--- title: 'Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer at MCA Connect' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-azure-cloud-platform-engineer-mca-connect-remote-mv8ehz3a4xfq' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer at MCA Connect - **Company:** MCA Connect - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $160k–$220k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-25 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/mcaconnect/15b0cdae-8960-4dbc-9ca4-fd149e1ec352 ## Job description Through passion and deep industry expertise, MCA Connect helps manufacturers succeed by unlocking innovation with actionable business insights. Our strategic solutions, innovation, and industry intelligence help manufacturers gain visibility, improve profitability, and achieve a competitive edge. Established in 2002, MCA Connect has grown into one of the largest US-based solution partners in Microsoft Business Applications and Azure Data & AI / Digital & App Innovation. Our Microsoft Specialties include Finance and Supply Chain, Analytics on Azure, Data Warehouse Migration, and Power Platform. We’re also a fifteen-time Microsoft Partner of the Year and three-time Inc. Best Workplaces award winner. Senior Azure Cloud Platform/Data Science Engineer Planning and Decision Systems Location Remote with light travel as needed to client sites Employment Type Full-time We are seeking a Senior Data Science Engineer with strong Python and SQL skills, quantitative judgment, and demonstrated strength in Azure. The role combines data science, data engineering, and software development. Practical working proficiency in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Databricks is required, alongside effective use of AI development tools and independent validation of results. ## Experience and education At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in data science, data engineering, or software engineering, including at least 3 years building, deploying, and supporting workloads in Microsoft Azure. Candidates should demonstrate ownership of deployed solutions and the ability to troubleshoot operational issues. A bachelor's degree in operations research, business, computer science, data science, information systems, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated professional experience. A master's degree is a plus but is not required. A PhD is not required. Required platform and technical skills Microsoft Azure: Strong hands-on capability in data storage and compute, identity and access, secure connectivity, deployment automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and cost management. Relevant services include ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Entra ID, managed identities, Key Vault, and Azure Monitor. Power BI: Working proficiency building reports and semantic models, using Power Query and DAX, defining relationships and measures, configuring refresh and row-level security, and reconciling reported metrics to source data. Microsoft Fabric: Practical experience with workspaces, OneLake, lakehouses or warehouses, and data pipelines or notebooks. Ability to follow data lineage, manage appropriate access, and diagnose processing or reporting issues. Azure Databricks: Working proficiency with notebooks, PySpark or Spark SQL, Delta Lake tables, and scheduled jobs. Ability to investigate failed runs and understand compute configuration, data permissions, and performance tradeoffs. Python and SQL: Strong proficiency in data preparation, analysis, reusable components, and backend processing. Ability to read unfamiliar code, explain its behavior, and improve its maintainability. Data modeling and integration: Understand analytical data models, schemas, data grain, join cardinality, missing values, time alignment, and traceability across data sources and reports. Software delivery: Apply version control, code review, automated testing, and controlled releases. Understand APIs, persistent state, long-running processing, and safe recovery from failures. AI assisted development Demonstrate agentic development capability with tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. Break work into bounded tasks, provide repository context and constraints, direct coding agents, and iterate through implementation, testing, and debugging. Review generated changes, manage branches and tool permissions, protect sensitive information, and independently verify code and analytical results before release. Analytical and problem solving skills Translate ambiguous business questions into measurable analytical problems, with explicit assumptions, objectives, constraints, and success criteria. Apply statistical and mathematical reasoning, including weighted metrics, uncertainty, validation design, data leakage, and the distinction between association and causation. Assess data completeness, consistency, and suitability before choosing analytical methods. Reconcile inputs, intermediate calculations, and reported outputs. Evaluate models and analytical results against meaningful baselines. Distinguish improved model performance from changes in data selection, aggregation, or assumptions. Reproduce unexpected behavior, construct small diagnostic examples, and use evidence to distinguish data, modeling, and implementation problems. Design reproducible experiments and regression and integration tests. Verify behavior across processing, storage, APIs, and reporting boundaries. Diagnose performance and usability issues involving large datasets, long-running tasks, stale results, and failure reporting. Explain methods, tradeoffs, uncertainty, and limitations clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. ## Preferred experience Manufacturing experience and/or experience in the Microsoft partner channel is especially valuable. The following qualifications strengthen a candidate profile; depth in every area is not expected. Manufacturing knowledge, such as production planning, bills of material, material requirements planning, scheduling, procurement, or inventory processes. Microsoft partner-channel experience in technical consulting, solution architecture, implementation, or integrations, including exposure to Dynamics 365 or other ERP systems. Predictive modeling, time-series forecasting, simulation, mathematical optimization, or model deployment and monitoring. Infrastructure as code with Bicep or Terraform, CI/CD with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and automated environment provisioning. FastAPI, React, JavaScript, data visualization, and interactive analytical applications. Relevant Microsoft or Databricks certifications. Certifications support, but do not replace, demonstrated practical capability. Domain learning and collaboration Learn unfamiliar business concepts through collaboration with subject-matter experts. Restate proposed methods accurately, identify their assumptions, test their implementation, and question implausible results. Advanced operations research expertise is welcome; strong quantitative foundations and demonstrated learning ability are essential. Professional expectations Take ownership of quality, follow issues through to a verified resolution, and communicate progress and blockers clearly. Distinguish what the evidence establishes from what remains an assumption, and document decisions so others can reproduce the work. Balance analytical rigor with practical delivery, seek feedback early, and recognize when deeper domain or platform expertise is needed. Why work for MCA Connect? Our compensation plan offers one of the best bonus structures in the industry.  