workloads to Azure utilizing tools such as Azure Migrate, ASR, or similar solutions.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code through Terraform, with ARM/Bicep experience being advantageous.

• Strong automation and scripting abilities (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Azure CLI).

• Experience in creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps).

• Systems administration background in Windows and/or Linux environments.

• At least one Associate, Expert, or Specialty-level certification in Azure.

• Capability to utilize AI tools to enhance productivity and automation.

🏝️ Benefits

• The Company provides eligible employees the flexibility to take as much paid vacation as they believe is appropriate in relation to their responsibilities, the company’s needs, and its commitments.

• Seven paid holidays are observed throughout the calendar year.

• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for personal or family wellness needs.

• Employees are also entitled to additional paid time off for bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteering, military service, and parental leave.

• Comprehensive health care insurance (medical, dental, vision) is offered.

• Retirement planning options available (401(k)).

• Paid time off options include sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO.