Azure Engineering Manager

Location:

Minneapolis, MN - flexible hybrid schedule

Pay rate: Salary up to 150K. The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors. This position also carries a bonus of 12-15% (more details on benefits below).

Please note: This position is available only to candidates who can work on a W-2 basis. Visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future for this role.

We are seeking a hands-on Azure Engineering Manager to lead the continued evolution of a mature Azure cloud environment supporting a rapidly growing financial services and fintech ecosystem. This role combines cloud architecture, engineering leadership, operational excellence, and people management. The ideal candidate will spend approximately 60% of their time on hands-on Azure architecture, cloud engineering, security, automation, and modernization initiatives, with the remaining 40% focused on leading and developing a team of cloud engineers.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Azure Engineer, Lead Cloud Engineer, or Azure Architect looking to expand their leadership responsibilities while remaining deeply involved in technical decision-making and solution delivery.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and resilient Azure-based solutions.
• Lead architecture decisions that align with business objectives and long-term cloud strategy.
• Establish and maintain architecture standards, reusable patterns, and best practices.
• Guide cloud modernization and migration initiatives from legacy on-premises environments to Azure.
• Evaluate emerging Azure technologies and recommend enhancements to the platform.
• Lead efforts to identify, assess, and remediate cloud threats and vulnerabilities.
• Ensure Azure solutions align with security, compliance, governance, and risk management requirements.
• Partner with Information Security teams to embed security controls into cloud designs and operational processes.
• Drive best practices around identity management, access controls, monitoring, and platform security.

Project Delivery & Automation

• Oversee cloud engineering initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Promote Dev Ops and CI/CD best practices to improve efficiency, consistency, and deployment quality.
• Support project teams by providing technical direction and architectural oversight.

Incident Management & Operations

• Provide technical leadership during major incidents and production support events.
• Establish standards for performance, reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Analyze operational trends and identify opportunities to increase platform stability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts through automation and proactive platform management.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of cloud engineers.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and career development conversations.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Recognize team achievements and support professional growth.
• Influence cloud strategy, priorities, and investment decisions across technology teams.
• Mature Azure environment operating for 4+ years.
• Large-scale Azure infrastructure with 800+ resources across 75+ resource types.
• Hybrid infrastructure with ongoing migration from legacy data centers.
• High-volume financial transaction ecosystem supporting banking and fintech services.

Qualifications

Required

• 8-10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cloud architecture.
• Strong expertise designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale Azure environments.
• Deep knowledge of Azure services, including:
• Compute
• Networking
• Storage
• Identity and Access Management
• Security and Governance
• Monitoring and Observability
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Experience with Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and operational support experience.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.

Preferred

• Prior people leadership experience or demonstrated technical leadership of engineering teams.
• Experience in highly regulated environments such as banking, financial services, healthcare, or similar industries.
• Experience supporting AKS and Azure Databricks environments.
• Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, or related certifications.
• Available from either the Golden Valley or Roseville office locations.
• Occasional travel may be required for team collaboration, training, and business initiatives.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Opportunity to lead a highly visible Azure environment supporting critical business operations.
• Blend of hands-on technical work and leadership responsibilities.
• Influence cloud strategy, modernization efforts, and long-term platform direction.
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