What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Cloud Engineer-Las Colinas, TX position at TechniPros, LLC?
Job Title: Azure Cloud Engineer
Location: Las Colinas, TX (Hybrid Onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire (CTH)
Job Summary:
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and operate secure, scalable, and compliant cloud infrastructure supporting a nationwide financial services organization.
- This role serves as a senior technical contributor and mentor within the infrastructure team, driving cloud modernization, operational excellence, infrastructure automation, and continuous improvement across Azure-based and hybrid environments.
- The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code, cloud security, automation, CI/CD, and enterprise cloud operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain secure, highly available Microsoft Azure infrastructure supporting mission-critical financial services applications.
- Implement cloud architecture best practices including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, monitoring, resiliency, and governance.
- Support cloud-native, containerized, and hybrid workloads across development, testing, and production environments.
- Collaborate with application, security, compliance, and operations teams to align cloud solutions with enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure cloud environments meet security, risk management, compliance, and governance standards.
- Implement and manage identity, access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and security controls.
- Support incident response activities, root cause analysis, and infrastructure reliability improvements.
- Develop and maintain cloud standards, operational procedures, architecture documentation, and technical runbooks.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the infrastructure team.
- Participate in cloud modernization initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
- Design and support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions aligned with RPO/RTO objectives.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational processes to improve efficiency and reliability.
Required Skills:
- Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services including:
- Azure Compute
- Azure Storage
- Azure Networking
- Azure Identity Services
- Azure Containers
- Azure Serverless Technologies
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
- Minimum 3 years of production experience with Terraform and Azure Bicep.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise.
- Advanced automation experience using:
- PowerShell
- Python
- Azure CLI
- Extensive experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using:
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
- Strong experience with Azure Security and Governance technologies:
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Azure Sentinel
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure RBAC
- Azure Policy
Strong understanding of:
- OAuth
- OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Experience with container technologies:
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Container Apps
- Docker
- Experience supporting hybrid networking solutions:
- ExpressRoute
- VPN
- DNS
- Private Endpoints
- Expertise in monitoring and observability tools:
- Azure Monitor
- Log Analytics
- Application Insights
- Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in highly available enterprise production environments.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks:
- PCI-DSS
- SOX
- GLBA
- FFIEC
- SOC 2
- Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Related Technical Discipline
- Equivalent professional experience considered
- Microsoft Certifications:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Experience within:
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Auto Finance
- Regulated Enterprise Environments
- Experience with cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Nice to Have: Redis Cache knowledge.
- Soft Skills
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting mindset.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
- Strong documentation and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
- Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong ownership and accountability for deliverables.
Best Regards:
Monika G
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