Senior Azure Engineer
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 ongoing operational excellence for production workloads. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise across Azure services and strong DevOps engineering practices. The engineer will partner closely with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet business requirements for scalability, reliability, and compliance. This is a full-time, direct W2 position that is 100% remote within the United States.
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.
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure core services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform-as-a-service offerings.
- Production-level experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Solid 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.
- At least six years of experience is listed in the position details; the required qualifications separately specify five or more years of cloud engineering experience.
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, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure.
- 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.
- Partner with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet scalability, reliability, and compliance requirements.
- Design and operate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at scale.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads.
- Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
- Use Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD across infrastructure and applications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
