Cloud Engineer

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 

Azure Engineer

The Azure Engineer will serve as a key delivery engineer for our public cloud ecosystem of partners, customers, and service providers. You will assist AHEAD Architects in the planning and design of Azure solutions for enterprise customers, as well as deployment, testing and cutover of enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud IaaS and PaaS solutions. You will be a technical expert on both cloud and on-premises infrastructure systems. You will apply your technical expertise in Microsoft cloud offerings to successfully, and efficiently, assist customers in their cloud adoption. 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and deploy enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure solutions
• Key resource for hands-on delivery of enterprise Azure solutions
• Review and manage technical requirements and business functional requirements to establish new cloud platforms
• Assist in designing Microsoft Azure solutions to meet our clients’ technical, security, and business needs
• Execute on implementation plans to deploy Azure infrastructure and move workloads to Azure
• Assist in internal Service Delivery Framework and IP development

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant Engineering & Consulting experience
• 1+ years of relevant Microsoft Azure design & delivery experience
• Consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking
• Capable of communicating and presenting complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in written form
• Attend and assist in technical design workshops for enterprise customers.
• Knowledge of cloud system engineering principles and considerations
• Experience in cloud architectures, including web, application, and database components
• Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, PowerShell DSC, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Networking Architectures, Cost Management controls, etc.)

Why AHEAD:

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include: 

- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 

- 401(k) 

- Paid company holidays 

- Paid time off 

- Paid parental and caregiver leave 

- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details. 

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.