Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer

** This is an opportunity to join our team of top-notch Microsoft Cloud Engineers working closely together on interesting projects for our clients. This position is fully remote (indefinitely).** 

Emergent Software is seeking an Microsoft Cloud Engineer to join our growing Cloud Transformation services team. Qualified candidates will have experience planning, architecting, and delivering Microsoft Cloud solutions leveraging the Microsoft Azure platform. This will be involved in pre-sales engagement activities as well as hands-on implementation. In addition to the technical requirements, candidates must understand the business value of implementing these solutions. Your ability to communicate solutions to our clients through formal presentations, creating documentation, and managing expectations will be crucial to your success. 

This position is remote but will occasionally require travel to support projects around the country. 

Highlights & Benefits of working at Emergent Software 

• Work closely with other talented software and cloud engineers. Our vetting process means you can count on your team members to know what they are talking about. 

• Work from home or work remotely from anywhere you want 

• Flexible work schedule meaning you can work regular hours or whenever you work best 

• Work-life balance is essential and highly valued at Emergent Software. If you choose to work more than 40 hours, you’ll be compensated for the extra work! 

• Work on interesting projects solving complex business problems with custom software. 

• Grow your career without leaving the tech track. At Emergent Software, you can advance and be recognized as a technical expert without transitioning into people management. We value deep technical expertise as much as leadership and have established clear career paths for those who want to stay hands-on.  

• 100 hours per year to focus on your professional development. We invest in your growth! 

• Profit sharing bonus means as we’re successful, you’re successful 

• Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, FSA, disability, life insurance, and paid parental leave 

Azure Engineer Qualifications 

Required Experience: 

• 5+ years' experience architecting and implementing Microsoft Azure cloud solutions 

• Consulting experience working in multiple customer environments of varying size and scope 

Hands-on experience architecting and deploying Microsoft Azure environments, including hybrid scenarios, optimizing cost/capacity ratios, proper monitoring, scaling, implementing, and validating DR scenarios, and Azure security 

• Experience analyzing, sizing, migrating, and securing Azure VMs and Azure Storage 

• Strong grasp of Azure networking technologies and best practices 

• Understanding of Microsoft Identity and Access Management products such as Entra ID, Entra Connect, Cloud Kerberos Trust, Conditional Access, SAML 

• Experience with PaaS solutions such as Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Azure Files, and Azure App Services 

• Various aspects of Active Directory, including design, migrations, assessments both on-prem and cloud 

• Provide recommendations for cloud migrations, prepare technical implementation roadmaps for Azure adoption, and experience with various Azure migration scenarios 

• Work independently and/or in a team environment 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences 

• Seasoned problem solver with ability to get creative to solve customer problems 

Nice to Have Experience: 

• Degree in computer science field or similar experience 

• Experience in any one or more automation languages or tools 

• Terraform 

• Bicep 

• Github 

• Azure DevOps 

• PowerShell 

• Relevant Microsoft certifications including: 

• AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, AZ-500, MS-102, SC-200  

Our Vetting Process 

At Emergent Software, we work hard to find the best people capable of delivering high quality services to our clients. If you think you’re one of those, please understand that the effort put into this by people like yourself helps us be successful in surrounding you with other top-notch people. Here are the steps of our vetting process for this position: 

1. Application (5 minutes) 

2. Online Assessment (40-50 minutes) 

3. Initial Phone Interview (30-45 minutes) 

4. Azure Engineer Take Home Challenge (Up to 4 hours)

5. Final Interview (60-90 minutes) 

6. Job Offer 

Benefits Package Details 

• Medical Insurance: up to 80% of your monthly medical premium (HSA options available) 

• HSA Contribution: up to $144/month 

• Dental & Vision Insurance: up to 50% of your monthly dental and vision premium costs 

• 401(k) plan: company match up to 4% of salary 

• Profit sharing bonus: up to 15% of salary paid quarterly 

• Extra compensation: get paid extra for work over 40 hours/week 

• Employee referral & customer referral bonuses 

• Flex Spending Account (FSA) for Dependent Care & Healthcare Costs 

• Dependent Care FSA Contribution: $90/month 

• Short Term Disability: $500/week for 12 weeks 

• Long Term Disability: up to $6,000/month 

• Group term life and AD&D insurance: $50k 

• PTO, standard holidays, 2 floating holidays 

• Paid parental leave: 2 weeks 

• Staff development program: 100 hours/year plus training costs 

About Emergent Software 

Emergent Software is a fast-growing software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering company serving clients across the country. We are regularly adding to our team of talented software engineers, cloud architects, data engineers, UX designers, technical product owners and more who can help us deliver high quality services for our clients. 

We are a remote-first company 
Since our inception, we've embraced a remote-friendly culture, promoting work flexibility beyond the norm. When the pandemic struck in 2020, our transition to fully remote work was seamless—just a matter of cleaning out the fridge. Recognizing an opportunity, we adopted a remote-first approach and began hiring talent from anywhere. We continue to offer our signature Minnesota-nice, Midwest-friendly attitude, ensuring everyone feels valued, whether or not they're familiar with the skyway system. 

Your career grows with us 
Working with talented people on interesting projects creates an engaging environment for software development enthusiasts. By working directly with our experienced team, participating in our staff development program, and solving complex problems across a variety of projects, you’ll find numerous opportunities for long-term career growth. 

At Emergent Software, your ideas will be heard, you will grow exponentially as a master of your craft, and you will enjoy working other dedicated team members to deliver software solutions for our clients. 

Check out what others say 
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