Cloud Platform Specialist

About the role

The Cloud Platform Specialist plays a critical role in enabling secure, scalable application development across PAE. This role involves designing and building foundational systems, managing environments, and ensuring compliance with security, compliance, and operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable application hosting environments in Azure, including environment segmentation and isolation strategies.
• Establish identity, access, and secrets management patterns across all environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployment using Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions; standardize release and promotion workflows across environments.
• Maintain working-level proficiency in Windows Server, Linux, and Azure IaaS administration to provide operational coverage and secondary support to the Core Services infrastructure team.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure including compute, networking, identity (Entra ID), and security services.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools including Bicep and Terraform.
• Experience with containerization concepts including Docker and Linux-based runtimes, and their application to Azure-hosted workloads.
• Experience reviewing third-party and citizen-developed applications for production readiness, security posture, and operational supportability.
• Solid understanding of identity and access management; specifically Azure AD/Entra ID, OAuth2/OIDC, app registrations, and service principals.
• Experience governing or operating Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, or equivalent AI/ML platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with data classification frameworks and their application to cloud workloads and AI pipelines.
• Working-level proficiency in Windows Server, Linux, and Azure IaaS administration sufficient to provide team secondary coverage.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain security and governance requirements to non-technical audiences.
• Proven problem-solving skills with experience as a key contributor in an IT team.

Skills

• Power Platform governance including DLP policy configuration, environment strategy, and connector management.
• Experience building or operating a formal citizen development governance program, including intake processes and promotion gate criteria.
• Experience supporting low-code and no-code development ecosystems with mixed technical skill levels.

Benefits

• Employer paid health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• Annual 401k profit sharing based on company profit for the year and account contribution.
• Professional development reimbursements including state registration and professional association dues.
• Employer paid commuter/parking stipend.
• Cell phone stipend.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• Hybrid work schedule.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• 9 paid holidays including an additional employee-selected day.
• Paid time off for sick leave, family leave, community service, holidays and vacation.

Pay

Hiring Base Salary Range: $106,000-$147,000 annual. This position is eligible for time and a half overtime pay.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule.