Principal Cloud Engineer (#Hybrid at Chicago HQ near O'Hare Airport))

In this role, you will lead subject matter expert that serves as the go-to person for systems engineering supporting our Azure Cloud Infrastructure. Attend planning meetings to design and architect solutions across the credit union's infrastructure while providing technical support to the organization.
Responsibilities

• Experience with building out Azure Cloud Infrastructure - Subscriptions, Microservices and Cloud Architecture
• Identify technical risks, oversee enterprise backup architecture and develop enterprise Disaster Recovery solutions
• Point person for enterprise storage/compute specifications, risk analysis, integration
• Analyze and approve complex designs across engineering disciplines, documenting risks and ensuring risk controls and requirements are met
• Ensure inclusion of inputs into product and technical design reviews from cross functional stakeholders
• Anticipate technical challenges and risk scenarios and prepare, manage, and execute mitigation strategies to ensure optimal results
• Utilize creative thinking and teamwork to resolve conflicts and make critical decisions relating to systems deliverables
• Collaborate with project management to create and manage schedules for project related work
• Provide engineering consulting and recommendations for new IT systems to ensure the interoperability and adherence to technology standards and policies
• Serve as a lead for group projects as well as internal IT and business driven initiatives
• Build, develop, and manage the Windows Systems and Virtual Environment, including organizing the development of Operating System technical support, operational software, and server hardware platform capabilities
• Define and monitor multiple project priorities and provide technical and administrative supervision; ensure appropriate management is apprised of operational status of projects
• Provide appropriate hardware/software resources for business applications; perform capacity planning, workload modeling/prediction, and purchasing recommendations for new hardware/software upgrades; provide business applications enough resources for their short-term and long-term growth
• Ensure environment is updated with current, stable versions of software products; maintain currency with operating system and support software; plan and implement major software upgrades; ensure change management procedures and methodologies are implemented and followed

Education:

• Minimum - Bachelors Degree - Computer Science, IT or Related

Ye ars of Experience:

• 5 Years - Design, configuration, deployment and administration of Azure Cloud Infrastructure or related
• AZ-104 Azure Adminstrator or AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect preferred

In Lieu of Education:

• 8 Years - Design, configuration, deployment and administration of Azure Cloud Infrastructure or related

You will benefit from:

• Competitive medical, dental, and free vision benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Competitive compensation plan
• Gym memberships discounts
• Generous PTO and banking holidays off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k with immediate employer match and vesting

Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.
The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.