Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer

WiredPeople, Inc. • Jacksonville, FL

4d • Remote

About The Position

Are you a hands-on technical powerhouse who thrives on execution? We are seeking a highly driven Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer to design, build, and operate a robust Azure cloud platform from the ground up. In this role, you won’t just be maintaining the status quo—you’ll be leading by doing. You will own the infrastructure, drive modern DevOps practices, and spearhead end-to-end cloud operations. By partnering closely with our development, product, and security teams, you will play a critical part in shaping a secure, scalable, and highly reliable Azure environment. This is a full time and fully remote position.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, heavily focused on Microsoft Azure.
• Deep expertise in Terraform (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar).
• A solid understanding of Azure networking (VNet, private endpoints, NSGs) and Identity & Access Management (Entra ID, RBAC).
• Experience working within rigorous cloud security and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP preferred).
• Proven ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and flawlessly operate complex production systems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in highly regulated environments (GovCloud / GCC High / FedRAMP).
• Familiarity with modern observability tooling.
• Experience integrating SAST/DAST into delivery pipelines.
• Knowledge of Azure Defender for Cloud / Microsoft Sentinel.
• An understanding of Zero-Trust network architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cutting-edge Azure infrastructure.
• Build, manage, and scale using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Command the cloud environment architecture, including advanced networking, segmentation, and access control.
• Build and maintain seamless CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Champion deployment reliability, accelerate speed, and refine rollback strategies.
• Standardize build and release processes across diverse engineering squads.
• Partner with the Security team to implement and maintain stringent FedRAMP-compliant controls.
• Rigorously apply RBAC/least privilege, Azure Policy, and comprehensive logging/monitoring.
• Support continuous compliance and seamless evidence collection.
• Implement top-tier monitoring, alerting, and observability using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Drive incident response and conduct thorough root cause analysis (RCA).
• Continuously improve system availability, reliability, and speed.
• Act as the vital link between engineering and security, ensuring product features align with platform capabilities.
• Define and enforce cloud best practices while influencing core architectural decisions.
• Mentor fellow engineers and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
• Compliance with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• Policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed