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This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, scalability, and performance of our cloud environments, guiding cloud strategy, and managing a team of cloud and systems engineers.\n Job Duties\nManages and supports Azure-based systems and services as part of our hybrid cloud environment. (Essential)\nStays current with emerging cloud technologies and recommends adoption where beneficial to improve usability and increase performance and scalability. (Essential)\nDrives cloud modernization initiatives, including migration of on-prem or legacy systems to AWS and Azure. (Essential)\nOversees the architecture, deployment, and management of cloud infrastructure with an emphasis on AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc.). (Essential)\nCoordinates team member selection and development and ensures team members comply with appropriate policies and procedures.\nLeads, mentors, and manages a team of cloud engineers and systems administrators, including performance management and coaching, fostering professional development and technical excellence.\nOwns and governs cloud identity and access management (IAM) across AWS and Azure, including role-based access models, least-privilege enforcement, and integration with enterprise identity providers (e.g., Entra ID).\nEstablishes and maintains scalable access patterns, policies, and audit controls to ensure security and compliance across all environments.\nLeads cloud cost management and financial governance, including budget planning, cost monitoring, and optimization initiatives.\nDefines and enforces tagging standards to enable accurate cost allocation, reporting, and accountability across teams, while partnering with engineering to drive efficient resource utilization.\nOversees AI infrastructure and ensuring optimal performance of AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) workloads in cloud environments.\nDevelops and enforces cloud governance, security policies, compliance standards, and best practices.\nPartners with Security, DevOps, and Application teams to ensure secure, compliant, and efficient cloud operations.\nParticipates in the full development cycle, end-to-end, from design, implementation, and testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance.\nImplements automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM (Azure Resource Manager)/Bicep.\nMonitors system performance and ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.\nManages vendor relationships, licensing, and cloud cost optimization strategies.\nCollaborates with IT Leadership to lead incident response and post-incident reviews.\n Requirements\nBachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field (Required)\n7 years in hands-on experience managing cloud operations and infrastructure, with deep expertise in AWS (Required)\n3 years in experience leading technical teams, including coaching, workload planning, and performance feedback(Required)\n\nWorking knowledge of Azure services, architecture, and administration\nStrong understanding of networking concepts (VPC, subnets, routing, firewalls, VPN, DNS)\nExperience with automation, scripting, and IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, PowerShell, etc.)\nProven experience implementing cloud security controls, identity management, and compliance frameworks\nDemonstrated ability to lead complex cloud projects and collaborate across multiple teams\nExperience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, etc.)\nExperience managing AI/ML infrastructure and supporting data science workloads\nExperience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/AKS)\nBackground in hybrid cloud networking and enterprise connectivity\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices\nMust have a valid driver's license\nPreferred Certifications/Licensures:(Professional cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, CloudOps Engineer, Azure Administrator, Google Cloud Professional, etc.))\nBENEFITS\nAt Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.\nComprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family\nComprehensive Dental and Vision Plans\nOn-Site Fitness Center\nVoluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts\nLife, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life\nShort and Long-Term Disability Coverage\n401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution\nEmployee Assistance Program\nIdentity Theft Insurance\nLegal Assistance Plan\nPet Insurance\nTuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education\nVacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting SunRV Resorts across the nation\nTeam Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more\nUp to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of a child, adoption, or placement of a child\nPaid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty\nApply for a Corporate Headquarters (HQ) position, located in the Metro Detroit, Michigan market today.\nJoin our Talent Community and explore Corporate Headquarters jobs at Sun Communities.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6071,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":3,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Fitness","Adventure Tourism","Theme Parks & Attractions"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T02:00:51Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":54,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.722,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":14,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:11","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sun-communities-manager-cloud-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sun-communities-manager-cloud-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T20:29:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4391,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2343443},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2343443"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsun-communities-manager-cloud-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsun-communities-manager-cloud-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsun-communities-manager-cloud-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sun-communities-manager-cloud-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsun-communities-manager-cloud-operations"}]}