Azure Platform Engineer

Senior Azure Messaging Platform Engineer
Contract | Remote (Pacific hours required)

About the Role
We're looking for a hands-on Senior Azure Messaging Platform Engineer to help build and operate mission-critical enterprise messaging infrastructure on Azure Service Bus. This role owns work end-to-end - from design through production deployment and documentation - with a primary focus on implementing geo-replication for high availability and disaster recovery across Azure regions.

This is a senior individual contributor role, not an architecture-only position. You'll be doing the work yourself: writing Terraform, executing failovers, building runbooks, and troubleshooting production issues.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and support enterprise messaging solutions on Azure Service Bus Premium (queues, topics, subscriptions, DLQs, retries, sessions, ordering, and more).
• Implement and operationalize Azure Service Bus Geo-Replication across regions to meet HA/DR targets.
• Build and maintain DR runbooks; plan and execute failover/failback testing and document lessons learned.
• Write and maintain Terraform for messaging infrastructure, including reusable modules.
• Automate deployment, failover, and DR validation using Python, PowerShell, and/or Azure CLI.
• Monitor and troubleshoot messaging health using tools like Dynatrace or Azure Monitor.
• Provide senior-level (L3) production support and participate in incident response.

What You'll Need

• 7+ years of cloud, middleware, or enterprise messaging engineering experience.
• Deep, hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus Premium in production.
• Experience implementing multi-region HA/DR or geo-replication for a messaging platform.
• Strong, non-negotiable Terraform experience for infrastructure deployment.
• Ability to clearly explain RTO/RPO and lead DR exercises and failover execution.
• Solid understanding of enterprise messaging patterns (DLQs, retries, dedup, sessions, ordering, idempotency).

Nice to Have

• Python, PowerShell, or Azure CLI scripting for automation.
• Experience with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, or Log Analytics.
• Background in high-throughput, mission-critical environments (finance, banking, transportation).
• CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code experience.
• IBM MQ or TIBCO experience (helpful, not required).

Logistics

• Term: Contract through end of 2025, with strong likelihood of extension.
• Location: Remote, but must work Pacific time hours. West Coast preferred, not required.

Pay Range: $60-70 per hour, depending upon experience. Health & Medical Benefits, 401K, Employee Assistance Program, and Sick Time applicable by state.