Unisys is seeking a Lead Azure Cloud Engineer with OpenShift Red Hat experience to spearhead infrastructure initiatives and strategic cloud development. This role is responsible for designing secure architectures, mentoring engineering teams, and shaping our cloud strategy with a focus on Azure and OpenShift technologies.
What You'll Do
- Lead and/or advise on site, regional, and cross-organizational network and systems-related infrastructure initiatives.
- Contribute to planning and implementing new releases, updates, or corrections to hardware, software, applications, or connectivity.
- Participate in strategic planning and development for future design, performance, and capacity management.
- Effectively translate, communicate, and relay technical subject matter to non-technical audiences.
- Evaluate, recommend, and maintain hardware and software management and monitoring tools.
- Define and develop comprehensive user training and information materials.
- Contribute to project stages, evaluate architecture, and follow up on best practices for managing new and existing resources.
- Participate in the creation and improvement of governance, policies, and guidelines for public and hybrid cloud.
- Contribute to the strategy of security posture and internal and external audits.
- Contribute to the development of cybersecurity strategies, cost optimization, platform stability, and performance maintenance.
- Contribute to developing new strategies to adopt, implement, and manage technologies like containers, OpenShift, observability, and APM.
What We're Looking For
- Deep knowledge of Azure IaaS and PaaS services (e.g., Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Logic Apps).
- Strong experience with Azure networking (VNets, NSGs, Application Gateway, Load Balancers, VPN/ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints).
- Proficiency in Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, and Managed Identities.
- Experience with Azure Storage, Azure SQL, and Azure Monitor / Application Insights.
- Knowledge of Azure Security Center (Defender for Cloud) and Azure Policy / Blueprints for governance.
- Expert-level skills in Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- CI/CD pipeline integration experience (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins).
- Proficient in PowerShell, Azure CLI, and optionally Python for automation.
- Experience building automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure automation frameworks.
- Experience deploying workloads on Azure RedHat OpenShift (ARO) and container registries (ACR).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and shift-left security.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Dynatrace, Grafana, FluentBit, etc.).
- Performance optimization and cost management through Azure Cost Management and Advisor.
- Deep understanding of cloud security principles, Zero Trust, and least privilege access.
- Experience implementing Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Sentinel, and Private Link for secure architectures.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2) and Azure Policy enforcement.
- Proven ability to design scalable, secure, and highly available architectures.
- Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud designs, including on-prem integration via ExpressRoute or VPN gateways.
- Ability to create architecture diagrams, runbooks, and design documentation.
- Lead and mentor a team of hybrid cloud engineers and other support towers.
- Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to align cloud strategy.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical requirements into business impact.
- Strong experience in project planning, prioritization, and stakeholder management.
Technical Stack
- Azure IaaS/PaaS: Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Logic Apps
- Azure Networking: VNets, NSGs, Application Gateway, Load Balancers, VPN/ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints
- Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure Storage, Azure SQL
- Azure Monitor / Application Insights
- Azure Security Center (Defender for Cloud)
- Azure Policy / Blueprints
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates
- CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
- Scripting/Automation: PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python
- Containers: Azure RedHat OpenShift (ARO), Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- Monitoring/Observability: Log Analytics, Dynatrace, Grafana, FluentBit
- Cost & Security: Azure Cost Management and Advisor, Azure Key Vault, Azure Sentinel, Azure Private Link
Team & Environment
You will lead and mentor a team of hybrid cloud engineers and other support towers, collaborating closely with security, development, and operations teams.
Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
