Job Description
On April 28, 2021, Avelo took flight as America’s first new airline in nearly 15 years – ushering in a new era of affordable, convenient, and reliable air travel. Founded and led by airline industry veteran, Andrew Levy, along with a team of world-class airline executives, we endeavored to build a different and better kind of airline with one mission in mind: “To inspire travel” and we’ve done so with industry-leading reliability and a caring Soul of Service. If you are looking for the opportunity to join a new and exciting airline that offers the chance to truly make your mark on aviation history, keep reading!
Purpose: Avelo Airlines is seeking a strategic and technically adept Manager of IT Cloud to lead the design, deployment, and optimization of our Azure-based cloud infrastructure. This role will drive innovation across compute, containers, databases, DevOps, monitoring, networking, security, storage, and web/mobility services, while integrating third-party observability and performance tools such as Fastly, Grafana, and Prometheus.
Responsibilities:
1. Manage scalable, secure, and resilient Azure cloud environments across multiple regions.
2. Lead a team of cloud engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Security, Networking, Data, Development and Program Management.
3. Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform templates.
4. Oversee Azure services including:
- Compute: VMs, Azure Functions, App Services
- Containers: AKS, Container Instances
- Databases: Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL
- Monitor: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Defender for Cloud
- Networking: VNets, NSGs, ExpressRoute, DNS, FrontDoor, Fastly
- Security: RBAC, Conditional Access, Encryption
- Storage: Blob, File, Disk, Archive
- Web & Mobility: App Services and API Management
5. Integrate and manage third-party tools:
- Fastly for edge delivery and CDN
- Grafana for custom dashboards and visualization
- Prometheus for metrics collection and alerting
- Must possess the following certifications: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) and Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
- Bachelor's degree in business management, IT, engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering.
- 2+ years in a leadership role.
- Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure services and ecosystem.
- Hands-on experience with IaC, CI/CD, and cloud-native security.
- Familiarity with observability platforms and performance monitoring tools.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
X-FACTORS:
- The following certifications are preferred but not required: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), and/or Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Responsibilities and duties may change when circumstances dictate (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technical developments).
Avelo is an Equal Opportunity Employer.