Cloud Systems Engineer (On-Site)

WORK AUTHORIZATION: This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

As a Systems Engineer I, you are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud platform systems that support critical business initiatives.

The primary focus of this role is Azure cloud infrastructure, including networking, compute, resource groups, subscriptions, governance, PaaS services, security, Azure Policy, and tagging standards.

You will work closely with senior engineers and cross-functional partners, using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Bicep to build scalable, secure platforms. This position is a strong individual contributor role with opportunities to lead smaller initiatives or defined components of larger projects.

Candidates are expected to be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision, while demonstrating strong communication and collaboration skills—working independently on defined initiatives and partnering effectively with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable Azure solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Support hybrid cloud and on‑premises architectures aligned with business and security requirements
• Design, implement, and support Azure and Entra ID infrastructure at enterprise scale
• Participate in platform upgrades, lifecycle management, and standardization efforts
• Contribute to VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, and system maintenance activities

Operations & Reliability:

• Partner with IT teams to maintain platform stability through monitoring, patching, tuning, and incident response
• Participate in an on‑call rotation and contribute to root‑cause analysis and remediation

Standards & Documentation:

• Follow engineering standards and help improve operational processes
• Maintain system documentation, diagrams, and runbooks
• Review environments for security, policy compliance, and operational readiness

Projects & Delivery:

• Act as a technical contributor on multiple initiatives
• Collaborate with engineers and leaders to deliver solutions on time and within scope
• Provide estimates, identify risks, and communicate progress effectively

Learning & Continuous Improvement:

• Stay current with relevant infrastructure technologies
• Apply new knowledge to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years of engineering experience supporting Azure solutions in hybrid cloud and on‑premises Windows Server environments
• Strong Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and Entra ID
• Working knowledge of VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper‑V virtualization platforms is a plus
• Experience with Active Directory administration is a plus
• Scripting or automation experience using Terraform or Bicep preferred, PowerShell a plus.
• Familiarity with platform monitoring, management, and alerting tools
• Azure or Identity‑related certifications preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self‑motivated, detail‑oriented, and able to work independently and collaboratively

Compensation Details:

$88400 - $110700 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)

• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met).  Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fu