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# Cloud Engineer (Azure)

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** North Charleston, SC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Automation of Marketing, Microsoft Visual Studio, OpenShift, Scrum Methodology, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Cloud Monitoring, Grafana, Gitlab, Git, Cloudformation, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Puppet, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Azure Resource Manager, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Artifactory, Microservices
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9089676/cloud-engineer-azure

## About the Role

· Secret Security Clearance (T5 investigation level)
· Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
· 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role
· IAT Level II certification or equivalent
· 3+ years of technical experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
· Experience in a DevOps role or similar overseeing complex IT infrastructure
· Experience with Ansible automation platform
· Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates)
· Ability to design, deploy, and manage multi-tier cloud applications and services
· Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
· Working knowledge of Agile frameworks and Scrum
· Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization
· Strong documentation and oral communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
· CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
· Configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
· Programming/scripting languages (Bash, Python, HTML)
· Git, GitLab, GitLab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence, Jira
· IDEs (e.g., Visual Studio Code) for Git management
· Cloud computing infrastructure (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift)
· Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
· Microservices architecture and serverless computing
· Database administration in cloud environments
· Security best practices and compliance frameworks
· Cost optimization and FinOps practices

## Description

· Manage cloud infrastructure, automate and streamline operations, and maintain deployment tools.
· Develop automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates.
· Automate cloud operations (monitoring, scaling, backup, disaster recovery).
· Provide expertise in cloud architecture and modern infrastructure practices.
· Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC.
· Design and optimize cloud architecture for performance, cost, security, and scalability.
· Recommend cloud best practices and process improvements.
· Contribute to team objectives and support cloud migration initiatives.
· Design and implement cloud monitoring and management solutions.
· Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals.
· Deploy and test cloud infrastructure in development environments (CI/CD).
· Research new technologies for enterprise automation solutions.
· Investigate and resolve complex cross-application/technology issues.
· Ensure documentation is clear for diverse audiences.
· Provide feedback on internal processes and recommend improvements.
· Decompose tasks and provide status updates.


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