Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure

Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure - Permanent - Remote - $140,000 - $150,000.

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure in for a remote opportunity.

Role Description

The Senior Platform Engineer drives developer enablement through infrastructure automation, cloud platform optimization, standardized engineering workflows, strong security practices, and mentorship of junior engineers; as a result, improving the reliability, security, and scalability of products used by our customers.
All activities must be in compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity laws, HIPAA, ERISA and other regulations, as appropriate.

Platform CI/CD Enablement: Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure CI/CD workflows and deployment strategies that enable teams to deliver products to customers with greater speed, reliability, and confidence.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Excellence: Lead the creation and maintenance of a robust Infrastructure as Code ecosystem that promotes consistency, reusability, ease of use, cost efficiency, and high engineering quality across the platform.
Security & Compliance by Design: Embed security and compliance controls across cloud platforms, pipelines, networking, and infrastructure, partnering with engineering and security teams to ensure the secure delivery of customer facing products.
Observability & Telemetry: Lead the design and adoption of monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities to support proactive performance tuning, improve system visibility, and enhance reliability for customers.
Production Operations & Reliability: Own platform stability through on call procedures and incident response, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and continuous operational improvement to minimize customer impact and service disruption.
High Availability & Resilience: Design and support highly available, multi region architectures with strong resiliency, recoverability, and disaster recovery (DR) patterns to ensure uninterrupted customer access to products.
Automation & Scripting: Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and performance optimization to improve efficiency, consistency, and operational excellence across environments.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers, modeling engineering best practices, and owning delivery quality across shared platform services.
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate technical decisions clearly to engineering teams and leadership, align platform initiatives with business priorities, and anticipate customer needs to deliver long term value.

Skills & Requirements

5+ years hands-on cloud technologies (IaaS/SaaS/PaaS)
3+ years Azure cloud experience
3+ years working with CI/CD tools (preferably Azure DevOps or Github Actions)
2+ years cloud networking (WAF, routing, vWAN, etc.)
Scripting (PowerShell, Python, .NET)
Terraform for IaC
Configuration management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef)
Strong Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) understanding
TCP/IP and OSI fluency
Certificate management
Experience with infrastructure, network, and application security best practices
Experience with APM (Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic)
Proven experience in both Windows and Linux environments
Agile experience
Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field
At least one cloud-related certification
Experience defining secure patterns and multi-region scalability
Familiarity with DR planning
Working Environment/Physical Demands

Benefits/Other Compensation:

Generous annual bonus opportunity
401(k) with Employer Match
Flexible Time Off: take time off when you need it without worrying about available hours
11 paid holidays
Your Day Your Way - Celebrate a day of cultural or social significance to you
Insurance: Choice of Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account with employer match
Flexible Spending Account
100% Company-Paid Parental leave (After 6 months with the company)
100% Company-Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
Luminary Peer Recognition Program
Wellness Program including discounts on medical premiums
Employee Assistance Program with free counseling sessions available
Corporate Discounts on Retail, Travel, and Entertainment

Why Hays?

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We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

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