Cloud Solutions Engineer – Azure

Bright Vision Technologies • Centennial, CO

2d • $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, 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 operational excellence for production workloads. The engineer partners with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet requirements for scalability, reliability, and compliance.

This is a full-time, direct W2 position, performed 100% remotely in the United States. The posted salary range is $100,000–$150,000 annually. Candidates with 6+ years of experience are listed in the position overview; the qualifications section requires five or more years of cloud engineering experience, including at least three years focused on Azure in production. New H-1B visa petitions cannot be sponsored; U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of cloud engineering experience, including at least three years focused on Microsoft Azure in production environments. The overview also lists 6+ years of experience.
• 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 (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 with 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, with attention to scalability, security, and total cost of ownership.
• Develop and continuously improve infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, with version control and peer review.
• Configure and manage Azure landing zones, virtual networks, subnets, route tables, and network security groups to provide segmentation and least-privilege connectivity.
• 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 (AKS) clusters, including node pool design, auto-scaling, network policy, and integration with container registries 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 using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for automated, auditable releases of infrastructure and application code.
• Establish observability practices using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and third-party tooling, including dashboards, alerting, and SLO tracking.
• Lead Azure cost-optimization initiatives such as right-sizing, reserved-instance planning, lifecycle policies, and architectural changes.
• Implement disaster-recovery and business-continuity strategies, including backups, geo-replication, failover testing, and documented runbooks validated through 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 solutions and advise on appropriate Azure services, patterns, and anti-patterns.
• Develop PowerShell, Bash, and Python automation scripts and tools 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