Sr. Cloud Engineer

Sr. Cloud Engineer

Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined, returns-driven growth through acquisition strategy and consistent return of capital. Our long-life, balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep, high-quality development inventory.

Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. Crescent's leadership is an experienced team of investment, financial and industry professionals that combines proven investment and operating expertise. For more than a decade, Crescent and our predecessors have executed on a consistent strategy focused on cash flow, risk management and returns. Through disciplined and accretive investments, we have successfully tripled the size of our company since going public in December 2021 while maintaining a strong balance sheet.

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, and support our Microsoft Azure environment. This role will be a senior hands-on engineering position within Platform Engineering and will focus on Azure infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), identity and access management, platform automation, governance, and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience with Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Terraform, and modern cloud operating practices. This individual will help mature our cloud platform, improve standardization and security, enable scalable self-service patterns, and partner closely with infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams. The Sr. Cloud Engineer will report to the Platform Engineering Manager, who in turn reports to the Head of Enterprise Services.

Please be aware that this role is on-site, full-time in office 5 days/week.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and shared cloud services.

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to provision, standardize, and manage Azure resources.

• Engineer and support Microsoft Entra ID capabilities, including identity lifecycle, role-based access control, privileged access, conditional access, enterprise applications, and hybrid identity integrations.

• Develop and maintain reusable cloud patterns, modules, and templates for secure, scalable Azure deployments.

• Partner with networking and security teams to implement cloud networking, segmentation, private connectivity, DNS, security controls, and policy enforcement in Azure.

• Support and enhance Azure governance through management groups, subscriptions, policies, tagging standards, guardrails, cost controls, and compliance-aligned configurations.

• Implement and support core Azure services such as virtual networks, virtual machines, storage, backup, recovery services, key vaults, monitoring, and platform security services.

• Automate operational processes, environment provisioning, configuration management, and platform maintenance tasks.

• Collaborate with application, data, and infrastructure teams to enable reliable cloud-hosted solutions and platform services.

• Troubleshoot complex cloud, identity, access, automation, and platform issues through to resolution.

• Support production operations, platform stability, and service continuity across critical enterprise and operational technology environments.

• Document platform designs, standards, configurations, procedures, and handoff materials for operational support and audit readiness.

• Contribute to cloud architecture reviews, continuous improvement efforts, and long-term platform engineering roadmap activities.

• Mentor junior engineers and help drive consistent engineering standards, documentation discipline, and automation-first practices across the team.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• 6–8 years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering roles.

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services in enterprise environments.

• Proven experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, including module design, state management, and deployment workflows.

• Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID administration and engineering, including RBAC, conditional access, enterprise applications, identity governance, and hybrid identity concepts.

• Experience building and supporting secure, scalable cloud environments using standardized and automated deployment approaches.

• Solid understanding of Azure governance, subscription design, management groups, policy, tagging, cost management, and operational guardrails.

• Experience with cloud security concepts including least privilege access, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and control enforcement.

• Strong knowledge of cloud networking concepts including virtual networks, peering, routing, private endpoints, VPN connectivity, DNS, and network security controls.

• Experience with monitoring, alerting, backup, disaster recovery, and operational support in cloud environments.

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting hybrid enterprise environments spanning on-premises infrastructure, Azure, and operational technology (OT) environments.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling used to deploy or validate Terraform-based infrastructure.

• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python for cloud automation and operational scripting.

• Experience with Azure landing zones, shared services design, and subscription-scale governance models.

• Strong familiarity with operational technology (OT), industrial systems, and regulated multi-site operating environments.

• Experience with cloud cost optimization and platform standardization initiatives.

• Microsoft and HashiCorp certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Network Engineer Associate, or Terraform Associate.

Key Skills

• Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Entra ID

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

• Azure Governance and Policy

• Identity and Access Management

• Cloud Networking

• Platform Automation

• Monitoring and Operational Support

• Documentation and Standards

• Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Communication and Teamwork

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to help shape and mature a critical Azure platform supporting enterprise operations.

• High-impact role with meaningful ownership across cloud engineering, automation, identity, and governance.

• Ability to influence standards, architecture, and long-term platform direction.

• Collaborative environment with strong executive visibility and support.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities.

Crescent Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender/pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Crescent Energy is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please let us know by contacting View email address on click.appcast.io.