About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Cloud Engineer (Azure) based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, configure, and maintain secure, scalable Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment practices, with a strong focus on Terraform-based solutions.
- Support cloud migration, modernization, and infrastructure automation initiatives.
- Build and maintain environments supporting Microsoft Fabric, Azure data platforms, data lakes, and related data workloads.
- Partner with AI and machine learning teams to provide reliable infrastructure for AI/ML initiatives.
- Implement and maintain cloud security controls covering identity and access management, networking, encryption, logging, monitoring, and governance.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot technical issues, and contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional technical teams to improve cloud reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant IT experience, including at least 2 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
- Strong practical knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, cloud architecture, and governance.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform strongly preferred.
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, Shell, or similar scripting languages for automation and infrastructure management.
- Solid understanding of IAM, networking, security controls, monitoring, logging, encryption, and other cloud-native technologies.
- Experience supporting cloud migrations, modernization programs, and infrastructure automation.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Azure data platforms, data lakes, or infrastructure supporting AI/ML workloads is highly desirable.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to work across infrastructure, development, data, and AI teams.
- Experience working with healthcare environments, HIPAA, HITRUST, or comparable compliance requirements is a plus.
Conditions
- Salary range of $90,000–$120,000+ depending on experience and qualifications.
- Primarily remote work.
- Occasional travel as required.
- Direct-hire or contract-to-hire opportunity.
- Opportunity to work with Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code, cloud modernization, data platforms, and AI/ML infrastructure.
- Exposure to modern DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
- Opportunity to contribute to secure and scalable cloud environments supporting healthcare technology initiatives.