Azure Cloud Systems Engineer

About this role

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary: The Azure Cloud Systems Engineer will will manage, maintain, and support SOLV Energy’s Azure and AWS cloud-based infrastructure to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure operations, while maximizing the value of subscribed systems and services. This is a hands-on technologist role, reporting to the IT Infrastructure and Cloud Manager and will have responsibility for all aspects of the company’s cloud-based computing infrastructure and services.

This role is hybrid, with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description: *This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned  

Position Responsibilities and Duties:   • Assess current Azure   and AWS   instance and create continuous improvement roadmap.  

• Define cloud systems strategy to maximize the return on IT investments, while meeting or exceeding uptime and performance expectations.   

• Drive the adoption of best practices in cloud architecture and operations, ensuring   high standards   of performance and security.  

• Design, plan, and implement Azure   and AWS   based systems and services in support of functional, storage, compute, data integration, and systems security initiatives.  

• Collaborate with   S e cOps   and IT Operations   team s   to ensure that new or updated solutions and services   comply with   the enterprise cyber security standards.  

• Proactively   identify   and apply system updates to prevent issues, strengthen security, tune performance, automate tasks, and manage costs.  

• Monitor Azure   and AWS   systems operations and address alerts, anomalies, and issues .  

• Develop and support   D isaster Recovery , Backup, and   retention   policies on Azure   and AWS   platforms .  

• Maintain zero trust endpoint security with tools such as   Microsoft Defender  

• Develop and implement training programs for team members to enhance their skills and knowledge in Azure technologies  

• Lead project planning and execution, ensuring   timely   delivery of cloud solutions and adherence to project timelines  

• Manage cloud networking and security and   monitor   the logging of systems.  

• Development and maintenance of IT policies and procedures.  

• Ensure compliance with IT General Controls, provide needed information in support of audits and to substantiate process and controls compliance.  

• Own and   maintain   enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms, including Zabbix and cloud‑native tools, to provide clear visibility into the health, performance, capacity, and availability of Azure and AWS environments.  

• Build and support automation workflows using scripting and orchestration tools such as Ansible/AWX and operational runbooks to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and streamline day‑to‑day operations.  

• Identify   and adopt practical AI‑assisted features within monitoring and automation tools to improve anomaly detection, alert quality, and operational insights, while ensuring decisions and remediation remain under engineering control.  

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:  

•   Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology , related technology field, or equivalent combination of education and experience   

• 10+ years overall IT infrastructure experience, including 5+ years building and operating production workloads in Azure   at enterprise scale  

• Expertise   in Azure cloud system s   oversight, performance tuning, and administration.  

• Linux Operating System Experience / Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of cloud security technologies and best practices  

• Expert ise   with Infrastructure as Code: design and security, configuration management, integration, deployment, performance monitoring and tuning, automation of infrastructure.  

• Expertise   with ARM templates and   Terraform   to enable automation.  

• Expertise   with   Entra   ID   Administration  

• Expertise   with   networking and networking protocols &   services.  

• Proficiency   in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash for automation  

• Expertise   with deployment techniques (and tools) in a distributed environment.  

• Strong oral and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort with varying types of audiences  

• Emotional intelligence, flexible work style, and excellent diplomatic skills across all levels of an organization  

• Expertise   designing and delivering complex solutions on time and with expected quality.  

• Expertise   supporting various compliance and regulatory frameworks.  

• Advanced skills in performance tuning and optimization of cloud resources  

• Ability to multi-task,   establish   priorities, work independently, man a ge time, and   deliver on   commitments.  

• Hands‑on experience operating enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms  

• Practical experience automating operational tasks using scripting and orchestration tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, and tools like Ansible or AWX.  

• Familiarity   with AI‑assisted features in monitoring or automation tools  

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, nat

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