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Your mission is to ensure our Azure platform remains resilient, efficient, secure, and ready to scale as millions of connected data points drive smarter decisions.\n\nWhat You'll Be Driving\nCloud Reliability & Performance\nChampion the health, stability, and performance of our Azure-based infrastructure and connected services.\nContinuously enhance platform resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.\nMonitor infrastructure health, usage patterns, and service availability while proactively resolving issues before they impact users.\nSecurity First MindsetStrengthen our security posture through modern identity management, network security, encryption, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.\nImplement and maintain secure cloud configurations aligned with industry best practices.\nHelp establish governance frameworks that protect critical systems while enabling innovation.\nCloud Architecture & InnovationCollaborate closely with architects and engineering teams to evaluate designs, navigate technical trade-offs, and ensure solutions align with platform standards.\nInfluence cloud strategy by recommending practical improvements in architecture, performance, and operational efficiency.\nSupport the adoption of scalable infrastructure patterns that enable future growth.\nCost Optimization & FinOpsOwn cloud cost visibility and accountability through budgets, forecasting, tagging, and spend monitoring.\nDiscover opportunities to optimize Azure spend through rightsizing, resource rationalization, and service tier optimization.\nBalance performance, reliability, and cost to maximize cloud value without compromising user experience.\nAutomation & Infrastructure as CodeBuild and maintain Infrastructure as Code using modern tools such as Terraform or Bicep.\nDevelop repeatable, auditable deployment processes that improve consistency and reduce manual effort.\nDrive automation initiatives that accelerate delivery and increase operational efficiency.\nBusiness Continuity & Operational ExcellenceContribute to backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.\nCreate and maintain clear documentation covering architecture, operational procedures, infrastructure changes, and security controls.\nHelp establish cloud operational standards that grow alongside the platform.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\nTechnical ExpertiseHands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and internal cloud engineering.\nExperience with Azure Fabric, Cosmos DB, and ADS; able to identify and work with ADS.\nExperience with Azure Event Hubs and Event Grid.\nAbility to identify vulnerabilities and support remediation.\nExperience partnering with DevSecOps teams on monitoring and security fundamentals.\nKnowledge of Azure security practices.\nStrong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, and cloud security principles.\nHands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools.\nDeep knowledge of security best practices including least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, and secure network architecture.\nCost & Operational AwarenessExperience managing cloud utilization, budgets, forecasting, and FinOps practices.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to identify efficiency improvements and optimization opportunities.\nCollaboration & CommunicationAbility to work effectively across architecture, development, data, and operations teams.\nConfident communicator capable of translating technical risks, architectural decisions, and cost implications for diverse stakeholders.\n\nBonus Points If You HaveExperience with Telematics, IoT platforms, connected vehicles, or high-volume data processing systems.\nFamiliarity with Azure services supporting messaging, analytics, application hosting, and event-driven architectures.\nExperience implementing cloud governance, compliance controls, policy enforcement, or security assessments.\nAzure certifications such as: Azure Administrator Associate\nAzure Security Engineer Associate\nAzure Solutions Architect Expert\n\nQualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! \n\nThis position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis. 1099 contractors and Corp-to-Corp arrangements will not be considered for this position.\n\nPlease hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.\nWe are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.\n\nREFERRAL PROGRAM:\nThis position qualifies for a Referral Bonus amount of $250-$1000 dollars. Click here to learn more – . Please email your referral details along with their resume to \n\nHimanshu Kumar\n\nPAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:\nPay Range*: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour\n*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.\n\nBenefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).\n\nABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.\n\nRecent Recognitions: Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)\nNamed One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)\nOne of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)\nOne of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)\nNamed One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)\nOne of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)\nAWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications\n\nWebsite: \n\nInnova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at or . Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.\nThe company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.\nBy applying for this job, I agree to receive calls and emails (including automated or AI-generated calls or emails) from Innova Solutions, Inc. and its identified recruiting partners regarding this job and future recruiting and job-placement opportunities. 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