Cloud Engineer

We're looking for a Cloud Engineer who's excited to help shape the future of how we work, connect, and serve our guests. In this role, you'll design, implement, and optimize cloud-based infrastructure and services that keep our business running smoothly and securely. You'll play an essential part in advancing our hybrid cloud environment, with a strong focus on Microsoft technologies.

You'll collaborate with a remarkable team of infrastructure, application, and security experts to design and maintain cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, and ready to grow with our business. You'll bring ideas to life through automation, infrastructure, and continuous improvement.

If you're someone who enjoys solving complex challenges, exploring new technologies, and helping teams work smarter, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a supportive, innovative environment.

Additional Duties Include:

Cloud Architecture & Deployment

• Design, build and manage secure and scalable cloud environments using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions that will support enterprise applications, data platforms, and services.
• Define and implement standards for resource naming, tagging, governance and security policies.

Microsoft Cloud Suite Administration

• Administer and support Microsoft Azure services, including Virtual Machines, Azure AD, storage accounts, Key Vault, networking, and security groups.
• Manage Microsoft 365 (Office 365) services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Fabric, B2C, and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
• Support user access, licensing, authentication including MFA ,conditional access, SSO, SAML, OATH, and policy configuration within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Collaborate with end-user support teams to address service issues, provisioning, and changes related to Microsoft 365 applications.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Build and maintain automated pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Implement configuration management using scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash) to streamline administration tasks.
• Create and maintain version-controlled cloud configuration repositories and documentation.

Cloud Security & Compliance

• Implement and monitor cloud security best practices, including encryption, identity management (IAM), role-based access control (RBAC), and audit logging.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and internal policies, including PCI, HIPPA and data privacy regulations.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to monitor for threats and vulnerabilities across cloud platforms.
• Proficient with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Systems.
• Proficient with spam filtering and email security platforms (Defender, Proofpoint, Mimecast).

Monitoring, Optimization & Support

• Configure and maintain cloud-native monitoring and logging solutions.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize costs, and right-size cloud resources.
• Provide Level 2/3 support for cloud services and participate in troubleshooting, incident resolution, and root cause analysis and improvement efforts.

Collaboration & Integration

• Work closely with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and application development teams to support cloud adoption, migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Assist with hybrid infrastructure integration between on-prem systems (e.g., VMware, Active Directory) and cloud services.
• Participate in project planning, migration efforts, and operational documentation.

What's In It For Me?

Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn's, we're committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace-one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures.

We're proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees, including:

• 10% employee discount on grocery items, with additional franchise-specific discounts available at company owned Ace Hardware, Caribou Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, and Pet Supplies Plus locations.
• Get Paid Daily with DailyPay - for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
• Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
• Paid Floating Holidays & time and a half (1 ) paid for hours worked on a company-recognized holiday!
• Sunday Premium Pay - an extra $1 per hour for hours worked on Sundays (some exclusions apply)
• Paid Military Leave
• Employee recognition programs with monetary rewards including in-store vouchers, years of service, and employee of the month
• Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources - to assist our team members in living a life of wellbeing!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year
• Access to a national discount marketplace for travel, electronics, auto/home insurance , entertainment and more!
• Tools, resources and opportunities for career growth and development
• 401(k) plan options - we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
• Participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) - yes, we're employee-owned! Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
• Education benefits including tuition discount and scholarship programs
• Additional Voluntary Benefits - such as vision, accident and critical illness insurances

If you're hired or promoted into a full-time position with our company, you will also be eligible for: Medical & Dental Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance!

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or Azure (O365 Administration.
• Proven experience in cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP.
• Familiarity with networking concepts (VNet, VPN, NSG, load balancing) and cloud-based storage, compute, and identity services.

Technical & Computer Skills

• Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and email systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Active Directory, Exchange Installation, configuration and support, Office 365 configuration and support

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

• Possess a current state driver's license and valid insurance with the ability to travel to business locations as needed.
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server or Azure Administrator Associate preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional, preferred.
• CompTIA Server+, or equivalent preferred.

We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Are you friendly, dependable, and passionate about working with people? At Coborn's, Inc., we love serving our guests, supporting our communities, and helping our team members grow their careers. If you're looking for a place where you can build a future while making a positive impact every day, we'd love to talk to you about joining our team!

Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing, employee-owned grocery retailer proudly serving communities across the Midwest. Our family of grocery stores includes Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's Marketplace Foods, Sullivan's Foods, and Kessler's. We offer our guests an elevated shopping experience-both in-store and online-focused on freshness, value, and convenience. Guided by our company vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, this principle has fueled our growth for more than 100 years and is at the heart of everything we do.

Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy's Liquor, and Captain Jack's brands. In addition, we operate fuel kiosks and convenience store locations under the Little Dukes and Coborn's Express names. Many of our grocery stores also feature full-service pharmacies to support the health and wellness of our guests. We manage a variety of other retail businesses in markets where the fit is right, including Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, Godfather's Pizza, and Pet Supplies Plus. To support our diverse retail operations, we operate our own central bakery, fresh foods commissary, and grocery warehouse and distribution center.