Senior Cloud Engineer

Qualifications

Key Competencies

Ability to Multitask. Demonstrates strong technical and operational agility, effectively navigating complex business and cloud environments to deliver tailored, high-quality support across WWF’s Azure and multi-cloud platforms.

Solution-Oriented and Strategic Collaboration. Clear, influential communicator who leads projects end-to-end, ensuring alignment, transparency, and active engagement with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams.

Growth Mindset. Demonstrates a strong growth mindset, continually expanding expertise in evolving cloud, automation, and security technologies and applying new knowledge to strengthen WWF’s technical capabilities.

Big Picture Thinking . Strategic acumen complemented by robust technical proficiency Collaborative.

Collaborative. Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team

Project Management. Strong organizational, documentation, and project management capabilities, including development of comprehensive project plans

Skills and Abilities

Degree in IT or related field AND minimum of 8 years of work experience (including at least 6 years of experience in IT)

MUST HAVE Verbal and written fluency in English and Spanish

Experience managing large-scale enterprise IT systems

Extensive hands-on experience managing highly available and resilient Azure production systems.

In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, cloud architecture, cloud networking, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Windows and Linux servers

Proficient in managing Windows domains and Active Directory

Expertise in using PowerShell and Graph API for Azure management, workflow automation, and deployment orchestration

Familiarity with provisioning and managing access for technologies such as Fabric, Power BI, and Azure Foundry

Experience integrating Microsoft Copilot for M365, Copilot Studio, and Copilot Agents into enterprise Azure/M365 environments, including configuration and governance of data access controls

Significant expertise in building, deploying, and managing virtual machines in Azure from inception

History of applying structured thinking to diagnose complex cloud or hybrid system issues and develop scalable, sustainable solutions.

Well-honed methodologies for diagnosing and troubleshooting technical issues.

Broad enterprise scale expertise across infrastructure, Azure cloud architecture, identity and access management with Entra ID, and emerging AI‐ driven‐ automation technologies—enabling the evaluation and recommendation of modernization opportunities, security improvements, and strategic technology replacements.

Skills in configuring Microsoft Entra tenants and domains, including DNS and VNET setup.

Committed to building and strengthening a culture of inclusion within and across teams.

Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values: COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.

INTEGRITY – We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.

RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.

COLLABORATION – We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.

What You'll Do:

Own Our Azure Infrastructure

You'll be the architect behind WWF's Azure environment, spinning up subscriptions, provisioning resources, and building/deploying VMs (Windows, SQL, Red Hat, firewalls) from the ground up in both production and staging.

Lock Down Security & Identity

Configure Microsoft Entra tenants, manage SSO through Azure Enterprise Apps, and keep our RBAC and user groups clean and secure.

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