Cloud Engineer - Associate

At PwC, our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust, secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks, servers, and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime. In infrastructure engineering at PwC, you will focus on designing and implementing robust and scalable technology infrastructure solutions for clients. Your work will involve network architecture, server management, and cloud computing experience.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.
  
  

Technical Experience As Following

As an Azure Cloud Engineer, Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Cloud Technology Expertise: Experience with Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, storage solutions, and networking.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, and ARM templates for automating infrastructure deployment and management.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Hands-on experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred).
• DevOps Practices: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience with tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Spinnaker.
• Database Management: Experience with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other cloud-based database solutions.
• Security and Compliance: Knowledge of Azure security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, and compliance frameworks.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Proficiency in using monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Scripting and Automation: Proficient in scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automating cloud operations.
• Networking: Good understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPC, subnets, load balancers, and VPN gateways.
  
  

Customer Success

• Collaborate with cross functional team members to develop and propose to potential customers technical cloud-based solutions including proposals and statements of work.
• Assist to develop reference architectures and best practice approaches to optimize clients’ cloud adoption, application performance, security, and cost models.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate to designs and approach.
• Participate in meetings and discussions with internal and external customers.
• Identify and prioritize use cases for implementation.
• Identify technical requirements for the identified use cases and build an implementation plan.
  
  

Implementation, Innovation (building), and Learning

• Develop and propose technical cloud-based solutions.
• Optimize clients’ cloud adoption, application performance, security, and cost models.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into designs and approaches.
• Identify and prioritize use cases for implementation.
• Take an “always learning” approach to your role, continuing to advance your skills, knowledge and network in Cloud and DevOps.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on Microsoft Azure and relevant offerings, knowledge of other cloud could be an asset.
• Obtain and maintain relevant certifications as needed for the Microsoft Cloud Engineering Practice.
• Collaborate with your team members and contribute as a technical team member while participating in multiple concurrent cloud focused projects, ensuring implementations are well aligned with the overall architecture.
  
  

Experiences And Skills You’ll Use To Solve

• Relevant experience working as an engineer or in a related capacity.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud technologies (especially Azure), project execution, and software development.
• Experience in implementing and scaling cloud-based projects, focusing on:
• Cloud technology architectures and solutions, including hybrid cloud and deployment options (PaaS, IaaS).
• Change management practices, including organizational models, roles/responsibilities, and technology tooling and automation.
• Application modernization strategies and tooling.
• Supporting the removal of technical debt and legacy applications.
• Working in waterfall, scrum, agile, and other methodologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with experience in a consulting environment, including business presentations and technical writing.