Lead Azure Cloud Engineer

About this role

The Lead Azure Cloud Engineer will play a key role in leading the design, building, and operating Microsoft Azure infrastructure as part of a team migrating a large, enterprise VMware environment to Azure. This role works closely with other azure cloud engineers, infrastructure engineers, and application owners to plan and execute migrations, establish cloud-native architectures, and ensure the ongoing stability, security, and scalability of the Azure platform.
In addition to migration efforts, the Lead Azure Cloud Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the Azure environment post-migration, implementing best practices, and deploying new cloud resources in support of business and IT projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide and support Azure and Infrastructure engineers, fostering their professional development and encouraging growth within the organization.
• Lead and collaborate with Azure and infrastructure engineers to design, build Azure landing zones and foundational services to support large-scale VMware-to-Azure migrations.
• Plan, execute, and support the migration of workloads from on-premises VMware environments to Azure using approved tools, patterns, and architectures.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure components.
• Maintain and operate the Azure environment, ensuring availability, performance, security, and cost optimization.
• Identify and execute strategies for cost reduction.
• Implement and enforce Azure best practices related to governance, security, monitoring, and resiliency.
• Support application and project teams by provisioning Azure resources and advising on cloud-appropriate designs.
• Participate in troubleshooting and resolving Azure infrastructure incidents and performance issues.
• Contribute to automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives to standardize deployments and reduce manual effort.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures for Azure services.
• Work clos...