Azure Cloud Engineer

Description
About Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity - are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team
We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated, and action orientated
Cloud Engineer
(Primarily Microsoft Azure) to join the IT Engineering Team. The
Cloud Engineer
will report to the IT Engineering Manager and work closely with other Infrastructure, Network, Operations, Security, and Application Engineers and Developers. The Cloud Engineer will also work closely with end users, to implement, monitor and maintain production and dev environments in a 24/7/365 global environment.

How You Will Contribute

• As a member of the team, you will:

• Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS deployment infrastructure based on requirements and best practices.

• Automate configurations and deployments using scripts, ensuring a consistent and streamlined setup across various environments.
• Implement and enforce security best practices, such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), private endpoint connections, and RBAC roles.
• Continuously research and stay updated with cloud advancements, suggesting improvements and updates to the company's existing setup.
• Architect, design and deployment of Secured Azure Landing Zones with segmented deployment groups.
• Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure SaaS and PaaS services and solutions.
• Cost management of Azure services and implementation of a tagging strategy for Cloud Resources and Assets with an associated taxonomy in support of cost rebilling, reporting, and compliance.
• Planning and migration of existing workloads into Azure.

• Design, build, upgrade, and decommission various Windows and Linux systems, features, and services including but not limited to:

• Windows Server 2016 – 2019

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Active Directory
• AAD
• DNS, DHCP
• Remote Desktop Service

• Various LOB applications

• Automate the delivery of Azure and HyperV services.

• Respond to monitoring alerts of any health issues within the Azure and HyperV environments.
• Liaise effectively with 3rd party suppliers and support providers to ensure issues and solutions are provided within expected service levels.
• Provide training and act as a point of escalation for the Service Desk and supporting team members.
• Recommend areas where existing policies and procedures require change or where new ones need to be developed.
• Create supporting documentation for various audiences with the ability to multi-task and be creative and innovative in a dynamic, fast paced team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in architecture, design, deployment, and maintenance of public cloud solutions with a focus on Microsoft Azure IaaS.
• Minimum 3 years of experience providing IT administration and/or engineering services managing Windows and Linux Servers and Services (Server 2012 R2 – Server 2019, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Centos).
• Expert knowledge of Azure CLI PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure Networking, Azure Virtual Networks, ExpressRoutes, and Site-to-Site-VPN.
• Experience implementing Cisco and/or F5 virtual appliances, automated deployment solutions, with a focus on ServiceNow catalog deployments.
• Extensive experience with Azure services and solutions.
• Proficient in scripting for automating deployments and configurations.
• Familiarity with VNet Integration, Synapse storage setup, and external storage configurations.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices.
• Knowledge of various governance frameworks such as SOX, SC-II, HIPPA, PCI, and experience with implementing associated security and compliance controls.
• Intermediate knowledge of Azure DevOps configuration and Management, Azure Security Center, and Azure Identity Management, including Azure AD, Azure AD B2C, SSO.
• Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and Application insights.
• Certification in one or more multiple public cloud environments from different vendors (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc) preferred.
• Experience with securing and hardening of server environments and serverless code development and deployment.
• Experience implementing DevOPS practices including Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC), Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD), and automated testing.
• Experience with planning and executing migrations from on-premises data centers to public cloud environments.
• Experience in Terraform and/or Ansible and/or AWS CloudFormation IaC tools.
• Script Experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar.
• Experience developing or supporting applications using microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL.

• Experience managing small projects and leading initiatives with minimal direction throughout the project lifecycle

• Bicep Templates: Streamline Azure resource deployment using Bicep for consistent, secure infrastructure-as-code (IaC)

• PowerShell Automation: Automate Azure environment tasks with PowerShell, integrating scripts into CI/CD pipelines.
• YAML Pipelines: Build multi-stage YAML-based CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, code checks, and resource provisioning.
• Secure Parameter Handling: Securely manage sensitive information in YAML pipelines using Azure Key Vault and DevOps secrets.
• Pipeline Optimization: Improve pipeline efficiency with modular, reusable tasks using Bicep, PowerShell, and YAML

Your journey at A&M
We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person's unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career. We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

Inclusive Diversity

A&M's entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal's practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.