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
Requirements
- Must possess the following certifications: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) and Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
- Bachelors 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.
Salary Description
$125,000-$130,000 annually