Azure Platform Lead

Company Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing. We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close‑knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately‑held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, yet innovation drives us to deliver best‑in‑class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.

Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our guiding behaviors—Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long‑term success and legacy of our Company—are the foundation on which we build our future.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full‑time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and well‑being benefits such as free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well‑being coaching—all designed to support your health and financial security.

The targeted hiring range for this full‑time position is $121,000 – $163,400 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job‑related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training, or a combination of these factors and market demand.

We are looking for an experienced Azure Platform Lead to guide the technical architecture and ongoing evolution of our Microsoft Azure environment. In this role, you will serve as the organization’s primary Azure expert, partnering with leaders across IT, Security, and Dev Ops to shape the platform roadmap and ensure a secure, high‑performing, and cost‑efficient cloud foundation. You will lead the design and enhancement of our Azure Landing Zones, implement governance standards, and drive multiregion architectural patterns that support enterprise reliability and scalability.

This role also oversees Infrastructure‑as‑Code practices, including the creation of reusable Bicep modules and automated guardrails that strengthen platform consistency and security. Collaboration and technical leadership are essential. You will work closely with engineering, application, and security teams to promote Azure best practices, mature CI/CD and Git Ops workflows, and support critical operations such as incident response, disaster recovery readiness, logging, and observability.

You will also contribute to Fin Ops efforts by helping forecast and optimize cloud spend through tagging compliance, cost reporting, and meaningful optimization recommendations. As a mentor and coach to Azure engineers, you will provide architectural guidance, conduct design reviews, and champion modern engineering practices that advance cloud maturity across the organization.

• 8+ years of overall progressive IT experience, including 5+ years focused on Azure engineering, cloud engineering, or platform operations.
• Direct hands‑on experience with Azure services, automation tooling, and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep preferred).
• Practical experience working with Azure Landing Zones, Microsoft CAF, and cloud governance models.
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting large‑scale or enterprise cloud environments.
• Azure certifications such as Administrator, Solutions Architect Associate, or Dev Ops Engineer (preferred).
• Experience with Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, or CI/CD pipeline scripting (preferred).
• Background in Azure identity, networking, or security domains (preferred).
• Experience mentoring or guiding cloud engineers (preferred).

• Strong knowledge of Azure platform architecture, governance, and enterprise‑scale patterns.
• Understanding of Dev Sec Ops  practices, secure CI/CD…