Senior Azure Technical Escalation Risk Engineer

Blueprint is a technology solutions firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, focused on leveraging technology to unlock value for organizations. In this role, you will support an enterprise cloud support organization by identifying and mitigating high-risk technical support cases before they escalate to executive leadership, collaborating with various teams to ensure timely issue resolution and improve risk detection processes.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and review active cloud support cases (initially Azure-focused, expanding to broader enterprise support cases) to identify high-risk indicators
• Evaluate technical health, customer impact, and communication quality within ongoing support engagements
• Proactively engage support teams to mitigate potential executive escalations
• Serve as a technical escalation point for priority and high-visibility cases
• Maintain accurate documentation of risk assessments, actions taken, and remediation outcomes
• Analyze historical escalation trends to identify recurring risk patterns
• Contribute to enhancements of internal risk evaluation processes, including AI-assisted prompt refinement and data-driven insights
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure SLA compliance and resolution quality
• Provide feedback to support engineers to improve case handling and communication effectiveness
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the support operations organization

Requirements:

• Associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 7–10 years of technical support experience in enterprise cloud environments
• Previous experience in enterprise-level cloud support delivery (Azure strongly preferred)
• Demonstrated experience handling high-severity or executive-facing escalation cases
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts (compute, storage, networking, identity)
• Experience working in SLA-driven environments with ticketing systems (ServiceNow, Dynamics, or similar)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong situational judgment and problem-solving ability
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple high-priority cases simultaneously
• Experience reviewing support case quality and technical health metrics
• Exposure to identity and access management (Entra ID / Active Directory)
• Background in 24/7 NOC, incident management, or escalation operations
• Familiarity with log analysis, case trend analysis, or operational dashboards
• Experience contributing to automation, workflow optimization, or AI-driven risk detection tools
• ITIL certification or formal service management training
• Prior experience supporting large enterprise or government cloud customers