Senior Cloud Engineer

A national retail and corporate organization is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the health, resilience, security, and modernization of its enterprise Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

• 5+ years of information technology experience, including substantial hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure as an Azure Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Engineer, or comparable role. \n

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure core services, Microsoft Entra ID, and recommended Azure reference architectures. \n

• Demonstrated understanding of cloud networking, including VNets, ExpressRoute, VPN, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, subnetting, peering, and routing. \n

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation using Terraform, PowerShell, or Azure CLI. \n

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. \n

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, strong troubleshooting ability, and the capacity to work effectively in a fast-moving team environment. \n

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• Architect, deploy, and maintain resilient, scalable Microsoft Azure environments across Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). \n

• Build, configure, and optimize Azure services including App Service, API Management, Front Door, SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Storage. \n

• Improve platform performance, right-size cloud resources, and coordinate upgrade and modernization planning. \n

• Design and support Azure networking, including Virtual Networks (VNets), subnet architecture, VNet peering, routing, and Domain Name System (DNS). \n

• Manage secure hybrid connectivity through ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, custom route tables, Private Endpoints, and Network Security Groups (NSGs). \n

• Administer and support Microsoft Entra ID identity and access capabilities, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Conditional Access. \n

• Partner with security and engineering teams to strengthen cloud monitoring, access controls, security standards, and infrastructure resilience. \n

• Develop and maintain automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to improve deployment speed, consistency, and repeatability. \n

• Monitor cloud infrastructure and security operations, validate resource health and availability, and analyze Azure Log Analytics and Application Insights data. \n

• Lead capacity planning, performance reporting, and cloud cost management using FinOps practices. \n

• Serve as an escalation point for operations, development, and engineering teams during infrastructure and service issues. \n

• Follow established change management and problem management processes to maintain a stable, secure, and reliable cloud environment. \n

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• Azure Services: App Service, API Management, Front Door, SQL Managed Instance, Azure Storage \n

• Networking: VNets, subnets, VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, Private Endpoints, NSGs, DNS, routing \n

• Identity & Security: Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access, cloud security monitoring \n