Cloud Engineer

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $100.10hr - $105.10hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field - or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience in a production enterprise environment (Microsoft Azure required).
• Demonstrated proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, Client templates, or equivalent) and version control (Git).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or equivalent) for automation and tooling development.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud security principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a cloud-native context.
• Deep, hands-on cloud expertise in building and operating production cloud infrastructure.
• Infrastructure-as-code as a default practice using Terraform or equivalent.
• A security-conscious engineering mindset with a focus on least privilege and defense in depth.
• A cost-conscious approach to designing systems and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure that meet performance, security, availability, and cost-efficiency requirements.
• Architect and implement cloud networking, compute, storage, and identity constructs with security built in using least-privilege principles and network segmentation.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services, architectural patterns, and infrastructure approaches.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, or Client templates.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure and application deployments with automated rollback capability.
• Drive automation of operational tasks including patching, scaling, monitoring, alerting, and cost optimization.
• Ensure cloud environments comply with security standards, regulatory requirements, and data governance policies.
• Monitor cloud security posture continuously and remediate misconfigurations or policy violations.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams to align cloud platform security with enterprise threat models and regulatory frameworks including GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and SOX.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance and drive FinOps practices to identify waste and right-size resources.
• Contribute to platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and guardrails.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure issues and contribute to post-incident analysis.

Nice to Have:

• Microsoft Azure certification (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at enterprise scale.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Azure Monitor, or Application Insights).
• Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
• Experience with Kubernetes in production (Azure Kubernetes Service / AKS or self-managed).
• Background in cloud security architecture including IAM design and secrets management.

Skills:

• Microsoft Azure.
• Terraform.
• Ansible.
• Bicep.
• Client templates.
• Python.
• Bash.
• Git.
• Docker.
• Kubernetes.
• CI/CD.
• FinOps.
• Cloud Security.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Relevant professional experience in cloud engineering.