Grant Thornton International is seeking an Audit Technology and Operations Manager to join the team in Cincinnati, OH.
About Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading professional services networks with member firms in over 145 countries, 75,000 people and global revenues of $8bn. Member firms offer audit, tax, and advisory services to privately owned companies, publicly listed companies, public sector and not for profit organisations, both domestically and internationally.
Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL) is the umbrella legal entity for the Grant Thornton global network of member firms. GTIL sets the strategic direction, convenes member firms, connects global communities, and protects the brand and reputation of the network. GTIL and the member firms will continually improve the sustainability of their operations and strive to make a positive impact on clients, people, markets, and the communities in which we operate, in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
About the role
Overall role purpose
This role plays a crucial role in the CORE IT Operations and Support team which supports GTIL and Member Firms on local and global contracts. Will oversee the management and maintenance of the organization's cloud computing system. Responsible for collaborating on cloud strategies and managing cloud-based systems to identify optimal solutions, modify systems, and ensure they meet the organization's needs.
The primary focus of this role is to function as an Azure cloud SME (Subject Matter Expert) and provide cloud operational support across all aspects of our infrastructure environments including but not limited to compute health and monitoring, automated build and deploy, data backup and retention.
Main responsibilities
Knowledge and experience working with blob storage, Mongo DB, MS SQL DB architectures
Experience with API-based applications and containerization
Entra ID and Identity Management
Enterprise Apps/App Registrations
Modern Auth methods (SAML/OAuth 2.0/AADB2B)
Moderate knowledge and experience with DNS
Certificate Management
Conceptual knowledge of:
Networking (Network+ or equivalent level experience)
Security (Security+ or equivalent level experience)
Experience with cloud sizing, cost management and toolsets
Conceptual knowledge of:
Azure Monitor components
Azure Storage Solutions - Management and security
Graph API
Well rounded knowledge of cloud native resources and applications
Deep knowledge around SDLC concepts:
Azure DevOps Pipelines
YAML based Deployments
Application code build and deploy
Templatized deployments
Azure Cloud Automation / Compliance / Policy Management using the following:
ARM templates
Pipelines (YAML/AZ-CLI)
IAC (Bicep/Terraform/etc.) With Terraform as the standard
Azure platform Monitoring/Logging experience is required
Conceptual knowledge and experience with observability platforms
Understand the data source ingestion for logs and metrics and the data tools in Azure Monitor
Ability to implement, support and execute within disaster recovery scenarios involving our cloud hosted applications
Knowledge of the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well Architected Pillars
Part of a team that troubleshoots operational infrastructure
Maintains/updates on ongoing operations and project tasks.
Act as an escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Drive quality accountability within the organization with well-defined processes, metrics, and goals for process quality. This includes leading effective postmortems and ensuring actions are followed-up.
Building, and maintaining, robust, actionable alerting and monitoring systems and workflows.
Person specification
Possess a very high attention to detail and organization with the passion and ability to create order out of disorder with excellence and efficiency through to completion.
A desire to automate everything. Whether that be infrastructure as code or tooling to eliminate toil, automation should be a core focus mindset, and the elimination of repetitive tasks should be a constant desire in the role.
Natural curiosity. You aren't simply satisfied with something working, you want to know why it works and how it works.
A mindset of total ownership - you aren't afraid to dig into things you've never worked on before, from the browser all the way to the persistence layer. You've got a solid foundation in debugging and can jump in when needed to any problem you're asked to help with.
You understand the fundamentals of distributed computing and look for ways to make systems more resilient, self-healing, and eliminate the need for human intervention as much as possible.
Very strong communication and interpersonal skills allowing the candidate to work well in a team environment and deliver excellent customer service.
Ability to maintain SLAs through the implementation of proactive issue detection and reporting
Experience developing scripts or tools for automating administrative tasks.
Ability to work independently and in a team, with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Proactive engagement, stakeholder and internal advisement
Advisory perspectives and services
Triaging and collaborating on incoming work, routing to respective teams, act as intake / sizing POC
Occasional evening and weekend availability for on-call work
Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent work experience
Seven (7) to ten (10) years of IT work experience working with complex technical environments, including cloud, systems, & network administration, and with other IT systems
Certifications or equivalent experience:
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ 305)
DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ 400)
About Us
At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result - for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It's what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ? and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.
About the Team
Grant Thornton International Ltd?(GTIL)?is the umbrella legal entity?for the Grant Thornton global network of member firms.?GTIL?sets the strategic direction,?convenes member firms, connects global communities, and?protects?the brand and reputation of the network.?GTIL and the?member firms will?continually improve?the sustainability of?their?operations and strive to make a positive impact on clients, people, markets, and the communities in which we operate, in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our headquarters are based in London and we have around 160 employees and secondees in 20 different countries. All the employees hired outside of the UK are employed by the local member firm and assigned to GTIL through a specific agreement. Through a global assignment, you will have a chance for both professional and personal development- working with colleagues around the world and developing your global network across various boundaries and time zones.
