Azure Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic, customer-facing Azure Cloud Engineer to join our Professional Services team in the delivery of complex IT projects. This role combines hands-on technical execution with direct customer engagement, supporting production implementations, infrastructure design, and migration initiatives across a range of enterprise environments.

What You'll Do :

Project Delivery & Technical Execution

• Provide hands-on technical support for complex projects, with a focus on production and implementation
• Participate in project work plans and report deviations to Project Managers as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Effectively apply company methodology and enforce project standards
• Minimize exposure and risk to the organization across all project work
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately

Azure Infrastructure & Migration

• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and reliable Azure infrastructure environments
• Assist with implementing Azure infrastructure enhancements to streamline customer workloads
• Assist with the planning and migration of complex customer workloads to Microsoft Azure, including migration to cloud-native PaaS solutions
• Gather, review, and validate network requirements, VNets, and network security groups
• Deploy and configure both Azure-native and custom network and firewall configurations
• Implement Azure monitoring and diagnostics pipelines based on unique customer needs

Automation & DevOps

• Assist with maintaining CI/CD platforms
• Develop cloud automation tailored to unique customer needs and requirements
• Utilize PowerShell, Azure CLI, and other scripting languages to complete day-to-day tasks

Technical Support & Collaboration

• Serve as a technical escalation point for technical staff from other departments
• Work with account teams to identify and resolve persistent and lingering issues
• Assist with troubleshooting technologies including Hyper-V, VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory, and physical infrastructure
• Support the Project Architecture team as needed, including customer-facing discussions about Azure product offerings
• Ensure timely communications and updates are provided to all relevant parties

What You'll Need :

Experience

• Several years of experience working in project-based environments and/or reporting to Project Managers
• Experience planning, designing, and deploying Azure infrastructure and resources
• Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
• Experience or familiarity with Azure Migrate and/or Azure Site Recovery for migrations

Technical Skills

• Familiarity with Azure Active Directory administration
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows (Azure ARM, Bicep, and/or Terraform); familiarity with Bicep is preferred
• Familiarity with migrating customer applications to cloud-native PaaS solutions
• Basic understanding of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) methodology
• Basic understanding of the Microsoft Zero Trust security model
• Knowledge of Git and branching strategies
• Basic understanding of Azure DevOps workflows

Soft Skills

• Great people, customer service, and verbal/written communication skills
• Passionate, hardworking, team player, and motivated to delight customers

Preferred Certifications (any of the following)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

Skills Required
Git, Terraform, Azure Active Directory, Azure, Azure Devops, Powershell