Microsoft Azure Cloud Lead Consultant

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Job Description The Vended Application Expert provides expertise across all major functions in their area(s) of the business and delivers product features utilizing vended software, particularly ERP applications, by applying knowledge of the application’s functionality and client business processes. The role creates technical and process designs and configures vendor software for the highly complex new or existing enterprise-wide and business-unit applications and maintenance efforts. The VAA Expert knows vendor feature roadmaps and capabilities and leverages developer groups and support processes to gain insight and provide direction. The Vended Application Expert is responsible for implementing, configuring, and operating the applications and platforms that support Allstate’s engineering and business teams. This role owns the lifecycle of these systems, ensuring they are integrated effectively, secured properly, and maintained to meet enterprise standards [... source excerpt omitted ...] he overall efficiency of the systems they manage. They play a key role in ensuring the applications remain stable, compliant, and aligned with Allstate’s technology strategy. Key Responsibilities Designs, builds, manages, and operates the infrastructure and configuration of the platform infrastructure and application environments with a focus on automation and infrastructure as code. Leads a team in engineering practices around test driven and continuous delivery of infrastructure. Designs, builds, manages, and operates the continuous delivery framework and tools, manages, and automates the lifecycle of the different platform components. Designs, builds, manages, and operates the [... source excerpt omitted ...] work and application. Recommends and maintains technology related policies and procedures. Experience 7 or more years of experience (Preferred). In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Technical Skills Deep level of understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and its relationship between Azure and M365. Deep level of understanding of Azure Management Groups and Policy. Deep level of understanding of Azure Regions, Availability Zones, VNets, Private Endpoints and Express Route. Minimum 5 years’ experience with Azure Cloud Services. Experience with GCP services such as Compute, IAM, Networking, and image ma