Ld Cloud Engineer

Ld Cloud Engineer Location Libertyville, IL :

Job Summary Drive the transformation of our operational practices from on-premises to cloud technologies. You will lead a diverse, global team of cloud engineers, ensuring efficient cloud operations while fostering skill development. Your leadership will be instrumental in maintaining a highly available, secure, and cost-effective cloud environment. This role will also involve working closely with cross-functional IT teams to streamline infrastructure deployments, enhance operational efficiency, and support cloud migration and modernization efforts. You will act as a technical mentor, providing guidance while ensuring the team maintains high professional standards.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers, fostering professional growth and technical expertise.
• Collaborate with IT leadership to align cloud strategies with business objectives.
• Develop and implement best practices for cloud operations, security, and cost optimization.
• Assist managing cloud tools and through the application life cycle process.
• Assist architect with building cloud solutions that power the business.
• Support incident response and troubleshooting of cloud-related issues.
• Oversee the maintenance and operation of Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Develop and document standard processes and procedures.
• Drive cross-team collaboration, ensuring smooth communication between cloud teams, network, security, and application teams.
• Participate in and assisting managing an on-call rotation.
• Always maintain a professional demeanor. Consistently interact professionally and work productively with all levels of Medline employees. Follow Medline's Code of Ethics and other corporate policies.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related field.

Certification / Licensure

• AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator), or similar.

Work Experience

• At least 7 years of experience working with IT infrastructure.
• At least 4 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud operations, or IT infrastructure.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Hands-on experience managing and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure (Compute, Networking, Storage, Security)
• Strong knowledge of Azure Networking (VNet, NSG, Load Balancers, ExpressRoute, Private Link)
• Strong experience with Azure infrastructure, including Compute (VMs, App Services), Networking (VNet, NSG, Load Balancers), Storage (Blob, Files), and Security (RBAC, Azure AD, Defender for Cloud)
• Experience building and supporting mission-critical infrastructure for critical applications
• Experience writing Terraform modules, policies, and custom providers
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or Ansible for cloud provisioning
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for troubleshooting
• Experience with Azure cost optimization and FinOps strategies (aligning with ongoing SKU Right Sizing and Remediation projects)
• Ability to lead incident response and troubleshooting of cloud-related issues
• Experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS)
• Experience with Windows and Linux Server Systems
• Experience and knowledge with databases and storage devices
• Experience and knowledge of change control and security best practices
• Experience with public cloud infrastructure
• Excellent troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrate the willingness and ability to improve performance and/or capabilities across all areas of responsibility utilizing formal and informal training
• Consistently demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position:

$115,440.00 - $173,160.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.