Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Senior Cloud Engineer

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Join a cloud engineering team responsible for building, operating, and improving secure, scalable cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will focus primarily on Microsoft Azure, using infrastructure as code, automation, and CI/CD practices to deliver reliable cloud services. You will collaborate with application owners, architects, infrastructure engineers, and business partners to accelerate delivery while maintaining security and governance standards.

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Job Details

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• Salary: $140,000-$160,000 annually, plus a 10%-20% bonus
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• Location: Tampa, FL; Plano, TX; or Camas, WA. On-site for the first 90 days, followed by up to 75 work-from-home days per year.
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• Employment Type: Direct hire
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What You'll Do

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• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, resilient Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and other automation technologies.
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• Build reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and improve CI/CD pipelines to create faster, consistent, and reliable deployments.
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• Implement cloud security and governance controls, including secure landing zones, identity governance, secrets management, compliance enforcement, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
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• Develop and support cloud infrastructure for containerized and AI-based workloads.
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• Partner with application owners, architects, technical leads, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions align with security requirements, engineering standards, and cloud best practices.
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• Monitor cloud environments to identify operational risks, gaps, performance issues, and optimization opportunities.
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• Participate in peer code reviews, technical design collaboration, and a rotating 24/7 on-call schedule for planned and unplanned maintenance.
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Job Requirements

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• 10+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including 5+ years building, deploying, and managing IaaS and PaaS services in Azure and/or AWS.
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• 4+ years of hands-on Terraform experience, including reusable modules, state management, infrastructure as code, and automated CI/CD pipelines.
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• 2+ years of hands-on Kubernetes and containerized workload experience, plus strong networking knowledge across DNS, routing, firewalls, and private connectivity.
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• Hands-on cloud security and governance experience, along with scripting/automation and Linux and Windows Server administration.
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• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent cloud certification.
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Benefits

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• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and qualifying dependents.
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• 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum.
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• 20 days of PTO plus 10 paid holidays.
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• Family support benefits, including 8 weeks of paid primary caregiver leave, $10,000 in fertility, family-forming, and hormonal health assistance, plus backup child, adult, and elder care programs.
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