Senior Azure Engineer

Dana Incorporated • Maumee, OH

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About The Position

The Senior Azure Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, automation, security, and operational support of the enterprise Microsoft Azure platform. The role is a senior technical resource for Azure infrastructure, cloud-native services, hybrid integration, governance, resiliency, and cost optimization. It partners with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Networking, Application, and business technology teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

The position designs and implements enterprise Azure infrastructure, leads workload migrations and modernization, expands infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices, implements cloud security and governance controls, and improves monitoring, reliability, disaster recovery, and support. It also strengthens cloud cost transparency and optimization, and provides technical leadership, mentoring, design guidance, and escalation support across projects and operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or regional equivalent, in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of infrastructure, systems, platform, or cloud engineering experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure engineering experience in a medium-to-large enterprise environment.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience leading cloud migrations, modernization initiatives, infrastructure automation, and resiliency improvements.
• Working knowledge of cloud governance, security, networking, identity, monitoring, disaster recovery, and FinOps practices.
• Knowledge of Azure services including Virtual Machines, Storage, App Service, Functions, AKS, Azure SQL, Monitor, Backup, Site Recovery, Key Vault, Policy, Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, VPN, load balancing, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity.
• Knowledge of incident, problem, change, configuration, capacity, availability, and asset lifecycle management practices.
• Fluency in English reading, writing, and speaking.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, prioritization, and technical decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, operations, and leadership stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple priorities, and follow through on commitments.
• Strong customer focus, documentation discipline, continuous-improvement mindset, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to mentor team members, influence without direct authority, and lead technical work across global teams.
• Ability to balance speed, reliability, cybersecurity, cost, and operational sustainability in technical decisions.
• Ability to collaborate across global, cross-functional teams and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to act with initiative and urgency while maintaining engineering quality and adapting to change.

Nice To Haves

• Multilingual capability.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, or DevOps Engineer Expert certification.
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate and/or ITIL Foundation certification.
• Experience supporting manufacturing or operational technology environments.
• Experience integrating Azure with ServiceNow CMDB/ITSM and observability platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, or Microsoft Sentinel.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available Azure solutions and enterprise infrastructure supporting applications, shared services, and business capabilities.
• Develop reusable architecture patterns, engineering standards, and deployment templates.
• Lead Azure migration, modernization, scalability, availability, and resiliency initiatives.
• Evaluate Azure services and recommend adoption based on business value, risk, supportability, and cost.
• Administer Azure management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and shared platform services.
• Monitor platform health and performance using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and enterprise observability tools.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, identity, security, and application connectivity issues.
• Develop operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and platform service-level measures.
• Implement Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, and related security controls.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams on secure configurations, vulnerability remediation, risk reduction, and audits.
• Apply least privilege, private connectivity, encryption, logging, and Zero Trust principles to cloud designs.
• Ensure Azure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, regulatory, and data protection requirements.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent technologies.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, compliance, maintenance, and operational processes using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, and GitHub Actions.
• Promote platform engineering, source control, peer review, testing, and reusable deployment practices.
• Design and support VNets, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, private endpoints, DNS, and load balancing.
• Enable secure connectivity among Azure, enterprise data centers, SaaS platforms, and manufacturing locations.
• Partner with network and security teams on segmentation, routing, connectivity, performance, and troubleshooting.
• Implement resource tagging, policy, lifecycle, subscription, and cost allocation standards.
• Monitor cloud consumption and recommend rightsizing, reservation, licensing, and architecture optimization opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, design reviews, architecture governance, and project consultation.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams and serve as an escalation point for complex Azure issues.
• Share knowledge, mentor engineers and administrators, and support the development of others.
• Drive improvements in reliability, security, automation, delivery speed, and cost efficiency.

What This Job Offers

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