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What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.
Current Need: We are seeking a highly skilled
Azure Cloud & Systems Engineer to design, build, support, and continuously improve our Azure cloud environment and the infrastructure supporting our business-critical applications. This role requires deep technical expertise across Azure services, networking, security, Windows/Linux VMs, and secure file transfer technologies.
The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on cloud engineering experience, excels in critical situations, communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and thrives in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. This position also participates in an on-call rotation for after-hours incident response.
Key Responsibilities:Azure Cloud Engineering- Design, deploy, administer, and secure Azure resources (compute, networking, storage, governance).
- Create and maintain Alerting, Monitoring, and Dashboarding.
- Manage Azure policies, RBAC, tagging strategy, and enterprise governance controls.
- Support Azure Networking, including VNets, firewalls, routing, VPNs, endpoints, and private networking.
- Provision and maintain Windows and Linux virtual machines and related services.
- Support web applications and Azure components.
- Manage secure file transfer solutions (e.g., GoAnywhere, SFTP/FTP).
Systems Engineering & Administration- Maintain and troubleshoot enterprise-class systems, networks, and virtualized environments.
- Document cloud and network architectures, procedures, and environment configurations.
- Collaborate with DevOps and Database teams to ensure reliable, secure, scalable systems.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to system-related incidents.
Operational Excellence- Perform advanced network troubleshooting using industry-standard tools.
- Provide accurate time estimates for tasks and follow through to complete resolution.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Remain self-directed, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying and resolving issues.
- Quickly learn new technologies through self-study and hands-on experimentation.
Minimum Requirement:- Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.
Education:- 4-year degree in computer science or 4+ years of related experience
Critical Skills:- 4+ years' experience building cloud solutions and supporting cloud applications
- 3+ years of experience in Azure focused role
- Azure Engineering: 3-4+ years building, maintaining, and securing Azure resources
- Azure Networking: Deep understanding of TCP/IP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, NSGs, peering, etc
- Virtual Machines: 3+ years administering Windows Server VMs (Linux experience a plus)
- Strong PowerShell skills
- Security Technologies: Experience with VPNs, firewalls, secure transfer tools (SFTP/GoAnywhere)
- Troubleshooting: Proficient with network/system diagnostic tools and methodologies
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Additional Knowledge & Skills:- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
- Experience with KQL (Kusto Query Language)
- Experience with Powershell and other scripting languages
- Experience with Palo Alto firewalls (preferred).
- Experience working in healthcare environments (plus).
- Ability to work effectively in team and cross-functional project settings.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position$86,000 - $143,300
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