Azure Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer II / III (Azure)
100% Remote, must work Alaskan Standard Hours

6 months, Contract to Hire

W2 Only, No 3rd Party C2C Vendors at this time

Overview:
Oxford s telecom client is looking to hire two skilled and driven Engineers to join their Public Cloud team, with a focus on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. In a perfect world, one of these openings will be tailored toward an Azure Network Automation/DevOps Engineer with strong infrastructure-as-code experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure in Microsoft Azure using Terraform or OpenTofu
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
• Implement and manage source control workflows including branching strategies and pull request processes (Git preferred)
• Collaborate across teams to ensure cloud architecture supports business objectives and reliability standards
• Build and maintain reusable code and modules for infrastructure provisioning

Required Skills & Experience:

• 3 7 years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on Azure
• Proven hands-on experience deploying and managing Azure infrastructure (IaaS and PaaS)
• Infrastructure-as-Code expertise with Terraform or OpenTofu
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools and pipeline configuration
• Version control experience using Git (PR workflows, branching strategies)
• Scripting and automation experience (language agnostic)

Nice to Have:

• Azure networking experience (vNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, etc.)
• Familiarity with Azure security best practices (RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, etc.)
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, etc.)