Azure Cloud Operations Specialist

Vancouver, BC

Job Description

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Your New Role and Team

Sanctuary, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Azure Cloud Operations Specialist to join our Enterprise IT team. Reporting to the Director of IT, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of our infrastructure and services and will support the ongoing maturation of the business.

You’ll be a valued contributor as you learn and adapt to new and challenging projects, troubleshoot and resolve issues, and own and optimize our cloud systems and services. You will be a key participant in stewarding the tools that enable the company to deliver on its mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general purpose robots.

Your New Role and Team

Our Success Criteria

Be a key participant in a cloud migration project - learn about our existing cloud infrastructure and how it connects to various systems (in-cloud and on-prem) and help see the project through to completion alongside existing project participants.

Be curious and understand our existing cloud ecosystem, and recommend best practices that enable manageability, scalability, and cost effective operations.

Design, build, and document cloud infrastructure and share your knowledge inside the IT team and with stakeholders across the business. Use modern, automated tools and techniques.

Work with our software and machine learning teams to ensure their needs and aspirations are well-understood, well-represented, and accounted for when building and operating cloud infrastructure.

Make technical recommendations on an ongoing basis to ensure our environments are optimized

Make business recommendations around capacity, capabilities, security, and cost of our cloud ecosystems

Grow your skills across the cloud ecosystem in all facets as you grow our cloud capabilities alongside the business.

Grow your mentorship capabilities by sharing your work and skills with teammates to help foster their professional growth and development.

Your Experience

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

3+ years of experience in an Azure, cloud-first environment with direct infrastructure management exposure at scale.

Azure certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert

A demonstrated track record of technical excellence and successful projects under minimal supervision.

Skills

Proficient with foundational Azure compute, contain, and data capabilities and services including Azure App Service, Kubernetes services, Function App, Databases, and others

Highly skilled with logging and analytics services and reporting

Proficient with the foundational elements of Azure tenants including EntraID and Powershell

Confident in using IaC approaches and tools, like Terraform, ARM, and or Bicep

Confident and experienced with networking concepts (like subnets, VPNs, and so on) in general, and Azure virtual networks in particular - including Network Security Groups (NSG)

Familiar with SSO, SAML, SCIM, and OAuth integrations into Azure, as well as be comfortable working in an ITIL-oriented workplace with multiple endpoints (Windows, Linux, MacOS)

Traits

Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems

Advocate of personal responsibility and team accountability

Effective communicator across technical and non-technical domains

Proficient in analytical thinking, problem-solving, and meticulous troubleshooting

Decisive and proactive with superior time-management skills

Thrives in ambiguity, excels in complex problem-solving

Strategic thinker adept at balancing short-term and long-term goals

Demonstrates ownership and initiative in overcoming challenges

Skilled in optimistic listening and conflict resolution

Influential collaborator with demonstrated leadership abilities

Enthusiastic about tackling new challenges with resilience and positivity