Azure Engineer; Associate

Position: Azure Engineer (Associate)
Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We're helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we're developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you'll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron's collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

A Cloud Engineer (Azure Focus) is responsible for designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based infrastructure and services across our multi-cloud and virtualization environments, with a primary and growing emphasis on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. While software developers focus on building applications, Cloud Engineers build and maintain the secure, scalable "digital world" that powers them.

As our Azure environment grows, this role will increasingly concentrate on Azure; in the near term, the engineer must also be capable across AWS and VMware to support and operate our existing infrastructure during that transition.

Core Responsibilities

* Infrastructure Management:
Provision and configure virtual machines (VMs), storage, and networking components across Azure, AWS, and VMware environments.

* Automation (IaC):
Use Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to automate deployments, with Terraform supporting multi-cloud consistency.

* Security & Compliance:
Implement identity management (Microsoft Entra ), firewalls, and encryption to protect data.

* Monitoring & Optimization:
Use Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, along with equivalent AWS and VMware tooling, to track performance and optimize cloud costs.

* CI/CD Integration:
Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to streamline application code releases using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.

* Disaster Recovery:
Design and maintain backup and failover strategies to ensure 99.99% system availability.

Technical Skills

Candidates should have a majority of the below and a hunger to learn the rest:

* Scripting:
Proficiency in Power Shell, Azure CLI, or Python for task automation.

* Networking:
Deep understanding of VNETs, Subnets, NSGs, VPNs, and Express Route, with transferable knowledge of AWS networking (VPCs, security groups) and VMware networking.

* Containerization:
Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) and Docker containers.

* Cloud Services:
Hands-on experience with IaaS (VMs, Networking) and PaaS (App Services, SQL, Functions).

* Multi-Cloud & Virtualization:

Working experience with AWS and VMware (vSphere/ESXi) sufficient to operate and support existing workloads.

Required Experience

* 3-5+ years in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, or a related role, with demonstrated hands-on Azure experience.

Preferred Education & Experience

* Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, preferred; equivalent practical experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

* Certifications (preferred, not required):

* Microsoft Certified:
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

* AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (or equivalent)

* Additional Experience (preferred):

* Prior exposure to AWS and VMware environments, strongly preferred.

* Production experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM)

* Hands-on work with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices

* Experience operating in a multi-cloud or hybrid environment

* Familiarity with enterprise networking, identity management, and security/compliance frameworks

The estimated base salary for this job is $100,000 - $135,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this…