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Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Date Posted: Apr 2, 2025

Job #1669385
Contract
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States

Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Role Definition: As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will lead your team as a subject matter expert in AKS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), pipelines, and related technologies. You will manage and optimize Azure-based infrastructure, ensuring it is robust, scalable, and secure. Your responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions to support applications and services.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and deployment of cloud technologies.
  • Implement public cloud-based technologies individually and as part of a team.
  • Drive best practices in tooling, processes, and documentation.
  • Identify opportunities and risks in designs and live cloud-hosted services.
  • Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure solutions.
  • Consult with teams across the business as a subject matter expert.
  • Scope cloud infrastructure deployments and deliverables.
  • Optimize solutions and tooling throughout their lifecycle.
  • Assess and improve the security posture of applications and tooling.
  • Work in an agile, collaborative manner and adapt to changing scenarios.
  • Challenge ideas and solutions respectfully and accept criticism.
  • Monitor and optimize the performance, availability, and scalability of the Azure environment.
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines with DevOps.
  • Ensure security best practices are followed.
  • Collaborate with the development team to provide infrastructure support.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues.
  • Maintain documentation of infrastructure setup, configurations, and processes.
  • Stay updated with the latest Azure services and features.

Knowledge and Experience:

  • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and Terraform IaC.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps Services and other CI/CD tools.
  • Experience with cloud technologies in an enterprise environment.
  • Knowledge of scripting/automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
  • Experience with AKS, Docker, and other DevOps tools is advantageous.

Professional Qualifications:

  • At least one 'Associate' level Azure certification (e.g., DevOps Engineer Expert preferred).
  • HashiCorp Certified to Terraform Associate level is beneficial.
  • Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).

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