Azure & Identity Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

REPORTS TO POSITION:

Director, IT Infrastructure

GBU/REGION/FUNCTION:

IT

DEPARTMENT:

IT

LOCATION:

Poland, UK or Mexico

JOB CODE/ GRADE:

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Azure & Identity Architect is primarily responsible for designing, deploying, managing, and supporting Azure architecture and governance. This role also includes responsibilities related to identity management, such as designing and implementing robust IAM solutions on the Azure platform, developing secure, scalable architectures for identity governance, authentication, and authorization. The position holder will work and coordinate with the Global IT Infrastructure Team to engineer and administer multiple Microsoft and 3rd party technology corporate services.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

·         Design and Engineer Solutions: Develop and implement Microsoft Azure solutions to ensure maximum availability and reliability.

·         Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Support cluster and disaster recovery strategies to maintain continuous high availability of business-critical applications.

·         System Administration: Perform routine system administration and maintenance on both local and remote locations.

·         Documentation: Keep documentation current for all supported systems.

·         Infrastructure Management: Proactively analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure issues.

·         Identity and Access Management (IAM): Design and implement robust IAM solutions on the Azure platform, ensuring secure, scalable architectures for identity governance, authentication, and authorization.

·         Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders to provide solutions and technical guidance during development, deployment, and practical implementation.

·         Governance Policies: Develop and enforce Azure governance policies to ensure compliance with internal and external regulations.

·         Azure Blueprints: Implement Azure Blueprints to create fully compliant environments, including resources, policies, and role-access controls.

·         Policy-Based Management: Use Azure Policy to apply policy-based management across all Azure services.

·         Cost Management: Monitor and manage costs using Azure Cost Management tools, optimizing cloud spend by analyzing costs and monitoring usage from a single dashboard.

·         Compliance and Audit: Ensure consistent development environments through policy enforcement and create an audit trail to identify compliance issues.

·         Management Groups: Apply policies with flexible hierarchies to multiple subscriptions using Azure Management Groups.

·         Resource Visibility: Maintain visibility into all resources with Azure Resource Graph.

Experience requirement:

·         Minimum of 7 year in Microsoft Azure

·         Minimum of 5 years in Hyper-V & VMware environments

·         Minimum of 5 years in Windows Server Systems

·         Minimum of 3 years in Office 365

·         System Center Configuration Manager

·         Strong Experience in PowerShell scripting

·         Experience Azure Backups and Azure Site Recovery

·         Comprehensive understanding of IT processes and best practices related to backup and recovery, and storage

·         Experience creating disaster recovery plan documents

·         Group Policies, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory

·         Networking understanding of DNS, TCP/IP, etc.

·         ITIL tools & processes

·         Working against established SLAs and monitoring them

KEY POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education

·         Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, IT, related field, or relevant work experience.

·         Azure Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Professional desired

Knowledge and Skills

·         Highly motivated and ambitious, go-getter with a hunger for learning new technology.

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

·         Documentation and presentation skills.

·         Analytical and detail oriented.

·         Team player with leadership capabilities.

·         Well-organized.

Additional Requirements (travel, etc.)

·         15%25 travel required.

·         Self-motivated individual who delivers effective results in a timely fashion.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Ansell is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, marital status, parental status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Ansell. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process. 

Ansell is an EO Employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled and other protected categories.

Our Commitment to Belonging and Inclusion:

Ansell’s vision is about creating safe spaces where all perspectives are valued alongside individual contributions. When we say that everyone deserves to belong, feel included and empowered at work., it's not just words. We want applicants to know that we endeavor to create an inclusive environment that will consider all, regardless of age, gender, background, disability, veteran status, or experience alone! It’s what drives Ansell as an organization towards a workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate, it’s what drives us to serve our customers and stakeholders with pride, and it’s what differentiates Ansell.