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Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
Location: Onsite (NJ / NY / CT / PA)
Experience: 12+ Years
Key Responsibilities
Design and manage a secure, scalable data & cloud platform in Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS) that supports analytics, BI, data engineering, and business applications.
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Administer and optimize Azure services: Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL DB/Managed Instance, Synapse Analytics, Key Vault, networking, storage.
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Develop and deliver end-to-end data pipelines, transformation, ingestion, orchestration, aligned to DevOps/CI-CD practices.
Implement monitoring, alerting, disaster recovery, cost-governance, and operational excellence in Azure cloud environments.
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Lead technical strategy: drive architecture decisions, collaborate with stakeholders to align cloud/data platforms with business goals.
Mentor/guide less-senior cloud/data engineers; define standards, best practices for cloud engineering and data platforms.
Ensure compliance with cloud governance, security and enterprise architecture frameworks.
Qualifications / Skills
Bachelor s in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
8+ years cloud or data engineering experience; with substantial Azure hands-on and architecture experience (10+ years shown in some postings).
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Strong command of Azure services: storage, compute, networking, analytics, databases, serverless, containerization.
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Proficiency in data engineering tools/tech: Spark/Databricks, Synapse, ADF, pipelines, SQL, Python/Scala.
DevOps/CI-CD knowledge, IaC (Terraform/ARM), monitoring/alerting.
Excellent communication and leadership: drive architectural discussions, interact with business and tech stakeholders.