Manager, Cloud Engineering

Description:

On April 28, 2021, Avelo took flight as America’s first new airline in nearly 15 years – ushering in a new era of affordable, convenient, and reliable air travel. Founded and led by airline industry veteran, Andrew Levy, along with a team of world-class airline executives, we endeavored to build a different and better kind of airline with one mission in mind: “To inspire travel” and we’ve done so with industry-leading reliability and a caring Soul of Service. If you are looking for the opportunity to join a new and exciting airline that offers the chance to truly make your mark on aviation history, keep reading!

Purpose: Avelo Airlines is seeking a strategic and technically adept Manager of IT Cloud to lead the design, deployment, and optimization of our Azure-based cloud infrastructure. This role will drive innovation across compute, containers, databases, DevOps, monitoring, networking, security, storage, and web/mobility services, while integrating third-party observability and performance tools such as Fastly, Grafana, and Prometheus.

Responsibilities:

• Manage scalable, secure, and resilient Azure cloud environments across multiple regions.

• Lead a team of cloud engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Security, Networking, Data, Development and Program Management.

• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform templates.

• Oversee Azure services including:

• *Compute*: VMs, Azure Functions, App Services
• *Containers*: AKS, Container Instances
• *Databases*: Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL
• *Monitor*: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Defender for Cloud
• *Networking*: VNets, NSGs, ExpressRoute, DNS, FrontDoor, Fastly
• *Security*: RBAC, Conditional Access, Encryption
• *Storage*: Blob, File, Disk, Archive
• *Web & Mobilit*y: App Services and API Management

• Integrate and manage third-party tools:

• Fastly for edge delivery and CDN
• Grafana for custom dashboards and visualization
• Prometheus for metrics collection and alerting

Requirements:

• Must possess the following certifications: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) and Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
• Bachelor's degree in business management, IT, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering.
• 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure services and ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with IaC, CI/CD, and cloud-native security.
• Familiarity with observability platforms and performance monitoring tools.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

X-FACTORS:

• The following certifications are preferred but not required: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), and/or Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).

*May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Responsibilities and duties may change when circumstances dictate (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technical developments).*

*Avelo is an Equal Opportunity Employer.*