Job Title:

Principal Azure Engineer

Location:

OH - Columbus

What you'll do:

The Principal Azure Engineer - Contractor will provide the required support for our hybrid compute environment. This role will provide support, implementation, and design services for Azure and banking applications. This role will be resolving, and appropriately completing assigned cases and change requests, as well as acting as an escalation for support issues. The Azure Engineer will apply new solutions through research and collaboration within the team, as well as collaborate with other IT teams. . As an engineer, you will contribute to the team’s capabilities by demonstrating technical competence, initiative, creativity, learning, sharing, and teamwork while collaborating with distributed team members and stakeholders.

• Create a strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure.
• Azure Log Analytics and automation account, Azure IaaS Monitoring and Management, manage and monitor IaaS deployments.
• Automation technology options within Azure, PowerShell, JSON, Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates.
• Drive Identity and access and configuration management, and monitoring strategy for Azure.
• Drive decision making. Identify alternatives, pros, and cons, and make recommendations.
• Deploying Azure VMs (Windows Server and Linux) in a highly available environment.
• Explore configuring hybrid connectivity between on-premises environments and Azure, and how to monitor performance to comply with service-level agreements
• Utilize native Azure services to meet the business technology and resiliency requirements.

What we are looking for:

What you will do:

Design, configuration, and support of a hybrid cloud environmentCreate, modify, delete Azure cloud resources to include VMs, PaaS, storage, NIC, VNET, peer routing, NSGs, ASGs, traffic manager and front door, load balancers, Azure firewall, API Gateway and other capabilities.Assist in setting technical direction for the architecture of cloud technologies.Work with team members and mentorEstablish practices to ensure quality and consistency.Script and automate routine tasks (Security Groups, ec2 deployments, etc.) working with the infrastructure as code team.Set up and maintain alternate data processing sites and workarounds during outage situations.Develop documentation, user manuals, and policy and procedure information.Create a strategy plan for deployments, define structure for production/DR environments.Report to management daily on project status, deployment results, and daily operationsProvide technical assistance to technical services, development staff, project consultants, and support personnel in other departments.Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.Work with stakeholders to achieve business goals.Document SOPs and help junior team members.Document system designs, present to Technical review boards and CABs for changes and standardsWork with EA team to declare engineering standards.Work with vulnerability team to remediate on issues.Develop strategies to meet business goals.Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain a virtual network using hub-and-spoke network topologyAssist in the design and standardization of modern application stacks within the Azure platform.Provide a highly available, highly scalable, and reliable infrastructureMinimize cost while ensuring day to day business is resilient.Configure and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers in a fast-paced environmentProvide knowledge and guidance to team members to help develop their abilities and careers.

What you will need:

Bachelor’s Degree required or Azure CertificationMinimum 7 years overall IT experience5+ years’ experience in Azure Cloud5 years’ experience troubleshooting Windows and Linux Servers3 years’ experience troubleshooting complex cloud network topologies.10+ years in system engineeringStrong troubleshooting skills.Team Player with a “can do” attitude with proven leadership, communication, organizational, and strong interpersonal skills. The role requires significant interaction with many different teams across a global company.Ability to support business requirements and provide appropriate solutions using technology.Self-motivated, with keen attention to detail and excellent judgment skills, one who can lead as well as follow.Able to integrate and apply feedback in a professional manner.Project Management knowledge and understanding of Scrum and Agile workflows.Experience in the financial services industry with proven regulatory and compliance discipline.Experience with large, enterprise core platforms and providers, mobile and digital platforms, and system integration technologies.  Extensive experience with active directory and azure active directory, ztad, integration with MFA, Okta, cyberark, sailpointBroad experience in, but not limited to, cloud and on-prem hybrid solutions, O365, exchange and conditional access.Demonstrated ability to think strategically, deliver innovation, and drive improved customer and employee experience.Excellent analytical and business consulting skills with demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program execution, and development of strong risk management practicesExcellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences and senior management.Proven ability to build strong, cohesive, partnerships with business, operations, and technology leadership and work effectively in a matrix organization.

Preferred:

Desired experience working in a fast-paced Industrial environment with a career track record of engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining business-critical systems in the area of technical expertise including hands-on solution development and implementation experience.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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