Sr. Azure Platform Engineer - Remote

We’re looking for a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to help build out an Azure environment that is still early enough for this person to have a real say in how it develops.

This is a hands-on role, not just architecture and diagrams. You’ll own infrastructure provisioning, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, cloud security, networking, and the standards developers use to deploy into Azure. The goal is to build more of this capability internally and make it easier for application, analytics, automation, and AI teams to get solutions into production securely.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Build and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Create reusable Terraform modules and standardized deployment patterns
• Design and maintain Azure landing zones, subscriptions, naming standards, tagging, and policies
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub
• Design Azure networking including VNets, subnets, DNS, routing, private endpoints, firewalls, and load balancing
• Implement Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, and least-privilege access
• Support Azure SQL and other cloud platform services
• Improve monitoring, logging, backup, recovery, and infrastructure change tracking
• Automate repetitive infrastructure work using PowerShell, Python, or Azure CLI
• Partner with developers and technical teams to turn requirements into secure, scalable infrastructure
• Help establish Azure environments for new AI, automation, analytics, and internal application initiatives, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
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• 7+ years of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering experience
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience
• Deep Terraform experience in production environments
• Experience building and owning CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of Azure networking and cloud security
• Experience with Azure landing zones and cloud governance
• Knowledge of Entra ID, managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault, and private connectivity
• Experience troubleshooting production cloud infrastructure
• Ability to work independently and make sound infrastructure decisions
• Strong communication skills when working with developers and non-infrastructure teams

Nice to Have

• Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or Azure DevOps certifications
• Bicep or ARM experience
• AKS or container experience
• Azure OpenAI or Microsoft Foundry experience
• Healthcare or another regulated industry background
• Experience building cloud platforms from the ground up

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.