Senior Azure Engineer (Azure ARC)

Key responsibilities

Design, deploy, configure, and operate Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.

Implement and manage Software‑Defined Networking (SDN) solutions, including Network ATC, to support scalable and resilient hybrid infrastructure.

Deploy, configure, and optimize Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and enterprise storage provisioning solutions.

Enable and manage Azure Arc for Servers, extending Azure management, governance, and monitoring to on‑premises and hybrid environments.

Architect, deploy, and support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) solutions, including host pools, session hosts, profiles, and monitoring.

Provision, manage, and optimize virtual machines across hybrid platforms, including Azure, Azure Local, Hyper‑V, and VMware.

Configure and operate Azure Update Manager to provide centralized and compliant patch management across hybrid workloads.

Implement observability and operational monitoring using Azure Monitor, ensuring proactive issue detection and performance optimization.

Provide advanced administration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management for Windows Server environments (2012 R2–2025).

Design and manage enterprise virtualization environments using Azure Stack HCI/Azure Local, Hyper‑V, VMware, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

Architect and support Azure Hybrid Services, including:

Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery for business continuity and disaster recovery

Azure Migrate for discovery, assessment, and migration planning

Azure Arc and Azure Monitor for unified management

Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) and Azure Virtual Desktop

Plan and execute backup, recovery, and migration strategies using tools such as SCDPM, Veeam, Commvault, Carbonite, and Azure‑native services.

Design and support Azure IaaS architectures, covering virtual networking, storage, compute, resiliency, and performance best practices.

Collaborate with stakeholders to modernize legacy infrastructure and guide adoption of hybrid and cloud solutions aligned with Microsoft best practices.



Skills and experiences

Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience.

Experience in conducting technical workshops, training sessions, and webinars to educate customers on the best practices and new features of Microsoft

10+ years experience with customer-facing roles in

Azure Local Deployment and configuration:

·Software Defined Networking Deployments and Configuration

· Network ATC

· Storage Spaces Direct Deployments and Configuration

· Storage Provisioning

· Azure ARC for Servers

· Azure Virtual Desktop

· Virtual Machines

· Azure Update Manager

· Azure Monitor

Windows Server (Windows Server 2012 R2-2025) :

· Virtualization (Azure Stack HCI/Local, Hyper-V, VMware)

· System Center Virtual Machine Manager - SCVMM

Azure Hybrid Services:

· Azure Backup and Site Recovery

· Azure Migrate

· Azure ARC

· Azure Monitor

· Azure Virtual Machine - VM

· Azure Virtual Desktop – AVD

· Backup and migration tools (SCDPM, Veeam, Commvault, Carbonite, …)

· General Azure IaaS platform (networking, storage, etc.)



Optional Skills

Entra ID (RBAC, AuthN/AuthZ, Hybrid identity, Entra ID Domain Services)

Azure Kubernetes Services – AKS

Azure PaaS Services (Function App, APIM, Automation)

Infrastructure as code (Bicep/ARM or Terraform)

Azure Network security (NSG, BGP routing, ExpressRoute and Gateway)



Relevant Certifications

o Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or equivalent

o Microsoft Certified Trainer – MCT or equivalent

o Microsoft Certified Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate AZ800/AZ801

o Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert – AZ305

o Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator – AZ104

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty – AZ140