Cloud Engineer (Azure)

AccumTech•Ann Arbor, MI

About The Position

As an Azure Cloud Engineer at AccumTech, you help design, deploy, manage, and support cloud solutions built on Microsoft Azure. You will work in a collaborative atmosphere to architect, design, and implement AccumTech’s Azure cloud strategy. In this role, you will incorporate governance, security, and operational best practices. You will assist in designing scalable solutions, guide cloud strategy, establish standards, and ensure the reliability and performance of Azure-based workloads. A key part of this role is knowledge sharing, documentation, and upskilling others on the team. You will share findings, document best practices, build internal knowledge resources, and help elevate the cloud competency of the broader team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Azure services, Azure networking, identity, security frameworks, and enterprise cloud operations.

Requirements

Understanding of Azure services such as VMSS, App Services, Storage, Functions, Key Vault, SQL, and core networking
Familiarity with Azure networking: VNets, NSGs/ASGs, Private Endpoints, WAF, load balancing
Understanding of cloud security principles including RBAC, JIT, and conditional access
Experience designing Azure-native backup, restore, replication, and DR strategies
Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Sentinel, Log Analytics, and cross-service event correlation
Experience with Active Directory, Entra ID, conditional access, and hybrid identity
Conceptually design cloud-native architectures with scalability, resilience, and redundancy
Comfortable working within compliance, security frameworks, and cloud best practices
Ability to work in a team atmosphere to understand complex Azure concepts
Strong written communication and documentation skills
Forward-thinking mindset with the ability to anticipate issues and drive proactive solutions
Comfortable asking clarifying questions and driving architectural discussions
Skilled in cross-functional collaboration
Enjoys knowledge sharing, training, mentoring, and helping others grow technically
Able to translate cloud designs into clear concepts and actionable guidance for other teams

Nice To Haves

Azure architecture certifications completed or in-progress
Relevant Microsoft or cloud security certifications
Experience with automation or IaC (Bicep, ARM, Terraform, GitHub Actions)
Containerization experience (AKS, Kubernetes, etc)

Responsibilities

Assist in the development and execution of Azure cloud strategy, architecture, and implementation plans
Help build and maintain Azure resources, services, and environments
Establish performance monitoring, capacity planning, and operational health assessments
Establish protocol for incident analysis and remediation using Azure-native monitoring and diagnostic tools
Assist with design and maintenance using Azure-native backup, recovery, and DR/BCP configurations
Troubleshoot Azure services, identity (AD/Entra), networking, and security issues
Assist in the design and implementation of governance models, including RBAC, least privilege, Azure Policies, and conditional access
Analyze cloud events using Azure Monitor, Sentinel, and Log Analytics
Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures
Collaborate with development teams to support deployments, integrations, and best practices
Assist with escalated Azure and identity-related issues
Define baseline performance standards for cloud workloads
Knowledge sharing with department staff on Azure best practices, findings, new capabilities, and operational insights