Azure Technical Lead - Fisher Investments

It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for an Azure Technical Lead to support our Cloud Platform team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity:

As an Azure Technical Lead, you will report to the Cloud Platform Team Lead and will be responsible for mentoring, supporting, and teaching a team of cloud engineers in designing, implementing, and managing our Azure-based cloud infrastructure. As a hands-on Technical Lead, you will consult and contribute to process improvements of IT policies, procedures, tools, security controls and infrastructure. You will also conduct research and proof of concept activities and provide recommendations for new technologies, techniques and tools to add value by increasing efficiency while improving service quality.  

The Day-to-Day:

• Guide, mentor, and manage a team of cloud engineers fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
• Conduct regular team meetings for architecture/design reviews, code reviews, cross team collaboration opportunities, and training sessions to ensure continuous development and alignment with company goals
• Aide in designing and managing scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation tooling for routine operation tasks
• Oversee the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of Azure resources
• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of the Azure environment through proactive monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Manage cloud costs and optimize resource usage to achieve cost efficiency
• Work with solution architects and partners to confirm developed solutions align with existing standards, meet security controls and meet cloud computing best practices
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and the adoption of new technologies to enhance the Azure cloud environment
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Azure features, tools, and best practices, and disseminate this knowledge to the team
• Investigate and monitor current-state cloud usage, solutions in use, risks, gaps, limitations and recommend solutions, optimizations and remediation
• Ensure cloud services and toolsets are deployed with best practices and documentation

Your Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure cross platform technology areas, with implementing and maintaining expertise
• 5+ years of experience building, deploying and managing public cloud IaaS and PaaS services
• Experience building an automated cloud infrastructure across Prod and Non-Prod environments
• Scripting and automation of builds, workflows, tasks and other integration aspects
• Linux and Microsoft Windows server administration
• Configuration management, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) toolsets including (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Puppet and Chef)

Compensation:

• $100,000-$180,000 base salary per year in the state of WA - New hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range depending on experience
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays 
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• $10,000 fertility, hormonal health and family-forming benefit
• Opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change. Based on tenure and performance eligibility, you will have the opportunity to work from home up to 60 days per year

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