[Remote] Senior Consultant, Azure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coretek is an industry-leading consulting and managed solutions provider based in Southeastern Michigan, and they are seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Consultant to lead customer Azure infrastructure engagements. The role involves delivering customer projects, serving as a technical escalation point, and designing and implementing Azure infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and requirements definition to understand the customer’s business drivers, technical constraints, and desired outcomes
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions, including detailed solution designs, implementation plans, validation steps, and operational documentation
• Implement new Azure environments using Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework principles, including migration of on-premises and cloud workloads through Azure Migrate where appropriate
• Validate implemented solutions for functionality, security, resiliency, and operational readiness before customer handoff
• Facilitate onboarding of customer environments to Managed Services through clear knowledge transfer, support transition planning, and complete documentation
• Develop implementation plans and technical guidance that enable other team members to execute build activities consistently and accurately
• Perform troubleshooting, remediation, and root cause analysis for complex Azure infrastructure issues
• Support development and review of Statements of Work, technical scopes, solution assumptions, and estimates for complex Azure engagements
• Review solution designs and bills of materials with manufacturers, partners, or internal stakeholders to confirm alignment with project requirements
• Improve Coretek-defined standards, templates, and repeatable delivery assets based on field experience and lessons learned

Skills

• Lead customer Azure infrastructure engagements from discovery and design through implementation, validation, documentation, and transition to managed services
• Deliver customer projects on budget, on schedule, and aligned to defined business and technical outcomes while creating a high-quality customer experience
• Serve as a reliable technical escalation point who resolves complex issues and uses those situations to strengthen team capability
• Partner effectively with Project Management to set expectations, communicate risks, and maintain clear stakeholder alignment throughout engagements
• Contribute to Coretek's relationship-based culture by consistently demonstrating Accountability, Integrity, and Relationships in work with customers and internal teams
• Lead discovery and requirements definition to understand the customer's business drivers, technical constraints, and desired outcomes
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions, including detailed solution designs, implementation plans, validation steps, and operational documentation
• Implement new Azure environments using Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework principles, including migration of on-premises and cloud workloads through Azure Migrate where appropriate
• Validate implemented solutions for functionality, security, resiliency, and operational readiness before customer handoff
• Facilitate onboarding of customer environments to Managed Services through clear knowledge transfer, support transition planning, and complete documentation
• Develop implementation plans and technical guidance that enable other team members to execute build activities consistently and accurately
• Perform troubleshooting, remediation, and root cause analysis for complex Azure infrastructure issues
• Support development and review of Statements of Work, technical scopes, solution assumptions, and estimates for complex Azure engagements
• Review solution designs and bills of materials with manufacturers, partners, or internal stakeholders to confirm alignment with project requirements
• Improve Coretek-defined standards, templates, and repeatable delivery assets based on field experience and lessons learned
• Core Azure Infrastructure: Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, storage solutions, Azure Migrate, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, monitoring, logging, and operational readiness
• Networking: ExpressRoute, virtual networks, routing, load balancing, Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, Private Link, private endpoints, and ingress services
• Platform Services: Azure SQL Database, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure App Service, Cosmos DB, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and related PaaS capabilities
• Security, Identity, and Governance: Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, encryption, data protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, and governance frameworks
• Cost Management: Azure Cost Management, cost optimization, rightsizing, tagging strategy, and consumption management practices
• Experience deploying Azure infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Ability to use provided modules, scripts, and pipelines, and to edit or refactor existing code
• Relevant tools and platforms may include ARM or Bicep templates, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, Packer, Azure DevOps, and PowerShell
• Cross-domain experience that complement Azure infrastructure delivery
• Differentiating experience may include DevOps, AI and data platforms, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, merger and acquisition solutions, Citrix and Microsoft virtualized end-user computing, modern security solutions such as SOC and SIEM platforms, enterprise and cloud networking, network security, load balancing, modern data center technologies, and non-Azure public cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud

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