Senior Azure Engineer

Specialty Building Products is currently looking for a Senior Azure Engineer to join our VALUES based organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering secure, high-performing microservices and front-end applications. This is a hands-on engineering role that emphasizes execution and delivery, while also contributing to architecture/design discussions and mentoring other developers.

The engineer will collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers, engineers, and data scientists to understand business needs, identify challenges, and build scalable applications that align with SBP’s operational and strategic objectives using modern technologies and best practices.

• Preserve Azure/Microsoft identity while maintaining enterprise transformation posture
• Design and implement SBP’s microservices and front-end applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Develop applications using React/Type Script, Python, FastAPI, and SQL Server.
• Leverage Azure services including App Services, Functions, Storage (Blob, Table, Queue), Key Vault, Service Bus, API Management, and Application Insights.
• Apply source control practices, CI/CD pipelines, and backlog management using Azure Dev Ops, while participating in code reviews to enforce best practices and maintain high-quality code.
• Embed requirements such as security, performance, scalability, and maintainability into designs and implementations.
• Lead debugging and issue resolution, analyzing complex problems across the stack, driving root‑cause analysis, and implementing fixes.
• Contribute technical input to scoping, feasibility assessments, and delivery planning.
• Collaborate with business analysts and department leads to align technical solutions with SBP’s operational and strategic objectives across distribution, sales, and merchandising.
• Champion software best practices by enforcing coding standards, testing, and observability; mentor other developers to raise team capability.

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing applications using Python and React.
• Strong experience building and supporting solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, including advanced stored procedures and performance tuning.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops for source control, CI/CD pipelines, and backlog management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Azure and experience working with key services:
  • Azure App Services (Web Apps)
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure Storage (Blob, Table, Queue)
  • Application Insights
  • Azure API Management
  • Azure Service Bus
• Solid understanding of software development best practices and the Microsoft development stack.
• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and third‑party services.
• Knowledge of Azure identity and access management (e.g., Okta/Auth0, Azure AD/Entra, MSAL).

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Exposure to containerization technologies like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience working in a Dev Sec Ops  environment or applying security best practices in cloud‑based solutions.
• Experience building rules engines that encapsulate business policies and decision logic separate from application code.
• Experience with .NET / C# development.
• Exposure to Generative AI‑enabled approaches to software development (e.g., leveraging LLMs for code generation, testing support, or developer productivity).

Being a part of SBP you will be eligible for many benefits. Full‑Time benefits would include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision given on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Company‑Paid Life Insurance & Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Company‑Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays & Floating Holidays
• PLUS ADDITIONAL PERKS!

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