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Azure Cloud Engineer

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12 Months

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Skills

Microsoft Azure
Terraform
Ansible
Bash
Python
Git
Docker
Cloud Security
DevOps
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery

Summary

Azure Cloud Engineer

The Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-based solutions. This role supports business objectives by optimizing cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and ensuring compliance with security and performance standards.

<>Responsibilities:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure

Design and deploy cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure that meet performance, security, availability, and cost-efficiency requirements for a diverse portfolio of enterprise and research applications.
Architect and implement cloud networking, compute, storage, and identity constructs with security built in from the outset – applying least-privilege principles, network segmentation, encryption, and defense-in-depth across every layer.
Evaluate and recommend cloud services, architectural patterns, and infrastructure approaches; build evidence-based adoption cases that account for engineering capability, operational cost, and long-term platform sustainability.

Automation & Deployment

Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent – making infrastructure provisioning repeatable, auditable, and developer-friendly.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure and application deployments; ensure changes are tested, validated, and deployed safely with automated rollback capability.
Drive automation of operational tasks – patching, scaling, monitoring, alerting, and cost optimization – reducing manual intervention and improving platform reliability and response time.

Security & Compliance

Ensure cloud environments comply with security standards, regulatory requirements, and data governance policies; implement and maintain controls for identity management, secrets management, audit logging, and encryption.
Monitor cloud security posture continuously; identify and remediate misconfigurations, drift, and policy violations – integrating CSPM tooling into operational workflows for proactive compliance management.
Partner with Cybersecurity teams to align cloud platform security with enterprise threat models and applicable regulatory frameworks.

Optimization & Operational Excellence

Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, and cost efficiency; proactively identify waste, right-size resources, and drive FinOps practices that deliver cloud value without unnecessary spend.
Contribute to platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and guardrails that simplify how development teams consume cloud infrastructure correctly and consistently.
Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure issues with urgency and precision; contribute to post-incident analysis and implement preventive improvements that reduce recurrence.

<>Requirements:

Required:

Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
3+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience in a production enterprise environment (Microsoft Azure required).
Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Git, Python, Bash, Docker, cloud security, DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.
Strong understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud security principles.

Preferred:

Microsoft Azure certification strongly preferred.
Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at enterprise scale.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or equivalent).
Experience in regulated industries such as pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences.
Experience with Kubernetes in production (Azure Kubernetes Service / AKS or self-managed).
Background in cloud security architecture: IAM design, secrets management, network security groups, and cloud-native security tooling.

What You Should Bring:

Deep, hands-on cloud expertise.
Infrastructure-as-code as a default practice.
A security-conscious engineering mindset.
A cost-conscious approach.
Effective communication skills.

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Dice Id: realsoft
Position Id: 9009602
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