Cloud Solutions Engineer – Azure

Bright Vision Technologies • Highlands Ranch, CO

1d • $100,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a skilled Azure Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. The engineer will own the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure as code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and operational excellence for production workloads. The role combines deep Azure technical expertise with DevOps practices and close partnership with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver scalable, reliable, compliant cloud-native solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least five years of cloud engineering experience, including at least three years focused on Microsoft Azure in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure core services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform-as-a-service offerings.
• Production-level experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Experience designing and operating Azure Kubernetes Service 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 writing 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 and implement enterprise-grade Azure architectures across compute, networking, storage, identity, and data services, accounting for scalability, security, and total cost of ownership.
• Develop and improve infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, applying version control and peer review.
• Configure and manage Azure landing zones, virtual networks, subnets, route tables, and network security groups.
• Implement identity, access management, and governance controls using Azure Active Directory, conditional access, role-based access control, and Azure Policy.
• Architect and operate Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, including node pools, auto-scaling, network policies, container registry integration, and service meshes.
• Deploy, scale, and tune Azure data and analytics platforms, including Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, and Event Hubs.
• Build and operate CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for infrastructure and application releases.
• Implement observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and third-party tooling, including dashboards, alerting, and SLO tracking.
• Drive Azure cost optimization through right-sizing, reserved-instance planning, lifecycle policies, and architectural improvements.
• Implement disaster recovery and business continuity through backups, geo-replication, failover testing, and runbooks validated by regular drills.
• Strengthen security using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, and managed identities, and remediate compliance-scan findings.
• Collaborate with application teams on cloud-native architecture, patterns, anti-patterns, and Azure-native services.
• Develop PowerShell, Bash, and Python automation to streamline operations and reduce incident resolution time.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and contribute to Azure and DevOps communities of practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior