Senior Cloud Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of our Azure infrastructure.

• As the architect of WWF's Azure environment, you'll create subscriptions, provision resources, and build/deploy VMs (Windows, SQL, Red Hat, firewalls) from scratch in both production and staging environments.

• Ensure Security & Identity Management.

• Set up Microsoft Entra tenants, oversee SSO through Azure Enterprise Apps, and maintain a clean and secure RBAC and user groups.

• Proactively patch systems and leverage PowerShell + Graph API to automate routine tasks, allowing critical processes to run more efficiently.

• Act as Our Safety Net.

• Develop effective backup strategies and disaster recovery plans that work when they are needed most.

• You will be the reason we can rest easy, knowing our systems can recover from any situation.

• Maintain Connectivity.

• Diagnose networking issues across VNETs, sites, and tenants.

• You are fluent in the language of firewalls, load balancers, and DNS (both Azure and Cloudflare), resolving potential issues before they escalate.

• Serve as the Go-To Expert.

• When complexities arise concerning Azure, Entra ID, or M365, you are the point of contact for the team.

• You will lead projects from start to finish, keeping all stakeholders informed, whether they’re technical or non-technical.

• Be Present When It Matters.

• You will occasionally need to work after hours or on weekends for critical outages or planned maintenance, as uptime is essential, along with the team that ensures it.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT or a related field, along with a minimum of 8 years of professional experience (including at least 6 years in IT).

• MUST HAVE verbal and written proficiency in both English and Spanish.

• Experience in managing large-scale enterprise IT systems.

• Extensive hands-on experience with highly available and resilient Azure production systems.

• In-depth understanding of Microsoft Azure services, cloud architecture, cloud networking, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and both Windows and Linux servers.

• Proficient in managing Windows domains and Active Directory.

• Expertise in utilizing PowerShell and Graph API for Azure management, workflow automation, and deployment orchestration.

• Familiarity with provisioning and managing access for technologies such as Fabric, Power BI, and Azure Foundry.

• Experience in integrating Microsoft Copilot for M365, Copilot Studio, and Copilot Agents into enterprise Azure/M365 environments, which includes configuration and governance of data access controls.

• Significant expertise in building, deploying, and managing virtual machines in Azure from the ground up.

• Proven track record of applying structured thinking to identify complex cloud or hybrid system issues and develop scalable, sustainable solutions.

• Well-developed methodologies for diagnosing and troubleshooting technical problems.

• Broad enterprise-scale expertise across infrastructure, Azure cloud architecture, identity and access management with Entra ID, and emerging AI-driven automation technologies—enabling the evaluation and recommendation of modernization opportunities, security enhancements, and strategic technology replacements.

• Skills in configuring Microsoft Entra tenants and domains, including DNS and VNET setup.

• A commitment to fostering and enhancing a culture of inclusion within and across teams.

• Aligns with WWF’s core values: COURAGE – Demonstrating courage through actions and advocating for change where necessary; INTEGRITY – Acting with integrity, accountability, and transparency, guided by facts and science; RESPECT – Valuing the voices and knowledge of the communities we serve; COLLABORATION – Achieving impact at the scale of challenges through collective action and innovation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid Relocation: None