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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Azure Cloud Engineer - **Company:** MetLife - **Location:** United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Software Design Documents, DevOps, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Subnetting, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Cloud Services, Backup and Restore, Circleci, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, AWS Fargate, Free and Open-Source Software, Sumo Logic (Software), Kibana, Terraform, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/58c15e35-b15b-4748-92c9-33cc2f097ae3 ## About the Role Experience with Azure cloud technologies including backup and restore, ASR, Network, NSG, troubleshooting, and operational logging, NSG, Gateway, Firewalls, Subnets, Vnets. Knowledge of azure security constructs, CLI, PowerShell, ARM. Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools. Azure Administrator and Azure Architect certification. Experience with build and support of Azure cloud deployments. Operational support of Azure Solutions deployed to the cloud. Experience with networking, especially connecting Azure to on-premise networks and AWS. Proficiency in scripting in one or more languages such as Python, Bash, Go, and/or others. Experience with CI/CD tools such as CodePipeline, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions. Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Sumologic, Kibana. Travel This position requires up to 10% travel. ## Description A day in the life of an Azure Cloud Engineer at MetLife Legal Plans: We are looking for resourceful engineers to join our DevOps Team. The team's mission is to build foundational components for rapidly delivering robust cloud services. We strive to learn and understand the collective needs of the technology team so that we can foster innovation, community, and growth. Our team focuses on building tools that empower all engineers (including ourselves) to run operationally excellent services. Our strategy is to provide self-service solutions and prefer to teach others how to be self-sufficient whenever possible. We utilize cutting-edge tools and services like CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Fargate, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Azure, and AWS to build resilient and scalable platforms that accommodate our rapid growth. As a DevOps Engineer, you will have ownership of technology decisions and solutions while pivotal in establishing a thriving engineering culture. Our technology team is a tight-knit group that is passionate about user happiness, security, automation, and open-source software. We value attitude and work ethic above technical credentials. Building new technology is a messy business, so you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, unstructured environment. What you'll do: Collaborate with engineers throughout MLP to ensure we are using best practices to build scalable, secure, and operationally sound systems. Work with the DevOps team to define OKRs for our goals and quantitatively measure progress against those targets. Problem-solving and unblocking teams using our internal tools. Automate routine cloud deployment, administration, and monitoring tasks. Work with teams to migrate/refactor monolithic applications to microservices in the the cloud. Plan for the growth of MLP's infrastructure. Develop and maintain Cloud reference architecture and design documents., Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate in this position. Associates will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the skills, aptitude and ability to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" relationship. MetLife Legal Plans is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics"). 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