Cloud Engineer

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This role is for a Cloud Engineer with a contract length of over 6 months, offering a pay rate of $115,000 - $130,000 per year. Key skills include Azure, Infrastructure-as-Code, and Dev Ops. A Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience are required.

United States | Fort Worth, TX

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Christian Aviles

Salary: $115,000 - $130,000 per year

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The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for the design, installation, configuration, and administration of a highly available hybrid cloud environment. This position supports the stability, scalability, and security of cloud and on‑premise infrastructure, enabling seamless operations for business‑critical applications. Operating as part of an agile shared services team, the engineer focuses on automation, proactive monitoring, and process improvement. This is a mid‑senior level technical role that emphasizes strong hands‑on experience and collaboration, rather than high‑level architecture or management responsibilities.

• Maintain and monitor Azure cloud environments, systems hardware, and network infrastructure for optimal performance and availability.
• Track and assess cloud maintenance activities and outages; develop strategies to minimize downtime and operational impact.
• Collaborate with development and project teams to provision, configure, and optimize infrastructure resources.
• Automate infrastructure deployment using templates, scripts, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
• Optimize configurations for IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS services across hybrid environments.
• Support capacity planning, system monitoring, disaster recovery, and business continuity initiatives.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for configuration standards, processes, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, performance, and security issues, providing detailed analysis and resolution plans.
• Participate in infrastructure roadmap planning and implementation for cloud and hybrid systems.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure timely resolution of technical issues.
• Participate in the on‑call rotation and provide after‑hours support as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline required.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in computing or network infrastructure.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience in a cloud environment (Azure preferred) as a cloud engineer, administrator, or Dev Ops professional.
• Demonstrated success in building, maintaining, and automating cloud infrastructure.

• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning capabilities.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve technical issues with minimal supervision.
• Solid understanding of networking, virtualization, and cloud computing principles.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Commitment to teamwork, customer service, and continuous improvement.

• Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration-as-Code tools.
• Proficiency in managing both on‑premises and cloud environments (Azure or AWS).
• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms (e.g., Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar).
• Experience with load balancing, system monitoring, and Dev Ops practices.
• Microsoft Windows Server (2012‑2019), Linux/Unix systems, virtual machine and container technologies.
• Cloud security and monitoring tools, Cisco routing/switching platforms, cloud‑based firewall technologies (e.g., Palo Alto).
• Azure certifications preferred; AWS…