Hybrid Cloud Automation Engineer

Shift: Mon-Friday, standard 1st shift working hours
Duration: 12 Months
Pay range: $91.24- $91.24/hr.
100% Remote Job role
Job Description:

Hybrid Cloud automation Engineer
1. Hybrid Cloud Automation Strategy
• Design and implement automation frameworks for Azure and VMware environments.
• Build reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modulesand Ansible playbooks to standardize provisioning.
• Establish automation standards, guardrails, and policies across hybrid platforms.
• Enable secure self-service infrastructure capabilities.



2. Azure Cloud Engineering & Day-to-Day Maintenance
A. Azure Cloud Engineering
• Automate deployment of Azure resources:
o Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs
o Virtual Machines
o Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
o Azure App Services
o Azure Storage, SQL, and other PaaS services
• Develop and maintain Azure Landing Zones.
• Implement Azure Policy and governance guardrails.
• Integrate Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Defender for Cloud.
B. Day-to-Day Azure Cloud Maintenance & Operations
• Monitor Azure resource health, performance, and availability.
• Perform routine maintenance activities including:
o VM patching (via Azure Update Management)
o Backup validation and restore testing
o Capacity monitoring and scaling adjustments
o Cost monitoring and optimization reviews
• Troubleshoot production incidents impacting Azure workloads.
• Respond to Azure service advisories and implement mitigations.
• Manage subscription hygiene (resource cleanup, tagging compliance).
• Ensure disaster recovery configurations (Azure Site Recovery, backup policies).
• Conduct monthly cloud operational health reviews.
• Support audit evidence collection for SOX/SOC2 compliance.
• Maintain documentation of architecture, runbooks, and support procedures.



3. VMware Private Cloud Automation
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of:
o vSphere VMs
o vCenter
o ESXi hosts
o vSAN and NSX
• Standardize VM templates and golden images.
• Automate patching and lifecycle management for on-prem resources.



4. Infrastructure as Code & DevOps
• Develop IaC using:
o Terraform
o Bicep / ARM Templates
o PowerShell
o Python
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement GitOps and automated validation.
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure repositories.



5. Security, Governance & Compliance
• Implement policy-as-code and compliance automation.
• Enforce security baselines across Azure and VMware.
• Partner with Security and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise availability and resilience standards.


Employee Benefits:
At LanceSoft, full time regular employees who work a minimum of 30 hours a week or more are entitled to the following benefits:

• Four options of medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k Contributions
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Permanent Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Other Employee Perks

About LanceSoft
LanceSoft is rated as one of the largest staffing firms in the US by SIA. Our mission is to establish global cross-culture human connections that further the careers of our employees and strengthen the businesses of our clients. We are driven to use the power of our global network to connect businesses with the right people, and people with the right businesses without bias. We provide Global Workforce Solutions with a human touch.