Principal Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer in Grapevine, TX.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and maintain enterprise Azure Landing Zone implementations including management groups, policy governance, and subscription vending strategies
• Design hub-and-spoke network topologies with Azure Firewall Premium, VPN gateways, Express Route, and Private Link integration for hybrid connectivity
• Establish Infrastructure as Code standards using Terraform, including module development, state management strategies, and drift detection mechanisms
• Lead the design of multi-region disaster recovery architectures leveraging Azure Site Recovery, geo-redundant storage, and automated failover orchestration
• Define and implement Azure Policy and Governance frameworks ensuring compliance with CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Benchmark and regulatory requirements
• Architect identity and access management solutions using Microsoft Entra , Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and RBAC strategies across platform and application landing zones
• Design and implement CI/CD pipeline architectures using Azure Dev Ops with security gates, automated testing, and approval workflows
• Lead platform observability strategy including Log Analytics Workspace design, diagnostic settings, Azure Monitor alerting, and centralized audit logging
• Collaborate with data engineering teams on Data Platform Landing Zone architecture including Microsoft Fabric integration and analytics infrastructure
• Facilitate integration of modern identity providers (e.g., Auth0 Customer Identity Cloud, Entra ) with application workloads
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineering teams, establishing coding standards, review processes, and knowledge sharing practices
• Collaborate with security teams on vulnerability management, security posture assessment, and incident response planning

• 10 years of cloud platform engineering experience required
• Experience architecting and implementing Azure Landing Zones following Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform at enterprise scale including module development and state management
• Deep knowledge of Azure networking including Virtual Networks, Azure Firewall, VPN Gateway, Express Route, Private Link, and DNS architecture
• Experience implementing Azure Policy and Governance at scale across management group hierarchies
• Experience with Microsoft Entra , Privileged Identity Management, Conditional Access, and enterprise RBAC patterns
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines in Azure Dev Ops with YAML templates and secure deployment patterns
• Strong understanding of security frameworks including CIS Benchmarks, Zero Trust architecture, and defense-in-depth strategies
• Experience with Azure monitoring and observability including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and diagnostic configuration
• Experience with container technologies including Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service, and container registry patterns
• Technically proficient with Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep
• Technically proficient with CI/CD:
  Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions
• Technically proficient with Scripting:
  Power Shell, Bash, Python
• Technically proficient with Operating Systems:
  Linux, Windows Server
• Technically proficient with Containers:
  Docker, Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes
• Technically proficient with Monitoring:
  Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Grafana, Application Insights
• Technically proficient with Version Control:
  Git, Azure Repos
• Technically proficient with
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Confluence, Jira, Service Now
• Experience with Azure Data Platform services including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, or Azure Synapse preferred

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

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