Lead Cloud Engineer - Infrastructure - Remote / WFH

About the job : Lead Cloud Engineer - Infrastructure | REMOTE / WFH

Due to logistical reasons, only Philippine-based applicants are accepted.

Overview :

The Lead Cloud Engineer is primarily responsible for providing technical delivery leadership on client engagements, leading the architectural design sessions with the client, providing regular coaching and guidance to peers that help with the implementation, and managing client expectations, all while cultivating a collaborative and inclusive team culture. The Lead Cloud Engineer role provides a career path for Sr. Cloud engineers and cloud engineers that are aspiring to lead and guide client engagements from end to end.

People Development in Project

Lead Cloud Engineers are responsible for providing technical oversight and guidance for those younger career team members that are learning the company's approach to infrastructure engagements

Serve as coach in a player-coach model to help support the upskilling of team members and help them build their confidence in infrastructure delivery

Help foster and build relationships between cloud infrastructure teams (delivery, delivery excellence, and solution architecture) as well as outside of the practice

Delivery Support Activities

Function as technical delivery oversight with strong consultative skills on multiple client engagements

Partner up with Delivery Excellence to ensure project milestones are aligned to a project plan that is inclusive of capturing key client decisions

Broad, deep technical knowledge across Azure technologies inclusive of Log Analytics (KQL), Application Insights, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Azure Security, Azure Networking (App Gateways, Front Door, Firewall, VWAN), Azure Storage, Azure Automation (IaC), Azure Sentinel, App Services, Containers (AKS), Managed Instances, Azure SQL, Azure DNS, Azure Virtual Desktop + Nerdio, Azure Files.

Have a strong understanding of Cloud Infrastructure solutions and the delivery / execution of how they are implemented using IaC (Bicep or Terraform)

Help the delivery team reach billable targets by assisting with breaking through project blockers. Help facilitate change orders and project extensions when in-flight projects call for it

Help drive alignment where there are technical mesh points between other company's practice areas by providing technical oversight and direction

Keep apprised of the latest technologies and how they may impact existing company offerings.

Have obtained the AZ-305 Cloud Architect certification

Business Development Leadership

Gain exposure to other company's offerings in other practice areas to help position in existing infrastructure engagements. Identify new

Cloud Infrastructure & Security solution opportunities and raise them up

The company's Community leadership and support Lead and guide the infrastructure offerings committees that define and drive forward standard offerings for our practice

Lever Factors That Help Grow Our Business

Reach trusted advisor within multiple accounts, which then help support the growth of existing customer accounts in a Land & Expand approach, helps us keep our people billing on engagements where we are doing awesome work

Lead and guide multiple engagements that help enable our infrastructure team to scale out

Help support teammates with unblocking engagements and remediating possible escalations before they happen

Create reusable artifacts and content that enable our team members to bill their time to our clients