Azure Platform Engineer
About The Position
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. The role owns the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and ongoing operational excellence for production workloads. The engineer will apply deep technical expertise across Azure services and strong DevOps practices, partnering with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet business requirements for scalability, reliability, and compliance. This is a full-time, direct W-2 position that is 100% remote within the United States. The salary range is $133,000–$158,000 annually. Bright Vision Technologies is unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.
Requirements
- At least five years of cloud engineering experience, including at least three years focused on Microsoft Azure in production environments.
- Hands-on experience with Azure core services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform-as-a-service offerings.
- Production-level experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Solid experience designing and operating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at scale.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD across infrastructure and applications.
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, and Python, including the ability to write maintainable automation code.
- Deep understanding of cloud security principles, identity management, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification.
- Experience operating hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments spanning Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd on AKS.
- Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost-management tooling.
- Experience in regulated environments such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FedRAMP.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure.
- Own the cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and operational excellence for production workloads.
- Partner with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet scalability, reliability, and compliance requirements.
- Design and operate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at scale.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads.
- Troubleshoot cloud platform issues and provide strong communication and documentation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
