Senior Cloud Architect

Elliott Group, Ebara Corp•Jeannette, PA

About The Position

Design, implement, and maintain Ebara Elliott Energy’s global hybrid Windows and cloud infrastructure. The role combines high-level architectural design with hands-on engineering to support a secure, scalable, and cost-optimized global environment. This is primarily an individual contributor position with no direct supervisory responsibilities or hiring authority. The work involves designing, administering, securing, maintaining, supporting, mentoring, delivering, translating requirements into designs, recommending solutions, and automating systems on a global scale. Work is guided by policies and precedents, but the incumbent will create or modify procedures for novel situations and handle a high degree of new and unfamiliar technical content. The role serves as the primary liaison with external vendors and suppliers for contracts, hardware and software procurement, and technical support. Internally, it connects executive leadership with technical teams, reports progress to management, and collaborates with network administrators, software engineers, and application developers to define architecture, enforce standards, and ensure seamless system operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field.
10+ years of systems engineering experience, primarily focused on cloud infrastructure, Azure, and virtualized environments.
Expertise in Windows Server management, operating systems, security, performance optimization, domain management, group policies, and security principles.
Expertise in Windows endpoint management, deployment, and client security.
Understanding of Azure/Entra integration and cloud-based Windows deployments.
Strong hands-on experience with VMware environments and migration strategies to Azure and AWS.
Proficiency in managing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for high availability and remote performance.
In-depth knowledge of Azure and AWS services, including virtual machines, storage accounts, file shares, backup, and site recovery.
Experience with Hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure AD).
Solid understanding of network protocols, routing, load balancing, and security concepts.
Strong scripting and automation skills for system administration, using PowerShell, VB Scripting, C++, or Java.
Knowledge of system/software quality assurance methodologies and applicable data privacy laws.
Ability to engage with vendors and suppliers and collaborate across executive leadership and technical teams.

Responsibilities

Design global blueprints for Windows Server environments, network topology, storage, and security policies.
Oversee on-premises Hyper-V and Active Directory integrated with Azure/Entra ID and AWS.
Use Intune for global device configuration and application deployment.
Manage virtual machines, storage accounts, and file shares, and implement FinOps practices such as Reserved Instances and auto-scaling to control costs.
Configure and maintain Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for high-performance remote access.
Deploy and orchestrate lightweight applications using containers, including AKS and Azure Container Instances.
Enforce security using MFA, Conditional Access, Azure Sentinel, and GDPR/HIPAA standards.
Design resilient architectures using Availability Zones and Azure Site Recovery, and conduct robust backup and disaster recovery testing.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform, or ARM templates.
Serve as primary liaison with vendors and suppliers for contracts, procurement, and technical support.
Report progress to management and collaborate with technical teams to define architecture, enforce standards, and support seamless system operations.
Design, administer, secure, maintain, support, mentor, deliver, translate requirements into designs, recommend solutions, and automate systems globally.