Senior Cloud Operations Engineer (Hybrid) Bellevue, WA; Newtown Square, PA; New York, New York, or San Francisco, CA

About the role

This is a HYBRID Opportunity based in Bellevue, WA; Newtown Square, PA; New York, New York, or San Francisco, CA with one of Arctiq’s clients.

Responsibilities

• Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
  • Administer and optimize Azure environments across IaaS and PaaS services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Deploy and manage Azure services including computer, networking, storage, and platform services.
  • Maintain SLAs and ensure systems meet uptime and resiliency requirements.
  • Own operational lifecycle management for Azure app registrations, enterprise applications, service principals, client secrets, certificates, Key Vault integrations, and related monitoring/alerting to prevent expiration-related outages.
  • Support Azure networking resources including VNets, peering, private endpoints, private DNS zones, VPN connectivity, NSGs, routing, and firewall/security integration.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, and support handoff materials for Azure, identity, automation, and application platform services.
• Cloud-Centric Application Design
  • Collaborate with application teams to design cloud-native and cloud-optimized solutions.
  • Leverage Azure PaaS services such as: Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure API Management.
  • Implement patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and API-first integration.
• DevOps & Azure DevOps Enablement
  • Partner with development teams to implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and enforce DevOps best practices.
  • Support infrastructure provisioning.
  • Automate deployment, configuration, and scaling processes.
  • Ensure consistent environments across development, staging, and production.
• Identity, Access & Okta Integration
  • Integrate and manage identity across Azure Entra ID and Okta.
  • Design and maintain SSO, MFA, and federation between platforms.
  • Implement role-based access control (RBAC) and least privilege principles.
  • Manage user access provisioning, deprovisioning, and periodic access reviews.
  • Support identity lifecycle governance and audit readiness.
• Security & Compliance
  • Implement and maintain a security-first architecture, aligned with Zero Trust principles.
  • Enforce policies for endpoint, network, and cloud workload protection.
  • Utilize tools such as: Crowdstrike Falcon Platform, Netskope, Azure Policies, Conditional Access.
  • Support regulatory compliance initiatives (e.g., SEC, NIST-aligned controls).
  • Participate in security assessments, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• High Availability & Resiliency
  • Design and maintain highly available and fault-tolerant systems across regions and availability zones.
  • Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
  • Validate recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) through regular testing.
  • Ensure redundancy across critical systems and services.
• AI Enablement in Azure (Ops-focused)
  • Support the deployment and operationalization of AI solutions including Copilot technologies, Azure OpenAI, and other modern LLM options (e.g., Claude) where appropriate.
  • Implement secure-by-design AI patterns: access controls, data boundary protections, logging, monitoring, cost governance, and safe experimentation environments.
• Cost Management & Optimization
  • Monitor and optimize Azure spending through: Resource right-sizing, Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, Auto-scaling configurations, ongoing audits of existing deployments.
  • Implement tagging and cost allocation strategies.
  • Provide regular reporting and recommendations to leadership.
  • Balance performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Integration & Enterprise Systems
  • Support API-based integrations and hybrid connectivity.
  • Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud administration, or systems engineering.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity).
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of identity management (Entra ID / Okta integration).
• Experience with scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, or similar).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs).
• Azure certifications (Administrator, Security Engineer, or DevOps Engineer).
• Experience implementing Zero Trust architecture.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience supporting regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, etc.).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, LogicMonitor).
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology related field.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on security and compliance.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on automation and efficiency.