Senior Azure .NET Engineer (Nearshore – Brazil, Remote)
Location: Brazil (Remote)
Work Hours: U.S. Eastern Time Zone (ET) ± 1 hour
Need someone really strong with Azure and most of the following skills. Preferred Azure Certs.
- Core Azure Services
- Practical experience with services commonly used alongside Azure Functions, such as:
- Azure App Service
- Azure Storage (Blob, Queue, Table)
- Azure Service Bus or Event Grid
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Monitor / Application Insights
- Cloud Readiness & Modernization
- Experience modernizing monolithic or legacy middleware into Azure-based solutions
- Understanding of cloud design patterns, resiliency, and scalability
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior nearshore engineer based in Brazil with deep, hands-on Azure development experience, focused on modernizing enterprise .NET/C# applications into Azure-native architectures, with a primary emphasis on Azure Functions and supporting Azure services.
This role supports large-scale enterprise and cloud modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong experience working in corporate environments, is comfortable in a nearshore delivery model, and can operate as a seamless extension of a U.S.-based engineering team.
Required Experience & Core Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise / corporate technology environments
- Strong Azure development background, with production experience in Azure-native services
- Proven experience supporting U.S.-based or English-speaking organizations (or English-language higher education) – nice to have
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience working in a near-shore or distributed delivery model
- Ability to align working hours with U.S. Eastern Time (ET) ± 1 hour
- Reliable home office setup (monitor and keyboard required; laptop provided)
Primary Technical Focus (Must Have)
Azure & .NET Development (Primary Focus)
- .NET / C#
- Deep experience with .NET Framework and .NET Core / .NET
- Strong C# development fundamentals in enterprise environments
- Azure Functions
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining Azure Functions
- Experience refactoring or modernizing existing .NET applications into serverless or Azure-native architectures
- Familiarity with triggers, bindings, scaling, error handling, and monitoring
- Core Azure Services
- Practical experience with services commonly used alongside Azure Functions, such as:
- Azure App Service
- Azure Storage (Blob, Queue, Table)
- Azure Service Bus or Event Grid
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Monitor / Application Insights
- Cloud Readiness & Modernization
- Experience modernizing monolithic or legacy middleware into Azure-based solutions
- Understanding of cloud design patterns, resiliency, and scalability
Secondary Technical Focus (Strongly Preferred)
SQL Server & Data Platforms (Second Priority)
- SQL Server (2016+)
- Strong experience with SQL Server in enterprise environments
- Exposure to on-premises to Azure SQL or Azure SQL Managed Instance migrations
- Experience modernizing:
- Linked servers
- SQL Agent jobs
- SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
- SSAS experience is a plus
- Ability to design and optimize database interactions for cloud-based workloads
API, Security, and Front-End
- API Development
- Experience with REST and SOAP services
- Understanding of API design best practices and documentation (Swagger / OpenAPI)
- Authentication & Authorization
- Familiarity with enterprise authentication patterns:
- OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- Azure Entra (Azure AD)
- Angular
- Experience supporting or maintaining Angular-based front-end applications
- Python
- Used for scripting, automation, or auxiliary workloads
- Azure Data Factory or other ETL tools
Supporting Skills (Nice to Have / Lower Priority)
- Oracle (intermediate experience; exposure to migrations is a plus)
- Snowflake (familiarity with cloud analytics publishing patterns)
Engagement & Delivery Expectations
- Operate as a contracted nearshore resource, integrated into an existing Azure delivery team
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, design discussions, and code reviews
- Follow enterprise standards for security, documentation, and SDLC
- Deliver high-quality, production-ready Azure solutions