Location: Quito, Ecuador
Every day, WWF's conservation teams across the globe rely on robust, secure cloud infrastructure to protect wildlife, engage communities, and drive climate action. As Senior Cloud Engineer, you will manage mission-critical infrastructure that directly supports conservation programs, enabling WWF-US and its network of Country Offices across South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia to operate seamlessly.
Responsibilities:
- Own the Azure infrastructure: set up subscriptions, provision resources, and build and deploy VMs (Windows, SQL, Red Hat, firewalls) in production and staging.
- Security and identity: configure Microsoft Entra tenants, manage SSO through Azure Enterprise Apps, maintain RBAC and user groups, patch systems proactively, and automate tasks with PowerShell and Graph API.
- Backup and disaster recovery: design backup strategies and disaster recovery playbooks.
- Networking: troubleshoot networking across VNETs, sites, and tenants, including firewalls, load balancers, and DNS (Azure and Cloudflare).
- Subject-matter expert: resolve complex Azure, Entra ID, and M365 issues, and lead projects end-to-end while keeping technical and non-technical stakeholders informed.
- Occasional after-hours or weekend work for critical outages or planned maintenance.
Requirements:
- Degree in IT or a related field and a minimum of 8 years of work experience, including at least 6 years in IT.
- Verbal and written fluency in English and Spanish (must have).
- Experience managing large-scale enterprise IT systems and highly available, resilient Azure production systems.
- In-depth knowledge of Azure services, cloud architecture and networking, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Windows and Linux servers.
- Proficiency managing Windows domains and Active Directory.
- Expertise in PowerShell and Graph API for Azure management, automation, and deployment orchestration.
- Familiarity with provisioning access for Fabric, Power BI, and Azure Foundry, and integrating Microsoft Copilot for M365, Copilot Studio, and Copilot Agents, including governance of data access controls.
- Strong project management, documentation, and communication skills, and a commitment to a culture of inclusion.
Salary and benefits are paid in local currency.
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply via the SmartRecruiters link. Resumes and cover letters must be submitted in English. Candidates must be currently based and authorized to work in one of the following countries: Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname, or Guyana. The position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WorldWildlifeFundInc1/744000152693979