Cloud Platform Engineer

Grand Circle Corporation•Boston, MA

10h•$145,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Grand Circle Corporation is the leader in international travel, adventure, and discovery for Americans aged 50+. Headquartered in Boston, MA, with more than 45 offices globally, more than two million travelers have experienced our award-winning brands: Grand Circle Cruise Line, Overseas Adventure Travel, and Grand Circle Travel. We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to help design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. This role will play a key part in modernizing our infrastructure, enabling application teams, and establishing best practices for cloud architecture, automation, and reliability across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
3+ years of hands-on experience designing and supporting Azure cloud platforms.
Strong expertise across Microsoft Azure services (VMs, AKS, Azure AD, networking, storage, databases, DNS).
Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools such as PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure CLI, or Terraform.
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes).
Solid understanding of networking, security, data protection, and compliance in cloud environments.
Experience with networking technologies including routers, switches, load balancers, wireless, and SD-WAN.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and evolve Azure-based cloud platforms that support business and application needs.
Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure Azure solutions aligned with best practices.
Lead architecture and design decisions across networking, compute, storage, identity, and container platforms (including AKS).
Drive technical discussions around scalability, performance, high availability, disaster recovery, security, and compliance.
Provide guidance on cloud adoption, migrations, and platform optimization.
Act as a technical advisor to ensure cloud platforms integrate seamlessly with existing systems and workflows.
Lead Azure initiatives from design through deployment and ongoing support.
Build and manage Azure services including virtual networks, storage accounts, databases, AKS, Azure AD, and related services.
Design and maintain backup, recovery, and business continuity solutions.
Partner closely with software engineering, DevOps, and operations teams to enable automated deployments and platform reliability.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand platform needs and deliver scalable solutions.
Implement Azure security, governance, and compliance best practices including RBAC and data protection.
Monitor and continuously improve platform performance, cost efficiency, and operational health.
Establish standards, policies, and tooling to streamline Azure management and troubleshooting.