What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Solutions Principal Engineer position at Octave?
Job Location (Short): Madison, Alabama-USA
Workplace Type: Remote
Req Id: 2984
Responsibilities
We are seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to engineer and evolve Azure platforms through code. This role focuses on designing reusable infrastructure patterns, codifying architecture decisions, and enabling teams to self serve safely at scale.
Education / Qualifications
Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.
Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.
Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Why work for Octave?
All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.
Everyone is welcome
At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.
Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.
Workplace Type: Remote
Req Id: 2984
Responsibilities
We are seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to engineer and evolve Azure platforms through code. This role focuses on designing reusable infrastructure patterns, codifying architecture decisions, and enabling teams to self serve safely at scale.
- What You’ll Engineer
- Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, with a strong preference for Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
- AzOps-driven governance and platform configuration (management groups, policy, RBAC)
- Deployment Stacks to manage resource lifecycle and ownership boundaries
- Enterprise-scale Azure networking, including VNets, Private Link, Private DNS, and Virtual WAN (vWAN)
- AKS platforms (cluster architecture, node pools, networking, upgrade strategies)
- Dev/Test enablement using Azure DevTest Labs
- CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps) for validating and deploying infrastructure code
- Design and build opinionated Azure platform foundations via code
- Author and maintain modular, reusable Bicep templates
- Engineer networking and connectivity patterns as reusable constructs
- Build AKS as a shared, secure application platform (not workload babysitting)
- Enable developers through golden-path patterns and automation
- Collaborate with security and networking teams on platform-level architecture
Education / Qualifications
- 5 years hands-on Azure engineering experience
- Strong Bicep expertise (modules, orchestration, parameterization)
- Experience consuming AVM modules
- Experience with AzOps or GitOps-style Azure management
- Experience using Deployment Stacks
- Strong Azure networking fundamentals, including vWAN
- AKS platform engineering experience
- Proficiency with Azure CLI and/or PowerShell
- Engineering mindset: version control, abstraction, code reviews, repeatability
- Certifications (Required / Preferred)
- AZ 104 (or equivalent experience)
- Preferred: AZ 305, AZ 400, AZ 500
Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.
Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.
Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Why work for Octave?
All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.
Everyone is welcome
At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.
Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.