Associate Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Avanade Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade Inc. in Chicago seeks a systems architect to design and implement AX and cloud infrastructure, including operating systems, networking, security, and systems management. You will enable client operations and collaboration across enterprise environments.

The role focuses on deploying AX-based infrastructure, Azure DevOps, and related services, with an emphasis on security controls and performance benchmarking. Collaboration with client IT operations is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant field.
• 3–4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with AX technical infrastructure and integration.
• Experience deploying enterprise messaging and collaboration solutions.
• Ability to design security and business continuity controls.

Responsibilities

• Create build automation and/or build guides for repeatable server builds and deployments.
• Deploy enterprise messaging and collaboration solutions to lower administrative costs and enhance end-user productivity.
• Collect, identify, define and organize detailed user and systems requirements; coordinate with others to meet customer needs.
• Monitor performance and analyze statistics to identify and resolve system problems.
• Establish and maintain security including AX security, integrity and business continuity controls.
• Design AX technical infrastructure and integration within the customer environment.
• Collaborate with Customer IT Operations management.
• Design performance framework and high availability architecture; run benchmarks on critical business transactions.

Skills

Systems design

Networking

Security controls

Performance monitoring

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure services

Dynamics AX

Server build automation

Job description

Job Family Overview

Focus on (Cloud and On-Premise) deployments of Dynamics 365, including all related configurations, Azure DevOps setup, Azure services configuration and environment monitoring and maintenance.

Job Overview

Responsible for designing and implementing AX systems and cloud infrastructure, operating systems, networking, security and systems management architectures/solutions that enable effective client operations and collaboration.

Key Accountabilities

• Creation of build automation and/or build guides for solid, repeatable server builds and deployments
• Deploy enterprise-wide messaging and collaboration solutions to lower administrative costs and enhance end-user productivity
• Collect, identify, define and organize detailed user and systems requirements. Coordinate and collaborate with others to ensure plans and identified solutions meet the customer needs and expectations
• Monitor performance and analyze statistics to identify and resolve system problems
• Establish and maintain security including AX Security, integrity and business continuity controls and documents
• Responsible for the design of the AX technical infrastructure and integration in Customer existing environment
• works with Customer IT Operation management
• Designs performance framework and high availability architecture, designs and run performance benchmarks on critical business transactions

Key Role Skill & Capability Requirements

Global skill requirements to come; speak to hiring managers, capability leads, and region Talent Community champions for needs in local market.

Preferrred Education Background

You will likely posess a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevt field.

Preferred Years of Work Experience

3-4 years of relevant experience.

Scope of Work

Nature of Work: Executes project/program plans and processes in alignment with established operational objectives.

Work must be coordinated across different workstreams, processes, or projects.

Complexity: Complex problems that can span across work domains requiring considerable judgement of contextual factors.

Discretion: Wide latitude in approach to work within established work plans.

Organizational Impact: Work efforts have an immediate impact on Avanade and/or client operations. If client-facing, should start to support client relationship and sales outcomes.

Supervision Received: Works under general guidance and direction, but fully independent in own work with latitude for autonomous decision-making related to work process.

Supervision Provided: Supports more junior colleagues on work efforts, with routine supervision of work efforts. May serve as Career Advisor.

Knowledge Applied: Applies advanced knowledge of a learned occupation / discipline and basic knowledge of business operations.

Key Performance Indicators: Relevant Additional Details: This field is reserved for any additional details that may not be globally relevant and consistently vary on a position-by-position basis.

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