Analyst/Sr Analyst, Cloud Engineering

Join our world of Infrastructure, supporting delivery of modern cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure and the broader Microsoft technology stack. You’ll contribute to implementing, testing, deploying and supporting cloud-hosted solutions while building your consulting and engineering fundamentals.

Come join us

Step into the dynamic field of Cloud Engineering. You’ll work with experienced consultants and architects to help clients adopt and optimize modern cloud and DevOps practices. This is a great opportunity to grow your hands-on skills across build, release, and operational support while learning how we deliver consistent, secure outcomes for clients. Together we do what matters.

What you will do:

Support the build, maintenance, and execution of DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Implement Azure cloud solutions using Microsoft technologies under guidance from senior team members.

Contribute to the development and application of Azure standards, patterns, and best practices (e.g., documentation, reusable templates, consistent configuration).

Participate in project delivery activities including requirements analysis, task implementation, testing, and documentation.

Implement and support Azure infrastructure and platform services to meet security, reliability, and business requirements.

Assist customers and internal teams with assessing workloads for suitability to move to Azure.

Support troubleshooting and operational activities (monitoring, logging, alerting) to keep solutions stable and supportable\

Technical requirements

Exposure to CI/CD concepts using Azure DevOps or GitHub.

Foundational knowledge or hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or similar).

Working knowledge of Azure core services: compute, storage, networking, identity.

Experience supporting or implementing Azure IaaS and/or PaaS solutions.

Familiarity with monitoring/logging/alerting tools such as Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

Awareness of high availability, backup, and disaster recovery concepts.

Basic Azure networking knowledge: VNets, subnets, NSGs, peering.

Exposure to containers / Kubernetes (AKS) is a plus.

Familiarity with Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, and MFA concepts.

Professional skills

Ability to work effectively within a team and follow established delivery processes.

Developing ability to communicate technical information clearly (verbal and written).

Comfortable working with internal stakeholders and/or clients in a delivery environment.

Education & experience

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field and/or 1–3 years of experience in the IT sector.

Preferred certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (or within 1 year of hire).

About you

Characteristics that demonstrate success for this role:

Analytical, curious, agile

Team player and good communicator

Problem-solver, patient and quality-driven

Self-motivating

Innovative mindset

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade:

Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth