Senior Azure Engineer
About The Position
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Azure 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 will apply deep Azure technical expertise and DevOps practices, partnering with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet business requirements for scalability, reliability, and compliance. The position is 100% remote in the United States and is a full-time, direct W2 role. The listed salary range is $120,000–$170,000 annually.
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, with 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, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure.
- Own cloud engineering from architecture and infrastructure-as-code through automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and ongoing operational excellence for production workloads.
- Design and operate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at scale.
- Implement CI/CD across infrastructure and applications using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
- Develop maintainable automation code using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads.
- Partner with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions that meet scalability, reliability, and compliance requirements.
- Troubleshoot cloud and production workload issues and provide clear communication and documentation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
