Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Your role.
Define and evolve Azure platform standards, roadmaps, and best practices in collaboration with architects and engineering teams.
Provide technical leadership for the Cloud Team, including coaching, mentoring, delegating, reviewing work of other team members, and setting appropriate expectations and goals.
Design, and implement Azure solutions that meet business requirements, including high availability, disaster recovery, and security controls.
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and related tooling.
Design and improve CI/CD pipelines to deliver cloud infrastructure safely and consistently at scale.
Lead cloud solutions from concept through implementation, including architecture decisions, cost considerations, and knowledge transfer.
Conduct research on emerging public cloud technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost-effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.
Investigate incidents, identify root causes, and drive improvements to prevent recurring issues.
Apply FinOps practices to optimize cloud costs and improve transparency.
Provide senior-level (Tier 3) support for Azure infrastructure, including participation in on-call rotations and occasional after-hours maintenance.
The qualifications.
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business or a related major is preferred but not required.
7+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including 3+ years building and operating solutions in Microsoft Azure using Infrastructure as Code.
Ability to lead technically, communicate clearly, and guide others through complex problems.
Demonstrated work experience with Terraform and deploying Infrastructure as Code.
Thorough understanding of Azure resources such as App Services, Front Door, Key Vault, Logic Apps, Network Security Groups (NSG), Virtual Machines, VNets, Azure SQL, and Storage Accounts.
Knowledge of core networking principles, including subnetting, routing, and security best practices.
Experience designing for high availability using Availability Zones and regional architectures.
A passion for cloud technologies and continuous learning.
This position may require travel on rare occasions.
Experience with the following will help you stand out, but are not required:
Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform Cloud, Env0, or similar platforms.
Experience deploying Microsoft Azure AI services.
Microsoft Azure or HashiCorp certification.
Scripting experience with PowerShell and/or Python.
This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.
We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staff are able to take advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.
The compensation range reflects the base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to: responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent.
Under Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act, you have the right to redact, from any documents that you submit in connection with your application, information that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Should you wish to exercise your right to redact such information, please redact it prior to submitting documentation.
The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is: $115,000.00 - $165,000.00
This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This deadline will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended.
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