Job Description
Insight Global is looking for an Azure Technical Lead, you will report to the Cloud Platform Team Lead and will be responsible for mentoring, supporting, and teaching a team of cloud engineers in designing, implementing, and managing our Azure-based cloud infrastructure. As a hands-on Technical Lead, you will consult and contribute to process improvements of IT policies, procedures, tools, security controls and infrastructure. You will also conduct research and proof of concept activities and provide recommendations for new technologies, techniques and tools to add value by increasing efficiency while improving service quality.
The Day-to-Day:
• Guide, mentor, and manage a team of cloud engineers promoting a collaborative and high-performance work environment
• Conduct regular team meetings for code reviews, cross team collaboration opportunities, design reviews and training sessions to ensure continuous development and alignment with our goals
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for Cloud platform services
• Aide in designing and managing scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation tooling for routine operation tasks
• Oversee the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of Azure resources
• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of the Azure environment through proactive monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Manage cloud costs and increase resource usage to achieve cost efficiency
• Work with solution architects and partners to confirm developed solutions align with existing standards, meet security controls and meet cloud computing best practices
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and the use of new technologies to enhance the Azure cloud environment
• Stay up to date with the latest Azure features, tools, and best practices, and share this knowledge with the team
• Investigate and monitor current-state cloud usage, solutions in use, risks, gaps, limitations and recommend solutions, optimizations and remediation
• Ensure cloud services and toolsets are deployed with best practices and documentation
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of experience deploying resources and managing infrastructure through both manual and automated pipelines in an IT infrastructure and operational environment
- Professional Experience with Azure AI and exposure to Artificial Intelligence technologies, frameworks, or solutions
o This is now more of a plus, candidate does not need professional experience, but needs some knowledge or certs around AI
- 5+ building deploying and managing Azure IaaS (Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking) and PaaS (App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory)
- 4+ years of IaC Infrastructure as a code using Terraform including building reusable modules, managing state, and promoting infrastructure changes through automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Will be in a lead role, Acting as a mentor, doing peer reviews, incident responses, will not need to do any performance management or have direct reports
- NOT looking for a Manager or Architect, must be very Sr. Level or already in a lead role.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Octopus Deploy
• Kubernetes
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.