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MRE Consulting

Senior Consultant – Cloud Engineer

MRE Consulting, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Join a team of highly technical individuals in a fast-paced, challenging environment. We are seeking an experienced IT consulting engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud and on-premises technologies. While at MRE, you will have the chance to support and improve our IT operations and help grow our technology customer base. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who currently has experience working for an MSP and wants to work with leading edge Microsoft technologies and solutions. Candidates for this position should be self-motivated, hands‑on, and technically oriented with a demonstrated understanding of customer service and IT processes.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (CS or MIS is preferred) 5-7 years’ experience supporting and implementing technology solutions

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate AZ‑104, Azure

Fundamentals AZ‑900, VMware VCP 6, or equivalent certifications

Thorough knowledge of and willingness to learn new technologies

Ability to design and architect solutions and develop and present technical proposals

Ability to communicate strategies and best practices during design and implementation

Fundamental knowledge of project methodologies

Proven experience supporting Microsoft O365/Azure as well as other third party supported applications

Proven experience supporting Microsoft Solutions and knowledge of licensing through a Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP)

Leading, managing, and supporting Azure Architecture

Ability to support Azure AVD cloud computing environments

Ability to build Azure networks and related items such as VNet Gateways, peering, landing zones

Ability to manage and support both on‑premises Active directory and Entra

Automation of processes from technologies such as power apps

Automation of tool sets within the MSP technology stack

Programming language Python, JSON, C++ etc.

Intune/Autopilot configuration management and policy creation

Ability to support and manage storage solutions and Architecture

Knowledge of and ability to manage and support VM technologies VMware/Hyper‑V

IOS / Apple MDM

Knowledge of Logic Applications

Windows OS experience

Windows server OS experience

Windows Migration and upgrade tactics

BCDR strategies and implementation

Linux experience of current LTS supported platforms

API Integration

SQL and database experience

Some Project management experience

RMM experience

Relevant experience using ticketing systems such as (ConnectWise, HaloPSA, Jira, Freshdesk, etc.)

Experience with Rewst (Automation Engine) and Thread (AI Chat Agent)

Fundamental Knowledge of AI

Knowledge of network architecture including (Cisco, SonicWALL, Azure)

Knowledge of storage architectures and systems including SAN administration, storage, and server virtualization (Hyper‑V and VMware) and consolidation

Disaster recovery strategy, planning and administration (both on and offsite/cloud)

Demonstrated abilities preparing documentation and training materials

Preferred Characteristics

Out-of-the-box thinker with the ability to understand client’s technology needs and present cost-effective technology solutions and recommendations

Willing to participate on special projects while managing individual tasks

Ability to recommend and implement tools necessary to improve service delivery and quality

Previous experience within a consulting organization or providing similar services internally

Experience with pre-sales and post-sales support within a customer facing professional services organization

Experience with working in an IT Service Management ticketing system such as ConnectWise

Ability to deliver technical documentation such as bill of materials, statements of work, as‑builts, and topology diagrams

Experienced troubleshooting networking and connectivity issues

Experienced with IT asset tracking systems

Proven experience meeting client’s business objectives

Experience managing escalation of client issues in a timely manner

Detail oriented with a focus on time management

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must be a team player with outstanding customer service skills

Essential Functions

Provide Help Desk escalation support as described above

Proficiency in English

Advanced troubleshooting and multi-tasking skills

Ability to deal with stress and time sensitive matters

Availability on nights, weekends and holidays as required by client needs

Availability to work in-office for managing and collaborating with IT help desk teamsAbility to collaborate and provide mentorship as a subject matter expert with the team

Communicate via email, phone, Teams and in-person

Willing to commute to client sites (less than 20% travel)

Some on-call support will be required

***PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES***

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