Enhancement Lead

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Azure Enhancement Lead to drive continuous improvement, optimization, and enhancement initiatives across enterprise Azure-based data and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will lead enhancement programs focused on scalability, modernization, performance optimization, automation, governance, and operational excellence.

• Enhancement & Modernization
  • Lead enhancement initiatives for Azure-based applications, data platforms, and cloud services.
  • Identify opportunities for platform optimization, automation, and modernization.
  • Drive continuous improvement across cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and analytics platforms.
  • Analyze existing systems and recommend scalable and cost‑effective enhancements.
  • Define enhancement roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
• Azure Platform Management
  • Oversee enhancements involving Azure‑native services and architectures.
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, scalability, and performance of Azure solutions.
  • Lead implementation of cloud best practices across environments.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure compliance and governance standards.
• Delivery Leadership
  • Manage enhancement backlog, prioritization, and sprint planning.
  • Coordinate with development, QA, Dev Ops, support, and business teams.
  • Drive defect resolution, root cause analysis, and production improvements.
  • Ensure timely delivery of enhancement releases with minimal business disruption.
  • Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and deployment planning.
• Automation & Dev Ops
  • Drive CI/CD adoption and automation initiatives.
  • Improve deployment efficiency, monitoring, and operational processes.
  • Implement observability, logging, and alerting frameworks.
  • Promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and reusable deployment patterns.
• Stakeholder & Team Management
  • Engage with business stakeholders to gather enhancement requirements.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
  • Work closely with enterprise architects and project managers.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

• Azure Technologies
  • Microsoft Azure Platform, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL Database, Azure Monitor, Azure Dev Ops
• Cloud & Engineering Skills
  • Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures.
  • Experience in application and data platform enhancements.
  • Expertise in performance tuning and optimization.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and enterprise integration.
  • Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
• Programming & Data Skills
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python/PySpark.

Estimated range: $150,000 – $185,000. Eligibility for discretionary bonus based on performance.

• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans.
• 401(k) plan with company match after 30 days.
• 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of parental leave.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) for sick time and vacation.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.