For oil & gas exploration and production companies worldwide Superior Energy Services is an oilfield products and services company with global reach financial stability and mature safety and core values platforms. Through its portfolio of premier rental and well servicing brands Superior provides customers with robust inventory expedient delivery engineered solutions and expert consultative service all delivered with enterprisewide Shared Core Values for safe sustainable operations and corporate citizenship. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against any job applicant because of race religion national origin gender pregnancy sexual orientation age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Superioris currently seeking a Senior Systems and Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in Houston TX (OnSite 5 days)

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Systems and Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in developing optimizing and securing cloud solutions. In this role you will lead the design deployment and troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure ensuring compliance with best practices and maintaining robust security standards. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with deep technical expertise and leadership qualities to make a significant impact on our cloud operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design deploy and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure across Azure AWS and hybrid environments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance costefficiency and high availability 100 uptime).
• Develop and implement scripts for automation of deployment monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure security compliance by analyzing threats and applying best practices for data protection and privacy in cloud environments.
• Lead troubleshooting and issue resolution for complex cloudrelated problems providing advanced support to internal teams.
• Manage Azure services such as Azure SQL Azure Data Lake Data Factory and SQL Data Warehouse optimizing performance and scalability.
• Evaluate and architect migration strategies for onpremises infrastructure and applications to Azure.
• Participate in POCs and deployment of AWS/Azure infrastructure ensuring seamless integration and transition to production environments.
• Maintain 24x7 global cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability for critical applications and services.
• Support cloud integration for mergers and acquisitions by evaluating consolidating and migrating acquired IT infrastructures into our existing systems.
• Collaborate with global teams to standardize cloud environments across newly acquired entities ensuring compliance with corporate governance and security standards.
• Lead cloud infrastructure assessments for potential acquisitions providing insights on technology compatibility scalability and future growth potential.
• Develop strategies for seamless IT integration in crossborder acquisitions focusing on optimizing cloud services and minimizing downtime.

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in cloud platforms: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure and experience with AWS or Google Cloud is a plus.
• Automation and scripting: Strong skills in PowerShell Python or similar languages for cloud automation and deployment tasks.
• Cloud security: Ability to analyze design and implement secure cloud environments in compliance with industry standards.
• Networking and storage expertise: Deep understanding of networking technologies (e.g. VNETs VPNs) and storage solutions within cloud platforms.
• Data migration experience: Experience in migrating onpremise systems and databases to cloud environments particularly Azure.
• Leadership and collaboration: Proven ability to work across teams and lead initiatives that involve development infrastructure and cloud operations.
• Continuous learning: Strong commitment to staying current with the latest cloud technologies tools and best practices.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure management during mergers and acquisitions especially with integrating diverse IT environments.
• Global collaboration skills: Ability to work effectively with international teams and understand regulatory requirements across different regions.
• Strategic planning for global expansion: Proven ability to design cloud solutions that accommodate growth scalability and acquisition integration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure Data Services: Handson experience with Azure Data Factory Azure SQL Azure Data Lake and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
• Cloud migration experience: Previous involvement in at least two significant cloud migration projects.
• Strong analytical skills: Capable of evaluating cloud technology trends and recommending strategies for continuous improvement.

Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other relevant certifications.

Education: Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or other relevant majors. Equivalent work experience may also be considered.

Excellent Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Disability Life Matching 401(k)

Required Experience:

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