DA Senior Azure Cloud Engineer ; On-Site; DaCodes Cloud –e 13d ago

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We are looking for a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, and support an enterprise Microsoft Azure environment.

This senior, hands‑on role sits within Platform Engineering and combines cloud infrastructure design and implementation with Infrastructure as Code, identity and access management, platform automation, governance, and production support.

You will help mature the Azure platform by improving security and standardization, developing reusable deployment patterns, and enabling scalable self‑service capabilities. You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, networking, application, and data teams.

The position reports to the Platform Engineering Manager
, who reports to the Head of Enterprise Services.

• Location: Houston, Texas, United States.
• Residence requirement: Candidates must currently live in Houston, Texas.
• Work arrangement: Fully on-site at the Houston office, five days per week.
• Engagement: Independent contractor, with a full-time commitment.
• Payment: Compensation will be agreed upon under the contractor arrangement, with payments processed through Deel.
• Language: English is required for technical discussions, documentation, and daily collaboration.

• Design, implement, and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and shared cloud services.
• Build and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure, including reusable modules, templates, and standardized deployment workflows.
• Engineer and support Microsoft Entra , including identity lifecycle, role-based access control, privileged access, conditional access, enterprise applications, identity governance, and hybrid identity integrations.
• Develop reusable cloud patterns that support secure, scalable deployments and self‑service provisioning.
• Collaborate with networking and security teams on network segmentation, private connectivity, DNS, security controls, and policy enforcement.
• Strengthen Azure governance through management groups, subscription structures, Azure Policy, tagging standards, operational guardrails, cost controls, and compliance‑aligned configurations.
• Implement and maintain Azure services, including virtual networks, virtual machines, storage, backup and recovery services, Key Vault, monitoring, and platform security services.
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, operational processes, and platform maintenance.
• Partner with application, data, and infrastructure teams to enable reliable cloud‑hosted solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identity, access, networking, and automation issues through resolution.
• Support production stability and service continuity across critical enterprise and operational technology environments.
• Document platform designs, standards, configurations, procedures, and operational handoff materials to support maintenance and audit readiness.
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