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Azure Platform Service Lead Full-Time Houston, TX (Onsite) 190-205k basePlease double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.Our client is seeking an Azure Platform Service Lead that will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing the public cloud platform for Azure hyper scaler. Enable the business teams to connect the dots and evolve cloud capabilities over time. Focus on cloud native platform developments and implementations that can support expansion efforts. You will Interface extensively with business teams and support cloud adoption. Key Responsibilities: Enablementinterface with business teams, other architects, and Hyper Scaler teams to understand requirements, offering tactical and strategic guidanceCapture and share cloud knowledge across stakeholders.SME for Azure hyperscaler.Coordinate platform delivery and dependencies across multiple business team.SecurityRealize security guardrails per mandated policies and benchmarks.Offer transparency on guardrail compliance for stakeholders.Implement least privileges model for public cloud.Cost• Ensure that 100% of monthly public cloud bills are reconciled and allocated.• Improve transparency.• In partnership with business teams, achieve cost savings.• Performance Efficiency• Offer cloud platform globally in minutes.• Promote cloud native serverless architectures.• Continually reduce technology debt by upgrading tech stack to supported versions.Operational Excellence• Automate the cloud platform and all cloud team-initiated changes/operations as code.• Refine operations procedures frequently (e.g., game days).• Drive improvement through lessons learned from all operational events and failures.Required Technical Skills:• Cloud Landing Zone• Demonstrated ability designing, building, and automating Azure landing zones.• Proven expertise in FinOps practices, including resource tagging, cost allocation, and cloud financial management.• Robust understanding of various cloud application architectures.• Cloud Security Engineering• Implement advanced security and compliance preventive/remediation guardrails/controls (CIS Azure Foundations, Azure Security Center, and Azure Policy).• Expertise designing and implementing Azure policies for the comprehensive governance of security, compliance, cost, and operations.• Cloud Network Engineering• Experience in Azure hub-spoke network architectures• VNET Hub /VWAN• Virtual Network Gateways for ExpressRoute and VPNs.• Experience with DNS zone setup, management, and the configuration of DNS resolvers.• In-depth understanding of Azure Networking Services, including: Azure ExpressRoute, BGP, UDRs, SD-WANAdditional Certifications and Qualifications:• Azure Expert level certifications. • HashiCorp Terraform a plus. • Relevant and progressive experience with Azure hyperscaler technology.• Extensive experience in the general IT industry.• Experience in designing and developing integrated solutions involving process, data, and technology.• Experienced in creating architectural diagrams.