Cloud Platform Engineer - St. Louis, MO (Hybrid)
About The Position
We are seeking a skilled Cloud Platform Engineer to join our team. This role will focus on the Azure cloud environment, driving its implementation, continuous improvement, and overall health. You will be instrumental in supporting our cloud architecture by designing and executing networking, identity, access control, and security configurations. A key aspect of this role involves contributing to platform reliability, performance, and scalability, while also assisting with cost management and capacity planning. Additionally, you will be involved in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, promoting Infrastructure as Code and automation best practices, and partnering with development teams to enhance their experience and deployment speed. You will also act as a technical point of contact for our Managed Service Provider (MSP), coordinating monitoring, alerting, and incident response activities. Collaboration with various engineering, QA, security, and product teams is essential to align platform capabilities with business needs, contribute to incident reviews, and document platform standards. The ultimate goal is to ensure our Azure environments are stable, secure, and continuously improving, with reliable CI/CD pipelines that enable efficient releases and minimize deployment issues.
Requirements
- 6–9 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, storage, security).
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting modern DevOps practices.
- Experience working with Managed Service Providers (MSPs), including NOC and/or SOC coordination.
- Solid understanding of cloud security, monitoring, and incident response practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in SaaS or regulated environments (finance, tax, compliance, or similar).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
- Familiarity with Azure-native monitoring and security tooling.
- Experience supporting Agile or product-focused engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead implementation and continuous improvement of company’s Azure environment.
- Support cloud architecture through practical design and execution of networking, identity, access control, and security configurations.
- Contribute to platform reliability, performance, and scalability initiatives.
- Assist with cost management, resource optimization, and capacity planning.
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
- Promote and implement best practices for Infrastructure as Code, automation, and environment consistency.
- Partner with development teams to improve developer experience, release reliability, and deployment speed.
- Help establish visibility into build, release, and operational metrics.
- Act as a key technical point of contact for the Managed Service Provider (MSP).
- Coordinate with the MSP on monitoring, alerting, and incident response activities.
- Support clarity in escalation paths and ensure effective communication during incidents.
- Review operational outputs and contribute to continuous improvement of processes.
- Partner with engineering, QA, security, and product teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
- Contribute to incident reviews, root cause analysis, and preventative improvements.
- Document platform configurations, standards, and operational runbooks.
- Support ongoing improvements in platform governance and operational maturity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
