Senior Azure Cloud Platform Lead

Lids; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee discount

Career development

Wage access

Job summary

Lids is seeking a Cloud Platform Manager to lead enterprise cloud operations across Microsoft Azure, ensuring stability, security, and cost efficiency for a national retailer.

The role partners with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to establish standards, governance, and modernization, while developing high-performing cloud teams. Indianapolis on-site role with strong leadership focus.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience leading cloud infrastructure or enterprise platform teams with people management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, cloud security, and governance.
• Experience with Azure Policy, RBAC, landing zones, and cost optimization.
• Ability to coach, set goals, and drive career development in teams.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute cloud platform plans aligned with technology roadmap and business objectives.
• Lead CloudOps resources, hire, coach, and manage performance and career progression.
• Own health, availability, performance, reliability, and cost of Azure environments.
• Drive governance, security posture, compliance, and incident response readiness.
• Partner with architecture, security, and business teams to modernize while maintaining stability.

Skills

Azure governance

Cloud leadership

Incident management

Security compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Budget & cost management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure Monitor

Defender for Cloud

Power Platform

Jira

Job description

Lids is seeking a Cloud Platform Manager to lead enterprise cloud operations across Microsoft Azure, ensuring stability, security, and cost efficiency for a national retailer.

The role partners with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to establish standards, governance, and modernization, while developing high-performing cloud teams. Indianapolis on-site role with strong leadership focus.