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Position Summary
The Cloud Engineer is responsible for deploying, maintaining, securing, troubleshooting, and improving Microsoft Azure infrastructure and related hybrid services.
This is a hands-on, mid-level engineering role requiring production experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, monitoring, automation, and Infrastructure as Code. The engineer will independently manage assigned services and projects while operating under the architectural direction of the Infrastructure Manager.
This position is based in the Westlake office and requires on-site attendance five days per week. It is not a hybrid or remote position.
Primary Responsibilities
Design, deploy, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure infrastructure in accordance with established architecture and security standards.
Support Microsoft Entra ID, Azure role-based access control, managed identities, service principals, enterprise applications, Privileged Identity Management, and access-governance processes.
Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
Develop and maintain PowerShell automation for provisioning, reporting, compliance validation, operational support, and remediation.
Support Azure DevOps or GitHub-based deployment workflows, including source control, pull requests, code reviews, testing, and release approvals.
Configure and maintain Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, dashboards, alerts, and diagnostic settings.
Investigate and resolve infrastructure alerts, service degradation, authentication failures, network connectivity problems, application dependencies, and cloud resource issues.
Support hybrid connectivity between Azure, corporate locations, on-premises environments, and authorized third-party services.
Assist with Azure Firewall, VPN gateways, ExpressRoute, private DNS, network routing, and secure application connectivity.
Administer backup, recovery, patching, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes for Azure-hosted workloads.
Review Azure Advisor, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cost-management, and security recommendations and coordinate appropriate remediation.
Apply Azure Policy, naming standards, tagging requirements, resource locks, least-privilege access, and other governance controls.
Identify unused, oversized, underperforming, or improperly configured resources and recommend cost, reliability, and performance improvements.
Participate in cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization projects, proof-of-concept deployments, and production implementations.
Produce and maintain cloud architecture diagrams, build documentation, operational runbooks, inventories, support procedures, and recovery documentation.
Prepare and execute infrastructure changes through established change-management and approval processes.
Provide technical guidance and escalation support to systems administrators, service desk personnel, and other technology teams.
Partner with Cybersecurity to remediate cloud security findings and improve the organization’s Azure security posture.
Participate in an after-hours support and on-call rotation.
Perform other cloud and infrastructure responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Three to five years of experience in cloud engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure operations, DevOps, or a related technical position.
At least two years of hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Azure in a production environment.
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, cloud computing, or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience and certifications may be considered.
Required Competencies
Strong Azure infrastructure and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to take ownership of technical issues through resolution.
Sound judgment when making changes in production environments.
Security-focused approach to cloud administration.
Ability to translate technical requirements into reliable infrastructure solutions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective collaboration with infrastructure, cybersecurity, network, and application teams.
Clear communication with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Attention to detail in scripting, deployment, documentation, and change management.
Willingness to accept architectural direction while independently completing assigned work.
Commitment to continuous technical and professional development.
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