It Microsoft Cloud Senior Specialist
Pubblicato il 02-10-2026 - Americana Foods in Roma
IT Microsoft Cloud Senior Specialist
Azienda : Americana Foods Ltd Tipo Lavoro : Tempo pieno Italy
Descrizione Lavoro - IT Microsoft Cloud Senior Specialist
As part of the IT Infrastructure & Cloud team, the IT Lead – Cloud Expert will play a critical role in driving our cloud strategy, optimizing our Azure footprint, and ensuring stable, secure, and cost‑efficient cloud operations across all regions, including on‑ground collaboration with country IT teams. This role supports both day‑to‑day operational stability and long‑term modernization initiatives, ensuring our cloud and hybrid environments are aligned with business requirements, especially high‑availability workloads and real‑time platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
Design and enhance the Azure landing zones used across the business.
Implement cloud architectures that align with infrastructure standards, security policies, and operational practices used by the team.
Modernize existing infrastructure by consolidating VMs, shifting workloads to PaaS, and improving performance.
Lead the setup,
governance, and support of Microsoft Fabric in collaboration with analytics and platform teams.
Support early‑stage adoption and enablement of Azure AI Foundry to build and deploy AI‑driven solutions where relevant.
Cloud Operations, Optimization & Cost Management
Act as the point of expertise for Azure operations within the infrastructure team.
Manage and optimize Azure costs, including budgeting, forecasting, tagging, and alert configuration.
Drive VM consolidation initiatives across environments to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
Monitor health, capacity, and performance of cloud workloads to ensure business continuity and operational resilience.
Support the team during incident management, major outages, and escalations involving cloud components.
Governance, Security & Compliance
Work closely with Information Security to apply cloud security standards across regions.
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