Azure Infrastructure Engineer

At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. Every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow. We align to a set of values that are the core pillars defining our culture and helping bring our brand purpose to life.

About the Role

The Azure Infrastructure Engineer will design, build, secure, and automate enterprise-grade Azure platforms. This role owns core platform engineering across networking, identity, governance, and automation—partnering with architecture, security, and application teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Architecture
  • Design and implement Azure landing zones aligned to Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), including subscriptions, management groups, policies, RBAC, and cost governance.
  • Engineer core services at scale (compute, storage, networking, identity, security, monitoring) with infrastructure-as-code and repeatable patterns.
• Azure Networking
  • Architect and configure vNets, subnets, route tables, private endpoints, network security groups, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity (VPN/ExpressRoute).
  • Establish segmentation, ingress/egress controls, and secure connectivity across regions and environments (dev/test/prod).
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Implement and harden Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), RBAC, managed identities, service principals, and Key Vault integrations.
  • Define least-privilege models, approval workflows, and access reviews across platform services.
• Automation & Scripting
  • Build reusable IaC modules and pipelines using Terraform/ARM, and operational automation with PowerShell and Azure CLI.
  • Integrate CI/CD via GitHub/Jenkins for provisioning, configuration drift control, and compliant releases.
• Reliability, Security & Compliance
  • Establish observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, dashboards; integrate Sentinel/Defender for Cloud for posture management and threat detection.
  • Design backup/DR using Azure Backup, ASR; document RTO/RPO; perform failover tests and capacity planning.
• Operations & Continuous Improvement
  • Create runbooks, SRE practices, golden images, and standard operating procedures; drive root-cause analysis and preventive actions.
  • Partner with app teams on networking, identity, and review designs and perform platform readiness checks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Information Technology or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years in an Azure platform engineering role designing, implementing, and operating enterprise Azure environments.

Skills

• Core Technical Skills
  • Azure Platform Architecture: subscriptions, management groups, policy, RBAC, cost management, governance (required).
  • Azure Networking: VNets, peering, routing, NSGs, Azure Firewall, Load Balancers, Application Gateway/WAF, VPN/ExpressRoute (required).
  • Azure Identity & Access Management: Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Key Vault (required).
  • Strong documentation, change management, and stakeholder communication; ability to lead technical implementation and collaborate across security, architecture, and app teams (required).
• Automation & Scripting: Terraform/ARM, PowerShell, Azure CLI; CI/CD (preferred).
• Current Microsoft Azure certification (e.g., AZ-104 Administrator; AZ-305 Solutions Architect; AZ-700 Network Engineer) (preferred).

Pay

The actual compensation offered will ultimately be dependent on multiple factors, including the candidate’s geographic location, skills, experience, and other qualifications. In addition, the position is eligible for a discretionary bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Schedule

This position is based in Corebridge Financial’s Houston, TX office and is subject to our hybrid working policy, which gives colleagues the benefits of working both in an office and remotely. Estimated travel may include up to 25%.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness
  • Range of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Mental health support and wellness initiatives.
• Retirement Savings
  • Competitive 401(k) Plan with dollar-for-dollar Company matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible pay and a Company contribution equal to 3% of eligible pay (vests immediately).
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counseling services and resources.
• Matching Charitable Donations: Corebridge matches donations to tax-exempt organizations 1:1, up to $5,000.
• Volunteer Time Off: Employees may use up to 16 volunteer hours annually.
• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees start with at least 24 Paid Time Off (PTO) days.

Eligibility for and participation in employer-sponsored benefit plans and Company programs will be subject to applicable law, governing Plan document(s), and Company policy.