Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer to join an established commercial finance and asset-based lending organization supporting middle-market companies across a variety of industries. This role is on-site 4 days/week in Bethesda, MD. This role will involve designing, automating, securing, and supporting the organization's enterprise Azure infrastructure while driving cloud modernization through Infrastructure as Code, resilient architecture, secure networking, and close collaboration with development and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and core platform services, while ensuring reliability, performance, and lifecycle management of production environments.
• Build, automate, and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or equivalent), promoting repeatable, version-controlled, and peer-reviewed deployments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Azure infrastructure issues across compute, storage, networking, and platform services to maintain operational stability.
• Design and maintain secure Azure networking architectures, including Private Endpoints, Private Link, hub-and-spoke topologies, segmented virtual networks, and secure connectivity for PaaS and IaaS workloads.
• Design, implement, and operate backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions, including Azure Site Recovery, while leading backup and recovery testing.
• Partner with application development teams to enable secure, scalable PaaS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and resilient application-to-service communication patterns.
• Translate application and business requirements into secure, scalable, and highly available Azure infrastructure architectures that align with operational and resiliency objectives.
• Collaborate with IT Operations, Security, and external partners while providing infrastructure expertise during architecture reviews, production changes, maintenance windows, and incident response.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering with extensive hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting Microsoft Azure environments.
• Proven experience operating and optimizing production Azure environments with a strong understanding of cloud operations, performance, and reliability.
• Deep expertise in Azure networking, security, identity, and secure private networking architectures, including modern connectivity patterns.
• Strong experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or similar) to automate, standardize, and modernize Azure infrastructure deployments.
• Experience designing and supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions, including Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, and Azure SQL backup models.
• Experience supporting modern Azure application platforms, serverless architectures, and cloud modernization initiatives, with the ability to bridge legacy and cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with Azure API Management (APIM) and Azure AI Foundry is highly preferred to support integration and AI-focused initiatives.
• Financial services or other regulated industry experience is preferred, with the ability to deliver secure, compliant cloud infrastructure solutions.

Pay

Salary Range: $140,000 - $160,000 *depending on experience*

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k Plan
• PTO, Holidays, Sick Leave if required by law