Senior Cloud Engineer III

Holman is a family-owned, global automotive services organization. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer III to design and implement Azure cloud architectures, ensure security compliance, and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Azure cloud architectures that ensure scalability, availability, and performance
• Develop and maintain contingency and disaster recovery strategies
• Evaluate and recommend Azure architectural patterns using Terraform, BICEP, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Implement and maintain Azure tenant security: baselines, access controls, patching, and vulnerability management
• Ensure compliance with ISO, PCI, GDPR, and FTC Safeguard regulations
• Partner with executives and stakeholders to communicate benefits, risks, and costs of cloud solutions
• Provide expert technical guidance on Azure services, cloud technologies, and industry trends
• Mentor junior engineers and guide Service Delivery teams through documentation and training
• Design and implement automation/orchestration solutions to streamline operations
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting for Azure services
• Maintain uptime through proactive maintenance and structured change management
• Regularly assess existing cloud architectures for optimization, cost savings, and performance
• Stay up to date with emerging Azure features and best practices
• Lead evaluations of new technologies and make recommendations for improvement
• Maintain accurate Azure asset inventories and system baselines
• Define corporate Azure standards and track KPIs (performance, availability, cost)
• Keep documentation current in a central repository
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap creation, and budgeting for cloud services
• Support after-hours operations as part of an on-call rotation
• Engage in ongoing professional development and training

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) required
• 5-7 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud platforms in a large-scale enterprise environment
• Expert knowledge of native Azure cloud services as well as virtualization and container concepts and technologies
• Advanced proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) as well as automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Proficient in various desktop tools including MS Office Programs (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SharePoint etc.)
• Knowledge of networking protocols and technologies, such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VLANs
• Implement and maintain Azure tenant security: baselines, access controls, patching, and vulnerability management
• Ensure compliance with ISO, PCI, GDPR, and FTC Safeguard regulations
• Design and implement Azure cloud architectures that ensure scalability, availability, and performance
• Develop and maintain contingency and disaster recovery strategies
• Evaluate and recommend Azure architectural patterns using Terraform, BICEP, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Partner with executives and stakeholders to communicate benefits, risks, and costs of cloud solutions
• Provide expert technical guidance on Azure services, cloud technologies, and industry trends
• Mentor junior engineers and guide Service Delivery teams through documentation and training
• Design and implement automation/orchestration solutions to streamline operations
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting for Azure services
• Maintain uptime through proactive maintenance and structured change management
• Regularly assess existing cloud architectures for optimization, cost savings, and performance
• Stay up to date with emerging Azure features and best practices
• Lead evaluations of new technologies and make recommendations for improvement
• Maintain accurate Azure asset inventories and system baselines
• Define corporate Azure standards and track KPIs (performance, availability, cost)
• Keep documentation current in a central repository
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap creation, and budgeting for cloud services
• Support after-hours operations as part of an on-call rotation
• Engage in ongoing professional development and training
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303 and AZ-304) a plus