Principal Consultant, Cloud Engineer

About the role

TTEC Digital seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer specializing in Microsoft Azure to design and harden landing zones, automate infrastructure with IaC, and enforce security, governance, and networking best practices. This role is highly customer-facing, collaborating with business leaders and engineering teams to deliver Azure Cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium-scale technical requirements elicitation, design, and scoping discussions, internally and/or with clients
• Decompose medium-scale requirements/user stories into tasks, and accurately estimate the effort to complete those tasks
• Demonstrate a consistent capability for successful project leadership, including both on- and off-shore resources
• Proactively and professionally raise and articulate risks with the PM, project delivery team, and internal leadership
• Aid in winning and/or extending business by working cross-functionally with sales and delivery to develop client proposals and presentations around process and solution options, clearly explaining technical concepts for shared understanding to facilitate decision-making
• Design and set standards for low- to medium-complexity solutions using a variety of technologies, platforms, and integrations

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with Agile delivery, and ability to recommend whether an Agile, traditional/waterfall, or hybrid approach is most suitable for a project
• 5+ years’ experience leading consulting projects with three or more of the following types of projects, and is considered a go-to source of knowledge for others:
• Landing Zones & Governance
• Identity & Access (Microsoft Entra)
• Compliance & Risk
• Security Architecture
• Reliability/Backup/Disaster Recovery
• Hybrid & Edge
• Observability & Operations
• Performance & Scalability
• Cost & FinOps: Budgets/alerts
• Networking
• 5+ years’ experience leading consulting projects using four or more of the following tools and technologies, and is considered a go-to source of knowledge for others:
• Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
• Azure Compliance
• Azure Governance
• Azure Landing Zone Design
• Azure Networking
• Azure Security
• Azure Virtual Machine & Storage resources
• Azure AKS/Kubernetes
• Entra Build
• Entra Manage
• 4 or more Microsoft Azure Infrastructure & Operations, DevOps Automation, Networking, and/or Security certifications, AZ104 and AZ305 are must-haves
• Ability to present to clients in a business-focused, impactful, and persuasive manner
• Proven ability to lead projects including both on- and off-shore resources

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation, Azure Compliance, Azure Governance, Azure Landing Zone Design, Azure Networking, Azure Security, Azure Virtual Machine & Storage resources, Azure AKS/Kubernetes, Entra Build, Entra Manage
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience with project management and leadership in consulting environments
• Experience with presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Skills

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure services and architecture
• Experience with Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
• Experience with Azure Compliance, Governance, and Security
• Experience with Azure Landing Zone Design, Networking, and Virtual Machines
• Experience with Azure Security and AKS/Kubernetes
• Experience with Entra Build and Entra Manage
• Experience with Agile methodologies and project management
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule
• Competitive compensation package
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee assistance program
• Professional development opportunities

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The role offers a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the candidate and the client.