Senior Azure Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Azure Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. In this role you will own the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and ongoing operational excellence for production workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure
• Own the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and ongoing operational excellence for production workloads
• Partner closely with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet demanding business requirements for scalability, reliability, and compliance
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads
• Provide strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure core services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform-as-a-service offerings
• Production-level experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD across infrastructure and applications
• Deep scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, and Python, with the ability to write maintainable automation code
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles, identity management, and compliance frameworks
• Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Five or more years of cloud engineering experience, with at least three years focused on Microsoft Azure in production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification
• Experience operating hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments spanning Azure and on-premises infrastructure
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd on AKS
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost-management tooling
• Experience with regulated environments such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FedRAMP