It Senior Cloud Developer

## IT SENIOR CLOUD DEVELOPER
** Fort Worth,TX76177
** Posted: 10/01/2026

Employment Type:

Direct Hire Category: IT - BI/DA - Developer/Engineer Job Number: 251211

Work Location:

Hybrid##

Job Description Senior Cloud Developer (Azure)  
** Full-Time | Cloud Engineering & Application Modernization
** About the Company  The Intersect Group is partnering with a technology-driven organization undergoing a major cloud transformation initiative. The company is investing in modern architecture, cloud-native development, automation, and operational excellence to enhance scalability, security, and long-term business agility.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a highly visible modernization effort while leveraging cutting-edge Azure technologies and best practices.  Role Summary  We are seeking a
** Senior Cloud Developer
** to lead the migration of a critical on-premise application to Microsoft Azure. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for cloud architecture, software development, automation, performance optimization, and operational excellence throughout the modernization journey.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Azure cloud technologies, modern application architecture, and enterprise software development. This individual will partner with engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to design scalable cloud-native solutions while mentoring development teams and driving cloud adoption across the organization.  

Key Responsibilities
* Lead the architecture, design, development, and deployment of cloud-native applications within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
* Develop and modernize enterprise applications using Java, Angular, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, and microservices architectures.
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews to ensure adherence to engineering best practices and development standards.
* Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using modern Dev Ops tooling to accelerate software delivery and improve deployment reliability.
* Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, including Terraform, to automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and management.
* Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud environments to improve performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and system reliability.
* Develop solutions supporting disaster recovery, backup management, operational administration, and business continuity requirements.
* Implement security controls, identity and access management policies, encryption standards, and cloud security best practices.
* Collaborate with product owners, operations teams, and technical stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable cloud solutions.
* Document technical architectures, workflows, system capabilities, and implementation roadmaps.

Key Requirements
* 10+ years of overall Information Technology experience, including enterprise application development and software engineering.
* 5+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience with a focus on Microsoft Azure cloud solutions.
* Current Microsoft Azure certifications required.
* 8+ years of experience developing applications using Java, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Angular, and scalable microservices architectures.
* Strong experience designing and implementing cloud-native applications and distributed systems.
* Expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
* Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Hub Actions or equivalent Dev Ops platforms.
* Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
* Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance management tools such as Datadog.
* Strong knowledge of application security, identity…