Along with this we also offer a generous benefit package: - Work/Life Balance with Unlimited Paid Time Off (UPTO) - 401k Plan with Company Matching Contribution - Monthly Stipend for Home Office Expenses - Subsidized Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage - Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts - Company Paid Life and Disability Insurance - Training, Certification and Continuing Education Support MCA Connect offers limitless opportunities for personal and professional growth in a stimulating, challenging, and performance-oriented work culture where you can share your ideas and make impactful daily contributions. Our employees are highly motivated and talented individuals dedicated to developing, marketing, and selling products designed to deliver value for mid-market and enterprise-size manufacturing, distribution, and energy companies. We take the time to train our consultants so that they understand the industries we serve and can deliver best practices, proven methodologies, and ongoing industry expertise to our clients. MCA Connect is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MCA Connect promotes equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual/gender orientation, status as a protected disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran, disability, or any other legally protected status. We firmly believe our differences make us stronger! ## About MCA Connect ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: MCA Connect is a full-service consultancy and managed services provider, exclusively focused on helping manufacturers and distributors transform their supply chain operations through Microsoft technology. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Private Equity, led by RLH Equity Partners in 2020) - **Headquarters**: Denver (Greenwood Village), Colorado, United States - **Founded**: 2002 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (evolved from a systems integrator) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; specifically focused on manufacturing, automotive, energy, and distribution supply chains. - **Target customers**: B2B; Manufacturing and distribution companies (Enterprise, Mid-Market). - **Mission**: To make manufacturers and distributors run better by unlocking innovation with actionable business insights, using the Microsoft Cloud. ## Products & Services MCA Connect organizes its offerings into four main service pillars, enhanced by proprietary tools: - **Strategic Services**: Advisory and consulting to align people, process, and technology for operational excellence and P&L optimization. - **Data & AI Services**: Building data strategies, analytics, and AI solutions (including their AI tool **Demand Genius™** ) for demand forecasting, production optimization, and decision-making. - **Business Application Services**: Implementation and optimization of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Experience) and the Power Platform. - **Managed Services & Support**: Proactive support, break-fix, and expert backlog management to keep systems running. - **Proprietary Platform**: **MCA Connect Inspire Platform®** — a unique, industry-focused tool designed to give a competitive edge in managing supply chain complexity. ## Market Standing - **Revenue**: Estimated at **$55M annually** (as per LinkedIn data). - **Total Funding**: Received a Private Equity round in 2020 led by **RLH Equity Partners**. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: RLH Equity Partners; **Parent Company**: Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (after being acquired). - **Key Acquisitions**: Acquired **Pervicta** (April 2023). - **Growth Signals**: - Employee headcount: 278 employees (+10.8% YoY, +41 people), with a total of **350+ experts** mentioned on their site. - Global reach: 1,000+ implementations in 50+ countries; rescued 30+ struggling projects. - **15-time Microsoft Partner of the Year** (including 2024 Business Applications US Winner, 2x Global Supply Chain Finalist). - Repeatedly recognized by **Inc. Magazine as a Best Workplace**. ## Competitive Advantages - **Hyper-specialization**: Unlike generalist consultancies, MCA Connect is **100% focused on manufacturing and distribution**. They are Microsoft’s *only partner focused exclusively on supply chain*. - **Deep Industry Expertise**: The team has extensive operational experience ("We’ve been in your steel-toed boots"), allowing them to solve problems for tight margins and inefficiency without "big-firm delays or handoffs." - **Exclusive Microsoft Focus**: "All in with Microsoft," giving them early access to technology, funding, and expertise. - **Proprietary Solutions**: Tools like the **Inspire Platform®** and **Demand Genius™** provide unique value that generic partners cannot offer. - **Proven Execution**: 1,000+ implementations in 50+ countries and a track record of project rescues. ## Strategic Focus - **Current Priorities**: Driving **AI and advanced decision-making**; moving from reporting data to "agentic solutions that act on data." Deepening the optimization of the Microsoft Fabric, Copilot, and Azure stack. - **Growth Direction**: Continuing to expand their global footprint (employees across 8 countries) and growing through the acquisition of specialized partners (Pervicta). - **Market Focus**: Deepening their lead as the top Microsoft partner for supply chain, scaling their managed services, and expanding their Center of Excellence (CoE) training to bring in new talent. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Recognition**: Named an **Inc. Best Workplace (2026)** . They focus heavily on employee satisfaction, especially given their large remote workforce. - **Work Model**: Strong support for **remote work**; they have a large remote workforce across hundreds of employees globally. Provide monthly reimbursement for home office expenses. - **Notable Perks & Benefits**: - **Unlimited Paid Time Off (UPTO)** - 401k with company matching - Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision - Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance - **Training & Certifications**: Full support for continuing education, paid subscriptions to LinkedIn Learning. - Center of Excellence Training: Paid, full-time programs for career changers or new grads to become Dynamics 365 or Business Analytics consultants (specialties in Functional, Development, and Analytics). - **Engineering Culture**: Focuses on a collaborative, non-siloed environment where consultants work across strategy, data, and applications. They emphasize "learning your business" before guiding optimization. ## Sources 1. [mcaconnect.com](https://mcaconnect.com/about/) 2. [mcaconnect.com](https://mcaconnect.com/careers/) 3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/mcaconnect) 4. [inc.com](https://www.inc.com/profile/mcaconnect) 5. 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