Senior Cloud Architect

Eclaro Philippines is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, managing, securing, and maintaining our entire cloud environment.

The Senior Cloud Engineer will be responsible for implementing automation, monitoring systems, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will provide guidance to our current team members and help us navigate all our computing needs, including infrastructure design, maintenance, support, planning, and everything in between.

• Design, build, implement, and deliver scalable, secure cloud and network solutions.
• Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.
• Review and manage technical requirements and business functional requirements to establish new cloud platforms and infrastructures.
• Develop and execute assessment, migration, and implementation plans to deploy Azure infrastructures and move workloads to Azure.
• Install, configure, support, and troubleshoot network equipment, including routers, firewalls, switches, virtual appliances, load balances, UPSs, WAPs, DNS, and DHCP.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design solutions that meet business needs.
• Configure and optimize security center, including Azure Sentinel, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity, e-discovery, vulnerability management, endpoint security, and auto-remediation.
• Perform daily administration and management of the company's various backend software systems, including Business Continuity, Intune, MS SCCM/SCOM, Hyper-V, RDS, and O365.
• Communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and management to provide status updates, gather requirements, and present technical solutions.
• Deploy and debug cloud initiatives as needed, in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Monitor system performance, resource utilization, and cost metrics.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure-related incidents and provide timely resolutions.
• Conduct root cause analysis for critical incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks for troubleshooting issues and procedures.
• Identify opportunities for optimization and cost reduction and implement strategies to improve efficiencies.
• Configure IAM roles and policies, encryption mechanisms, network security, and access controls.
• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they snowball into problems.
• Identify areas for innovation and propose new technologies or approaches to enhance the infrastructure and development processes.
• Build and design web services in the cloud, along with implementing the setup of geographically redundant services.
• Ensure 24/7 uptime of all infrastructure within control.
• Orchestrate and automate cloud-based platforms throughout the company.
• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.
• Share knowledge and expertise with team members through training sessions and documentation.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on best practices.
• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent relative experience.
• Relevant professional certifications are desirable (Azure Administrator, MCSE, MCSA, Security, CCNA, etc.).
• 5 years of demonstrated IT experience supporting and troubleshooting enterprise-level, mission-critical applications, resolving complex issues, and driving technical resolutions across the organization.
• Three to five years' experience in a Cloud Engineer role or related position.
• Experience working with multiple operating systems and related utilities and hardware, including Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022.
• Experience setting up, maintaining, and testing disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for a variety of technology services.
• Database experience, including knowledge of SQL, and related data stores a plus.
• Experience in VOIP.
• Experience in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.
• Demonstrated Azure deployment experience.
• Security-first mindset.

• Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC a plus.
• Knowledge of LAN, WAN, WLAN, WWAN, DHCP, DNS, and other networking concepts.
• Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks.
• Knowledge of Geographic Information System is a plus.
• Must be a self-starter and work in an integrated team-based environment.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace.
• Growth Mindset with an openness and ability to learn new skills and technologies in a fast-paced environment.