Cloud Consultant

As an Azure Consultant, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud solutions built on Microsoft Azure. You will serve as a subject matter expert for Azure architecture, governance, security, and operational best practices across cloud environments. You will design scalable solutions, guide cloud strategy, establish standards, and ensure the reliability and performance of Azure-based workloads.

A key part of this role is training and upskilling others in the department. You will share findings, document best practices, build internal knowledge resources, and help elevate the cloud competency of the broader team.

The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with Azure services, Azure networking, identity, security frameworks, and enterprise cloud operations.

3 month contract with extensions

$68-75/hr

• Develop and execute Azure cloud strategy, architecture, and implementation plans
• Build, optimize, and maintain Azure resources, services, and environments
• Conduct performance monitoring, capacity planning, and operational health assessments
• Perform incident analysis and remediation using Azure-native monitoring and diagnostic tools
• Design and maintain Azure-native backup, recovery, and DR/BCP configurations
• Troubleshoot complex Azure service, identity (AD/Entra), networking, and security issues
• Implement and maintain governance models including RBAC, least privilege, Azure Policies, and conditional access
• Analyze cloud events using Azure Monitor, Sentinel, and Log Analytics
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures
• Support development teams with cloud architecture guidance and best practices
• Assist with escalated Azure and identity-related issues
• Define baseline performance standards for cloud workloads
• Train and mentor department staff on Azure best practices, findings, new capabilities, and operational insights
• Create and deliver internal sessions, workshops, or walkthroughs to strengthen cloud knowledge across the organization.

• Strong understanding of Azure services such as VMSS, App Services, Storage, Functions, Key Vault, SQL, and core networking
• Proficiency in Azure networking: VNets, NSGs/ASGs, Private Endpoints, WAF, load balancing
• Strong troubleshooting abilities across Azure PaaS/IaaS, identity, networking, and governance
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles including RBAC, JIT, conditional access, and zero-trust fundamentals
• Experience designing Azure-native backup, restore, replication, and DR strategies
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Sentinel, Log Analytics, and cross-service event correlation
• Expertise in Active Directory, Entra , conditional access, and hybrid identity
• Ability to design cloud-native architectures with scalability, resilience, and redundancy
• Comfortable working within compliance, security frameworks, and cloud best practices

• Ability to explain complex Azure concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong written communication and documentation skills
• Forward-thinking mindset with the ability to anticipate issues and drive proactive solutions
• Comfortable asking clarifying questions and driving architectural discussions
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration
• Enjoys knowledge sharing, training, mentoring, and helping others grow technically
• Able to translate cloud designs into clear concepts and actionable guidance for other teams

• Relevant Microsoft or cloud security certifications
• Experience with automation or IaC (Bicep, ARM, Terraform, Git Hub Actions) is a plus