Senior Azure Engineer

Job Purpose The Senior Azure Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, automation, security, and operational support of the enterprise Microsoft Azure platform. This role serves as a senior technical resource for Azure infrastructure, cloud-native services, hybrid integration, governance, resiliency, and cost optimization. The position partners with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Networking, Application, and business technology teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Primary Objectives:

Azure Engineering:

Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available Azure solutions.

Cloud Modernization:

Lead migrations and modernization of on-premises and cloud workloads.

Automation:

Expand infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and repeatable platform engineering practices.

Security & Compliance:

Implement cloud security controls, policy, identity, and Zero Trust principles.

Operational Excellence:

Improve monitoring, reliability, disaster recovery, and support practices.

Governance & Fin Ops:

Strengthen standards, cost transparency, tagging, and consumption optimization.

Technical Leadership:

Mentor engineers and provide design guidance across projects and operations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities Azure Architecture & Engineering
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise applications, shared services, and business capabilities.
• Develop reusable architecture patterns, engineering standards, and deployment templates.
• Lead Azure migration, modernization, scalability, availability, and resiliency initiatives.
• Evaluate Azure services and recommend adoption based on business value, risk, supportability, and cost.

Cloud Operations & Reliability
• Administer Azure management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and shared platform services.
• Monitor platform health and performance using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and enterprise observability tools.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, identity, security, and application connectivity issues.
• Develop operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and platform service-level measures.

Security & Compliance
• Implement Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Entra , Azure Key Vault, and related security controls.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams on secure configurations, vulnerability remediation, risk reduction, and audits.
• Apply least privilege, private connectivity, encryption, logging, and Zero Trust principles to cloud designs.
• Ensure Azure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, regulatory, and data protection requirements.

Automation & Dev Ops
• Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent technologies.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, compliance, maintenance, and operational processes using Power Shell and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD pipelines with Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Enterprise, and Git Hub Actions.
• Promote platform engineering, source control, peer review, testing, and reusable deployment practices.

Networking & Hybrid Cloud
• Design and support VNets, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, Express Route, VPN gateways, private endpoints, DNS, and load balancing.
• Enable secure connectivity among Azure, enterprise data centers, SaaS platforms, and manufacturing locations.
• Partner with network and security teams on segmentation, routing, connectivity, performance, and troubleshooting.

Governance, Fin Ops & Leadership
• Implement resource tagging, policy, lifecycle, subscription, and cost allocation standards.
• Monitor cloud consumption and recommend rightsizing, reservation, licensing, and architecture optimization opportunities.
• Provide…