Terms: fulltime role.

Location: Naperville, IL - onsite 5 days per week.

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We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team. A Senior Cloud Engineer is a valuable member of a cross-functional Scrum Team that collaborates with product owners, peer engineers, architects, and scrum masters to develop solutions that meet business and technical requirements. The Senior Cloud Engineer specializes in Microsoft Azure and is critical in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based solutions. This role's expertise will be instrumental in successfully adopting Azure services, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Cloud Architecture and Design
2. Architect, design, and implement Azure-based solutions that align with business requirements
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create robust, scalable, cost-effective cloud architectures
4. Infrastructure Deployment and Management
5. Deploy and manage Azure resources, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and databases
6. Implement Infrastructure as code (IaC) using Bicep
7. Monitor and optimize Azure and on-premises resources for performance, cost, and security
8. Automation and DevOps
9. Develop and maintain automation scripts (PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python) for provisioning and managing cloud resources
10. Implement CI/CD pipelines for application deployment using Azure DevOps
11. Foster a culture of continuous improvement through automation
12. Security and Compliance
13. Ensure Azure environments adhere to security best practices and compliance standards
14. Implement Identity and access management (IAM) controls, network security groups, and encryption mechanisms.
15. Troubleshooting and Support
16. Investigate and resolve incidents related to Azure services and on-premises infrastructure
17. Provide timely support to development teams and end-users
18. Assist in educating teams on cloud technologies
19. Capacity Planning and Scalability
20. Evaluate resource utilization and plan for capacity scaling
21. Optimize Azure services for high availability and fault tolerance.
22. Mentorship and Leadership
23. Act as a mentor, sharing knowledge and best practices.
24. Foster a collaborative learning environment within the team

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s or Master's degree in CS/IS or equivalent experience
2. 5 years of hands-on experience working with Azure services, including VMs, Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, and Azure Networking.
3. Azure Certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert)
4. Proficiency in scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, or similar)
5. Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and network security
6. Experience with infrastructure as code
7. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
8. Effective communication skills with the ability to articulate technical details to different, sometimes non-technical audiences