Jr Azure Data Engineer; Cloud Resiliency

Position: Jr Azure Data Engineer (Cloud Resiliency)
** Jr Azure Data Engineer (Cloud Resiliency)*
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* Location:

** Charlotte, NC 28202 (Hybrid - 2 to 3 days onsite weekly)

** Pay Rate:**  $30.00 - $38.00 / hour W2

** Duration:
** 6-Month Contract + Extensions

** Employment

Terms:

** STRICTLY W2 ONLY. No C2C, no third parties, and no referrals.

** Position Overview*
* We are seeking a highly organized, certified  
** Jr Azure Data Engineer
** with 3 to 4 years of hands-on technical experience to coordinate, validate, and maintain data pipeline integrity and disaster recovery (DR) testing cycles across a large portfolio of cloud-hosted applications. As our organization prepares for a major enterprise cloud migration over the next 12 to 24 months, this role will serve as a crucial technical bridge between legacy data structures and modern Azure architecture.

This position operates within a fast-paced, structured, and repeatable framework. Rather than managing heavy, traditional project documentation, you will function as a nimble, technical data coordinator. You will personally oversee a portfolio of 20 to 30 individual Azure cloud applications and data structures-driving each independent testing, validation, and resiliency cycle from initial environment scheduling through data pipeline execution and final sign-off.

** Key Responsibilities*
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** Data & Testing Coordination:
** Manage and coordinate the end-to-end disaster recovery and data resiliency testing cycles for 20 to 30 cloud applications, ensuring all data activities are executed, logged, and tracked per program guidelines.

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** Cloud Migration Support:
** Leverage technical Azure expertise to evaluate application architectures and data structures in preparation for our upcoming multi-year enterprise cloud migration.

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** Stakeholder Partnership:
** Serve as the central technical point of contact for application owners, cloud data engineering teams, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business partners to establish clear testing windows and success criteria.

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** Technical Meeting Facilitation:
** Lead data test planning sessions, readiness reviews, live execution bridge calls, and post-testing retrospectives.

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** Compliance & Evidence Tracking:
** Collect and track technical testing evidence, data pipeline documentation, action plans, and regulatory readiness data to ensure complete organizational compliance.

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** Dashboards & Inventory Management:
** Maintain an accurate cloud application inventory, dataset metrics, and active program reporting dashboards across multiple concurrent execution cycles.

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** Issue Resolution:
** Drive cross-functional coordination to resolve scheduling conflicts, resource bottlenecks, and complex technical dependency impacts.

** Qualifications & Core Requirements*
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** Required Certifications (Mandatory):
** Candidates  
** MUST
* * hold active certifications in:

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** AZ-900:
** Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

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** AZ-104:
** Microsoft Azure Administrator

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** AZ-305:
** Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

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* Experience:

** 3 to 4 years of hands-on IT, Data, or Technical Systems experience operating in a Junior Data Engineer, Technical Analyst, or Cloud Administrator capacity.

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** Cloud & Azure Technical Depth:
** Demonstrated technical knowledge of Azure cloud architecture, identity management, storage, networking, and modern data pipelines. Must be able to speak the language of cloud architects and data engineers fluently.

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** Superb Organizational Acumen:
** A structured, detail-oriented mindset with the ability to manage 20 to 30 distinct, concurrent application data timelines simultaneously.

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** Excellent Communication:
** Strong verbal and written skills to coordinate across distributed teams, facilitate live technical bridge calls, and report data…