Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

6 month Contract-to-hire

Hybrid - 4 days onsite/1 day remote in Downtown Houston

We are seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to design, automate, and manage a modern Azure cloud environment. This role focuses on Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation, CI/CD, platform engineering, and cloud governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitOps practices.
• Automate Linux and Windows administration using tools such as Ansible, Intune, and Group Policy.
• Develop self-service platform capabilities and enforce security, tagging, and cost-management standards.
• Manage Azure landing zones, monitoring, logging, alerting, and cloud security controls.
• Support compliance initiatives through automated, auditable deployment processes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of infrastructure engineering experience.
• 6+ years of cloud engineering, automation, or platform engineering experience.
• Strong Azure expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep).
• Experience with Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on scripting experience with Python and/or PowerShell.
• Experience automating both Linux and Windows environments.

Preferred

• Platform engineering and self-service provisioning experience.
• Azure Policy, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, or Open Policy Agent.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, SUSE Manager, Red Hat Satellite, or Intune.
• Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, NERC CIP, or other regulated environments.
• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400) or Terraform Associate.