Senior Cloud Engineer

About the role: As a Senior Cloud Engineer for Azure, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure for our clients. You will play a pivotal role in our organization's cloud strategy by providing technical leadership, guiding best practices, and ensuring the success of our cloud solutions.

About the company:

Protera Technologies, is a global Total IT Outsourcing Services Provider for SAP-centric organizations. The Company was formed in the mid-90s to provide comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for customers with SAP in the core of their IT resources. Protera Technologies has capitalized on its unbeatable experiences with SAP to evolve into a pioneer of end-to-end total IT Outsourcing global solutions that covers all IT needs of an organization. Since its founding in 1998, Protera Technologies is committed to enabling constant change while improving quality and reducing total cost of ownership for all IT resources of an SAP centric organization.

Values:

• Impact: Create intentional and meaningful interactions to improve, innovate and inspire

• Curiosity: Stay curious about the evolution and journey of each other.
• Authenticity: High integrity individuals working together for the greater good.
• Celebration: Of our work, our people, our clients, our traditions, and our communities.

To know more about us you can visit our website www.protera.com.

• Architect, design, and implement enterprise-scale Azure cloud infrastructure solutions that meet business requirements and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement innovative cloud solutions aligned with our organization's cloud strategy.
• Optimize cloud deployments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Lead technical discussions, recommend best practices, and mentor junior team members on cloud engineering principles.
• Design and implement automation tools and processes for provisioning, scaling, and monitoring cloud resources.
• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architectures, procedures, and guidelines.
• Provide troubleshooting and resolution support for cloud-related incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and prompt issue resolution.
• Keep current with emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, sharing knowledge and insights with the team to drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of cloud-based tools and services.
• Plan and execute migrations to Azure, utilizing lift-and-shift, app modernization, and other migration strategies as needed.

Requirements

Must Have :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 3 years focused on Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-303, AZ-304) are strongly preferred.
• Expertise in Azure services, including but not limited to Azure Active Directory, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Azure Storage, and Azure Functions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, and compliance best practices.
• Proficient in infrastructure-as-code (IAC) tools such as Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
• Strong scripting and programming skills (e.g., PowerShell, Python, C#, or Java).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
• Extensive experience with Linux operating systems and administration.
• Demonstrated experience in migrating workloads to Azure, including both lift-and-shift and app modernization strategies.

Benefits

Protera offers a variety of health and wellbeing programs. Benefit options include two PPO Medical plans, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dependent Care FSA, 401k retirement savings plan, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible PTO policy, Paid Holidays.