Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect

ECI is the leading global provider of managed services, cybersecurity, and business transformation for mid-market financial services organizations across the globe. From its unmatched range of services, ECI provides stability, security and improved business performance, freeing clients from technology concerns and enabling them to focus on running their businesses. More than 1,000 customers worldwide with over $3 trillion of assets under management put their trust in ECI.

At ECI, we believe success is driven by passion and purpose. Our passion for technology is only surpassed by our commitment to empowering our employees around the world.

Cloud Architect (Azure Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code)

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid – 3 days/week)

Other ECI office locations (NY, Chicago, etc.) may be considered for exceptional candidates within budget.

Work Hours: Primarily West Coast business hours (approximately 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM local time).

This position is best described as a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer/Architect with a strong focus on Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and Azure platform engineering.

This is a highly hands-on technical role responsible for designing, building, automating, and continuously improving ECI's Azure cloud platform. You'll spend far more time writing automation, building deployment frameworks, and solving complex Azure problems than creating PowerPoint architecture diagrams.

You'll help lead ECI's migration toward Terraform-driven Infrastructure-as-Code while modernizing existing PowerShell automation and developing repeatable deployment frameworks for internal engineering teams.

If you're passionate about automation, eliminating repetitive work, and building scalable Azure solutions, we'd love to speak with you.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Build reusable Azure deployment templates and automation frameworks.
• Modernize existing PowerShell automation by transitioning appropriate workloads into Terraform.
• Design and implement automated provisioning of standardized Azure customer environments.
• Build automation for:
• Azure infrastructure deployments
• Alerting and monitoring
• Patch deployment
• Operational workflows
• Backend job processing
• Develop secure, reusable deployment automation that reduces manual effort across engineering teams.
• Design Azure networking solutions including Virtual Networks, routing and connectivity.
• Support Azure Functions, Logic Apps and cloud-native Azure services.
• Troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure issues.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for Azure-related incidents.
• Mentor engineering teams on Azure best practices and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Develop technical standards, documentation and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to improve cloud automation capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Fabric and AI capabilities for future adoption.

What Success Looks Like

• Expand ECI's Terraform footprint across Azure environments.
• Build repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code deployment frameworks.
• Improve deployment consistency through automation.
• Reduce manual operational work through scripting and automation.
• Resolve complex Azure escalations quickly and effectively.
• Help establish engineering standards for Azure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Improve deployment speed, reliability and operational efficiency across customer environments.

Required Qualifications

Azure

• Extensive hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking.
• Experience deploying and supporting Azure production environments.
• Experience with Azure APIs and cloud-native services.

Infrastructure-as-Code

• Strong Terraform experience preferred.
• Candidates with significant Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Bicep, ARM Templates or comparable platforms will also be considered.
• Experience building Infrastructure-as-Code from the ground up.

Automation

• Advanced PowerShell scripting experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing automation rather than simply executing scripts.
• Experience creating both new automation solutions and maintaining existing automation.

Cloud Engineering

• Experience deploying Azure infrastructure through Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps or similar Azure services.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise Azure environments.

Software Engineering Practices

Experience using source control and secure development practices including:

• GitHub
• Azure DevOps Repos
• Git
• Visual Studio Code
• SVN/Tortoise SVN (or similar)
• Secure credential and password management

Preferred Qualifications

• Managed Services Provider (MSP) experience
• VMware
• Linux
• Cisco networking
• Palo Alto firewalls
• Storage technologies
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Python
• Microsoft Fabric
• AI Agents
• Financial services experience
• Azure certifications

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate enjoys building platforms—not simply maintaining them.

You're someone who naturally asks:

• "Can I automate this?"
• "Can I eliminate this manual process?"
• "Can I standardize this deployment?"
• "Can this be Infrastructure-as-Code?"

You enjoy solving engineering problems through automation while balancing operational support with long-term platform improvements.

Experience working in a Managed Services Provider environment is highly valued due to the pace, variety of customer environments, and need to support multiple clients simultaneously.

Technical Priorities

Must Have

• Microsoft Azure
• Terraform (or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code)
• PowerShell
• Azure Automation
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Azure Networking

Strongly Preferred

• Managed Services experience
• Azure platform engineering
• GitHub / Azure DevOps
• Azure deployment automation
• Secure scripting practices

Nice to Have

• Microsoft Fabric
• AI Agents
• Python
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• VMware
• Enterprise storage
• Backup technologies