Lead Azure Platform Engineer - Remote

We are seeking an experienced and passionate azure cloud engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for building scalable solutions in the Azure Platforms for our Data & Analytics Platform.

You may be expected to lead a team of junior engineers towards successful delivery of engineering solutions. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical skills and leadership ability, with the communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with other members of the IT team.

Note that this is not a traditional Data Engineering job. We build platforms and solutions that enable Data Engineers & Scientists accomplish business goals.

Typical Duties & Responsibilities :

Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security.

Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure

Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and / or governance to identify and implement improvements.

Engage in conducting Proof of Concepts of various vendor solutions and present final recommendations.

Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions.

Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions.

Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments.

Develop and implement policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss.

Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and / or modernized.

Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards.

Participate in an on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations. Education Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

4+ years of Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization.

6+ years of experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions

Experience in the design and operation of medium to large scale enterprise infrastructure, databases, and application systems

Experience working within an Agile framework.

Experience in IaC development with Terraform, Azure CLI, Puppet, and Ansible

Experience scripting with Python and Azure PowerShell.

Experience with Windows, Linux VMs, networking, routing & firewalls.

Experience with Azure services such as ADF, Logic Apps, AKS, ADLS, etc..

Proficient with GIT, ADO to perform source code management.

Experience with Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps

Experience with Jira and ServiceNow

Competence in a wide range of IT skills including networking, systems administration, data protection, information security and CI / CD tooling.

Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years’ IT experience

Experience with administration of Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog