Senior Azure Cloud Administrator (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

2d • Remote

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a highly skilled Azure Cloud Engineer with strong FinOps expertise and infrastructure operations experience to support a managed services operating model. This role will act as a technical execution lead for Azure infrastructure, responsible for maintaining platform health, optimizing cost, and executing operational tasks within a structured governance framework. The engineer will partner with internal stakeholders who retain accountability for governance, compliance, and application ownership, while this role focuses on hands-on infrastructure execution, monitoring, and continuous improvement. This role is open to remote work from most US locations.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience working in Azure cloud engineering or infrastructure roles.
• Proven experience with Azure cost optimization / FinOps practices, including measurable savings outcomes.
• Hands-on experience managing virtual machines (Windows & Linux) at scale.
• Experience with Terraform and/or PowerShell for infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of Azure compute, storage, and networking.
• Strong understanding of backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Strong understanding of SSL/TLS certificate management.
• Experience with Azure AD / Entra ID, identity management, and access control.
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning in Azure.
• Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills in production environments.
• Bachelor's degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a managed services or shared-responsibility model.
• Familiarity with Change management processes (CAB).
• Familiarity with Compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC2).
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Exposure to Security tooling (Defender for Cloud, Sentinel).
• Azure certifications such as: AZ-104 (Administrator), AZ-305 (Solutions Architect).
• FinOps Certified Practitioner.
• CompTIA Cloud+/Security+.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day Azure infrastructure operations, acting as the technical executor for platform stability, performance, and maintenance.
• Provide Tier-3 infrastructure support, troubleshooting complex cloud issues and restoring service during critical incidents.
• Execute infrastructure changes and maintain detailed change logs, ensuring traceability and compliance with change management processes.
• Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation, including architecture diagrams, system inventories, and operational procedures.
• Deliver 24x7 Azure infrastructure monitoring, proactively identifying issues and initiating remediation actions.
• Support incident response and escalation, including security-related events, ensuring rapid triage and resolution.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and contribute to continuous improvement of reliability practices.
• Perform periodic infrastructure log reviews, identifying anomalies and supporting operational and security insights.
• Execute periodic and emergency patching across Azure infrastructure to ensure systems remain secure and compliant.
• Support security operations by reviewing logs, escalating findings, and assisting with remediation activities.
• Provide technical support for compliance and audit activities, including PHI-related log collection and reporting.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining security controls aligned to governance policies (Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, identity controls).
• Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives, including VM and disk right-sizing, Reserved instances / savings plans, and storage lifecycle and backup optimization.
• Develop and maintain cost visibility and reporting mechanisms, including anomaly detection and budget tracking.
• Support FinOps governance, including tagging standards, KPI tracking, and cost optimization recommendations aligned to organizational objectives.
• Provision and manage Azure resources using Terraform and PowerShell-based automation.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices while maintaining flexibility for operational (“click-ops”) activities when required.
• Manage: Virtual machines (Windows/Linux), Storage accounts and backup solutions, Azure networking (VNets, NSGs, load balancers, app gateways).
• Contribute to automation improvements for operational efficiency and repeatability.
• Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies using Azure-native services.
• Monitor backup health and failure conditions, ensuring timely remediation and reliability improvements.
• Support recovery testing and ensure alignment with business continuity requirements.
• Work within a shared responsibility model, where this role executes infrastructure operations and internal teams retain accountability for governance, compliance, and application ownership.
• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams, Security and compliance stakeholders, and Application and platform owners.
• Support change advisory processes (CAB), incident communication, and audit readiness activities.

Benefits

• health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior