Cloud Engineer III

Encore Talent Solutions is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer III for a position located in Cincinnati, OH. The position will be located onsite 3 days a week in the Cincinnati office and will work 2 days remotely.

Job Description

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer III to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a key part in works collaboratively with key stakeholders, project managers and technical staff to effectively implement key IT products and services, ensuring tasks meet documented objectives for reliability, supportability, user experience, security and governance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and analyze emerging cloud technology solutions and products.
• Performs or manages the entire life cycle of Infrastructure components including core software and hardware.
• Recommends emerging solutions or technologies to address existing or emerging challenges and risks.
• Ensure high availability of the enterprise server environment that supports internal employee business.
• Troubleshoot and remediate 3rd tier issues impacting the operation of the corporate infrastructure.
• Document the design, operation and troubleshooting of technology platforms and procedures.
• Provide high quality support as well as delivering and operating IT services to other IT teams and Line of Business end users.
• Foster operational excellence through streamlined IT processes, standardization, and automation.
• Innovate and monitor future trends, technologies, and IT solutions.
• Creative, innovative responsibilities requiring advanced decision-making skills
• Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Keeps abreast of technology trends and collaborates with peers on emerging opportunities or threats
• Improve expertise, ability to train, coach and foster knowledge exchange between the team members.
• Ability to interact regularly with managers, clients, vendors, and agencies daily.
• Coordinate with multiple teams to resolve any defects in products or company systems.
• Write and/or maintain programming scripts to enhance functionality as necessary.
• Other Duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years IT experience.
• 4+ years’ recent experience with Azure, Entra , and M365 solutions
• 4+ years’ recent experience with Microsoft technologies. Including but not limited to Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, and PKI.
• Experience with claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, Conditional Access, and RBAC
• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
• Experience building and supporting mission critical technology components with DR capabilities
• Experience working in a secure, highly audited environment
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Strong knowledge in programming languages including Power Shell.
• MS-102 certificate

Preferred Qualifications

• AZ-104/AZ-305 certificate

Encore Talent Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.