Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Aon Corporation • Berwyn, IL

16h

About The Position

The Senior Azure Cloud Engineer is primarily accountable for designing and architecting Aon’s public-cloud infrastructure services, with a main focus on Microsoft Azure. The position serves as a technical leader and subject-matter expert for Azure cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, automation, security, resilience, and operational performance.

The role leads and develops a small team of cloud engineering professionals; partners with technology leadership, security teams, business collaborators, and external service providers; and translates complex functional requirements into detailed enterprise cloud architecture and technical designs. It also establishes engineering standards, monitoring baselines, and repeatable practices, while improving cloud performance, reliability, security, cost management, and operational efficiency.

The position maintains architecture diagrams, support documentation, operating procedures, technical standards, and process documentation, and shares cloud engineering practices and knowledge across internal and external teams.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud, or technology operations within a large, complex, or global enterprise environment.
• At least 2 years of hands-on Microsoft Azure engineering or architecture experience.
• People-management or team-leadership experience, including prioritization, performance management, mentoring, and achieving results.
• Strong experience designing and supporting Azure infrastructure services, including virtual networks, subscriptions, storage, virtual-machine images, backup and disaster recovery, Network Security Groups, role-based access controls, identity services, automation, monitoring, and logging.
• Demonstrated experience with PowerShell and infrastructure-as-code technologies, including Azure Resource Manager templates.
• Experience with scripting, automation, Infrastructure as a Service, and Platform as a Service solutions.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), identity and access management, privileged access, and cloud-security controls.
• Experience designing highly available and resilient cloud services, including backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, capacity management, and performance monitoring.
• Ability to translate business and functional requirements into detailed cloud architecture and technical design documentation.
• Experience leading cloud-related programs or projects and managing scope, risks, dependencies, work progress, and collaborator expectations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineering teams, technology leaders, business partners, and third-party providers.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, global environment and collaborate across cloud engineering, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, architecture, application, and business teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to maintaining current technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture standards, and support materials.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Bicep or Terraform.
• Microsoft Azure architecture, administration, networking, security, or DevOps certification.
• Experience with Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure DevOps, or GitHub.
• Experience with additional public-cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud.
• Experience implementing cloud governance, cost-management, tagging, policy, security, and configuration-management standards.
• Experience supporting cloud services across multiple geographic regions in a regulated global enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary designer and architect for Microsoft Azure enterprise cloud systems and infrastructure services.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable cloud solutions for business areas, technology teams, and internal customers.
• Lead engineering activities involving Azure virtual networks, subscription management, storage, image creation and maintenance, backup and disaster recovery, Network Security Groups, role-based access controls, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Automation, monitoring, and logging.
• Lead and develop a small team of cloud engineering professionals, establish priorities, assign work, and drive measurable results.
• Provide leadership to project teams and facilitate definition of cloud objectives, technical standards, and implementation methods.
• Partner with technology leadership, security teams, business collaborators, and external service providers on cloud initiatives; communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Translate complex functional requirements into detailed technical designs for enterprise cloud architecture, infrastructure services, security, and operational support.
• Review team members’ technical designs and provide recommendations, guidance, and quality assurance.
• Research business and technology challenges and develop cloud solution pathways aligned with architecture, security, risk, and operational requirements.
• Develop and implement cloud infrastructure using automation, scripting, infrastructure as code, and repeatable engineering practices.
• Establish performance baselines and monitoring standards for cloud resources, network traffic, security controls, system availability, and capacity.
• Identify opportunities to improve cloud performance, reliability, security, automation, cost management, and operational efficiency.
• Define tracking mechanisms and ensure applicable technology standards, engineering methods, documentation requirements, and project controls are followed.
• Manage expectations and project scope, report status, address risks and issues, and deliver high-quality results.
• Maintain support documentation, architecture diagrams, operating procedures, technical standards, and process documentation; advise cloud engineering teams and internal technical collaborators.
• Share cloud engineering practices, lessons learned, technical knowledge, and implementation standards across internal and external teams.
• Help establish effective team norms, processes, and operating practices and ensure they are consistently followed.

Benefits

• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Various types of leaves of absence
• Paid time off, including 12 paid holidays and 15 days of paid vacation per year
• Paid sick leave as provided under state and local laws
• Short-term disability and optional long-term disability
• Health savings account
• Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• Employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• Optional personal insurance policies
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition assistance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee assistance program, including free counseling sessions
• Eligibility to participate in an annual incentive plan for a discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed