Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Inotiv is a contemporary drug discovery and development company seeking a Lead Azure Cloud Engineer. This role involves overseeing the design, implementation, and management of hybrid cloud solutions, focusing on Microsoft 365 services and providing strategic leadership for cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Guide and support Azure and Infrastructure engineers, fostering their professional development and encouraging growth within the organization
- Lead performance management, professional development, and hiring for the Azure and Infrastructure engineering team
- 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 virtualized environments to Azure using approved tools, patterns, and architectures
- Deploy, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure components including virtual machines, networking, storage, identity, and security services
- 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 closely with cross-functional teams to continuously improve cloud platform capabilities and migration outcomes
- Lead cyber-recovery capabilities, including isolated recovery environment (IRE) design, immutable backups, and ransomware-resilient architecture
- Design and enforce a Zero Trust security model using Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Design, implement, and maintain a global IT infrastructure DR strategy
Skills
- 8+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud services
- Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS (VMs, networking, storage) and PaaS (App Services, SQL, Functions, etc.)
- Strong background in virtualization technologies, preferably VMware vSphere/ESXi
- Experience migrating workloads from on-premises environments to Azure
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform
- Solid understanding of networking (VPN, ExpressRoute, load balancers, firewalls, DNS)
- Knowledge of cloud security, identity and access management (Microsoft Entra ID), and compliance best practices
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in hybrid cloud environments
- Familiarity with scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, or similar)
- Prior experience leading or mentoring a team of infrastructure engineers, including performance management and hiring
- Experience designing backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions in Azure, including immutable backup patterns
- Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) / Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, or equivalent)
- Experience with hybrid cloud solutions integrating Azure with VMware or other on-premises systems
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Strong cloud security experience and cloud security certifications
- Exposure to backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity in Azure
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (AKS, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across infrastructure, security, and application teams
- Experience designing or operating cloud infrastructure in regulated industries (e.g., GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, SOX)
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel
- Exposure to Azure VMware Solution (AVS) for phased VMware-to-Azure migration
- Experience applying FinOps practices (tagging, rightsizing, reservations/savings plans, showback/chargeback) to enterprise Azure environments
Benefits
- Health and dental coverage
- Short- and long-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k)
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