Azure Tech Lead

Fisher Investments•Plano, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for an Azure Technical Lead to support our Cloud Platform team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you! The Opportunity: As 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.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure cross platform technology areas, with implementing and maintaining expertise of Azure cloud services.
5+ years of experience building, deploying and managing IaaS and PaaS services on Microsoft Azure platform.
4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, including building reusable modules, managing state, and promoting infrastructure changes through automated CI/CD pipelines.
Hands-on experience implementing Azure security and governance controls, including Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, secure landing zones, identity governance, secret management and compliance enforcement.
Strong working networking knowledge (DNS, routing, firewalls, and private access)
Scripting and automation of builds, workflows, tasks and other integration aspects
Linux and Microsoft Windows server administration
Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert cloud certification

Nice To Haves

1+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads is preferred

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care

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