Associate Director Global Cloud Engineering

Description
The Global Cloud Engineering Leader will be responsible for the overall technical direction for Cloud hosting and automation tools for the company. This role will lead onshore and offshore cloud build and automation resources who are responsible for having a deep understanding of our business strategy, and the creation of a technical capability that enables and accelerates business goals through rapid deployment and scalability of new features and functionalities.
Lead team's Cloud Engineering and DevOps implementations and practices as it relates to Azure Cloud Environments and support, application deployments, site reliability and disaster recovery
Understanding the responsibility, requirements, and efforts to ensure appropriate and required Cyber methodologies in how work is performed and compliance for all areas of responsibility
Driving Cyber and Compliance as a culture as well as a functional requirement
Translate design decisions, architecture designs to code for continuous deployment and repeatability
Establish enterprise-wide cloud standards and associated documentation (naming, tagging, build etc..)
Establish Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) culture and principles to track and measure health, uptime, availability and performance
Oversite of daily run work, and overall reduction of technical debt
Responsible for redundancy and resiliency of all cloud environments globally
Ensures Engineering team leverages the latest DevOps and Cloud automation tools such as ARM Templates, PowerShell, Terraform, Python and Azure DevOps
Strong dedication to high quality and standards for your team's execution
Not afraid to jump in with the team to help resolve problems and remove blockers in a timely manner.
Collaborate with other teams on automation strategy and best practices
Create and document low-level designs, as built and standards
Collaborate with Solution architecture, Platform engineering, Cyber and Product teams for delivering requirements as defined
Work within a project management/agile scrum teams in a leading role as part of a wider team
Utilizes Agile and DevOps Processes and Principles, Crafts CI/CD pipelines; converting builds to use native Azure build pipelines
Work with the release management team and engineering teams to enhance skills and practices
Design and maintain automation processes and ensure that all things that should be automated, are automated responsibly with Security, Governance and compliance validations.
Work with Leadership to develop effective IT solutions based on business needs, issues and drivers.
Assist with IT strategies to achieve productivity, stability and resilience.
Prioritize, plan, scope and manage IT projects.
Approve/initiate change requests, project proposals and maintain architecture and process documentation
Ensure team adheres to disaster recovery and compliance testing schedules through the year
Assist in preparing project budgets and schedules.
Assist in business reengineering efforts and recommend new technologies to meet business demands.
Monitor project execution to ensure on-time delivery.
Skills
Strategy, automation, Cloud, azure automation, azure
Top Skills Details
Strategy,automation,Cloud,azure automation,azure
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Person specification
Team management skills - ability to drive cross-functional teams to project goals and timelines
Communication skills - help align stakeholders, define dependencies and plan efficiently and communicate release schedules, progress, blockers
Mentorship - Ability to guide, train and coach resources involved in the release and deployment lifecycle.
Data skills - use data to get insights, inform decisions and reach business KPIs and product metrics important to the business
Technical skills - Extensive in Cloud Engineering and the Microsoft Well Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework with very specific understanding of landing zones and foundational buildout, Automation, Architecture, and Development
Azure DevOps Tool administration and configuration
Certification - Scrum Product Owner/Product Manager certificates preferred
Product skills - 10 yrs Mix of Cloud/Dev and Leadership Experience
Tooling
Azure Cloud
Azure DevOps
WIZ Security Scanning
SonarQube
Terraform
Ansible
GIT
Log Analytics
Netskope
Experience - Essential
Strong communication skills
Ability to quickly pivot as needed and lead a team through multiple projects and competing priorities
Proven track record in on time/on spec project delivery
Strong relationship skills and cultural awareness, the ability to work well with people from different disciplines and cultures.
Ability to be agile, respond positively to change and contribute with an innovative and global mindset.
Experience - Desirable
10+ years Cloud Engineering/App Development/Leadership experience
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 19, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.