Cloud Infrastructure and Automation Engineer-ONLY LOCALS -TX

Role: Cloud Infrastructure and Automation Engineer

Must-have Qualifications

• 7+ years of cloud infrastructure/DevOps experience with at least 2 years supporting AI/ML, automation, or data platform workloads at scale.
• Expert-level Azure skills: Databricks, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, ADLS Gen2, Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI Service, Container Apps/AKS, and Azure Monitor.
• Strong IaC proficiency: Terraform (modules, state, workspaces), Bicep, or ARM templates with environment-templated patterns.
• Hands-on CI/CD engineering: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, container registries, Helm charts, and blue/green/canary deployment automation.
• Solid Python and Bash skills for infrastructure tooling, automation scripts, and deployment utilities.
• Deep understanding of Azure networking, security (RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, Private Endpoints, Azure Policy), and cost management.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (AKS or Container Apps) for production workload and model serving.

Familiarity with AI platform infrastructure: Databricks provisioning, Cosmos DB scaling, AI Search management, and LLM endpoint deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying RAG platform infrastructure, vector search clusters, and LLM/SLM serving endpoints in production.
• Hands-on MLOps: model registries, experiment tracking, automated deployment pipelines, and A/B testing infrastructure.
• Background in enterprise IT environments with M365, Intune, and Entra ID.
• Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305.
• FinOps certification or demonstrated cloud cost optimization experience delivering measurable savings.
• Experience supporting global operations across AMER, EMEA, and APAC with high-availability requirements