Senior Azure Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL Salary: $60.00 USD Hourly - $80.00 USD Hourly Description:
Azure Integration Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Integration Engineer to design, develop, and manage secure, scalable, and compliant cloud-based data ingestion and storage solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Azure services, API-first architectures, event-driven systems, infrastructure automation, and cloud security best practices.

This role will be responsible for building enterprise-grade integration platforms, implementing immutable storage patterns, managing cloud-native databases, and ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence across the Azure ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

API & Integration Architecture

• Design and implement secure API ingestion pipelines using Azure API Management (APIM).
• Configure OAuth2/JWT authentication and authorization, rate limiting, schema validation, and API governance policies.
• Develop and maintain APIM policies, backend integrations, versioning strategies, named values, and developer portal configurations.

Event-Driven Processing

• Build scalable event-driven workflows using Azure Service Bus and Azure Functions.
• Implement durable orchestration, fan-out/fan-in processing patterns, and asynchronous integration frameworks.
• Develop reliable ingestion pipelines for data and evidence artifact collection from external systems.

Secure Storage & Data Integrity

• Implement immutable storage solutions using Azure Blob Storage with WORM (Write Once Read Many) retention policies.
• Design and manage metadata indexing solutions using Azure Cosmos DB.
• Establish tamper-evident auditing and change tracking mechanisms leveraging Cosmos DB capabilities.

Caching & Performance Optimization

• Architect and implement Azure Redis Cache solutions for high-throughput workloads.
• Optimize application performance while maintaining source-of-truth integrity and immutability requirements.

Security & Encryption

• Integrate Azure Key Vault for secure key management and envelope encryption.
• Implement customer-managed key (CMK) strategies, automated key rotation, purge protection, and secure secrets management.
• Apply zero-trust architecture principles across Azure environments.

Monitoring & Compliance

• Design telemetry and observability solutions using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics Workspace.
• Develop logging, auditing, integrity verification, and compliance monitoring capabilities.
• Create operational dashboards, alert rules, and KQL-based reporting.

Infrastructure Automation

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Implement reusable Terraform modules, remote state management, policy-as-code controls, and CI/CD automation.
• Support deployment pipelines using Azure Dev Ops and/or Git Hub Actions.

Third-Party Integrations

• Build integrations with external platforms and APIs, including security, compliance, governance, ticketing, and operational tools.
• Design resilient connector frameworks for ingesting and processing evidence artifacts from source systems.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and supporting production workloads on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong experience with API-first and event-driven architectures.
• Deep expertise with Azure API Management (APIM), including policies, security, versioning, backends, and developer portal management.
• Experience implementing immutable and append-only storage patterns using Azure services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Cosmos DB and No
  
  SQL database design, deployment, and administration.
• Proven experience with Terraform, including module development, remote state management, Azure Provider configurations, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or Node.js.
• Experience implementing encryption and key management solutions using Azure Key Vault.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking and zero-trust security models, including:
• Private Endpoints
• VNet Integration
• Network Security Groups (NSGs)
• User Defined Routes (UDRs)
• Proficiency in writing and optimizing Kusto Query Language (KQL) queries for monitoring, alerting, and audit analysis.
• Experience integrating third-party enterprise APIs and SaaS platforms.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing and integration testing tools.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Security Engineer Associate Certification.
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
• CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent security certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience working in highly regulated, security-focused, or compliance-driven environments.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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