Principle Systems Engineer
MediSolution
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Job summary
Harris is seeking a Principal System Engineer – Azure to provide deep technical leadership for designing, building, operating, and continuously improving large-scale Azure infrastructure and platform services. The role requires strong expertise across Azure IaaS and PaaS, networking, security, observability, and automation, with hands-on execution where needed.
The ideal candidate will have 12+ years in infra/cloud engineering, 8+ years of Azure experience, and a proven ability to drive complex
Qualifications
- 12+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, cloud engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years hands-on Azure experience with strong IaaS expertise.
- Deep knowledge of Azure PaaS services and networking fundamentals.
- Experience with Entra ID, Azure RBAC, and security practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure across IaaS and PaaS.
- Own architectural decisions for complex Azure environments and drive implementations.
- Design highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient Azure solutions.
- Lead modernization, cloud migration, and platform transformation initiatives.
- Establish Azure standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
Skills
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Job description
We are looking for a Principal System Engineer – Azure to provide deep technical leadership for designing, building, operating, and continuously improving large-scale Azure infrastructure and platform services. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across Azure IaaS and PaaS, with a deep understanding of networking, compute, storage, identity, security, observability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and infrastructure automation. The role requires someone who can operate effectively at both the architecture and engineering level—able to design the solution, challenge existing designs, troubleshoot complex production issues, and personally drive implementation where required.
Must Have 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems engineering, cloud engineering, or a related field. 8+ years of strong hands‑on Azure experience. Deep expertise in Azure IaaS. Strong knowledge of Azure PaaS services. Strong Azure networking fundamentals. Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and Azure RBAC. Strong Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience using Terraform and/or Bicep. Strong PowerShell and/or Azure CLI skills. Experience with Azure monitoring and troubleshooting. Experience designing highly available and resilient Azure environments. Strong understanding of hybrid Azure/on‑premises architectures. Experience with production‑scale Azure environments. Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving capability. Ability to independently drive complex technical problems to resolution.
- Design, implement, and operate enterprise‑scale Azure infrastructure across IaaS and PaaS services.
- Own technical architecture and engineering decisions for complex Azure environments.
- Design highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient Azure solutions.
- Lead infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, and platform transformation initiatives.
- Establish Azure infrastructure standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate Azure services and determine appropriate technology choices based on business and technical requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
- Strong hands‑on expertise with Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets.
- Availability Zones and Availability Sets.
- Managed Disks and Azure Storage.
- Azure Virtual Network, Subnets, NSGs and UDRs.
- Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway / WAF.
- Azure Firewall, Azure VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute.
- Private Endpoints and Private DNS.
- Azure Bastion.
- Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
- Azure App Service.
- Azure Functions.
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Azure Container Instances / container platforms.
- Azure API Management.
- Azure Service Bus.
- Event Grid.
- Azure Key Vault.
- Azure SQL / managed database services.
- Azure Cache and other managed platform services.
- Azure Storage services.
- Designing hub‑and‑spoke and enterprise‑scale network architectures.
- VNet peering and Virtual WAN concepts.
- Private Link / Private Endpoint architectures.
- DNS architecture and troubleshooting.
- ExpressRoute and hybrid connectivity.
- VPN architecture.
- Azure Firewall and network security controls.
- Routing, UDRs, NSGs and traffic flows.
- Load balancing and application delivery.
- Network troubleshooting using packet‑level and platform telemetry.
- Integration of Azure with on‑premises and other cloud environments.
- Azure environments following security‑by‑design principles.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identity and service principals.
- Implement least‑privilege access models.
- Design secure network segmentation and private connectivity.
- Work with security teams on Defender for Cloud, security posture, vulnerability management, and incident response.
- Implement secrets, certificates, and key management using Azure Key Vault.
- Understand Azure Policy, governance, compliance, and resource controls.
- Strong hands‑on experience with infrastructure automation is expected.
- Azure Bicep / ARM Templates and/or Terraform.
- PowerShell and/or Azure CLI.
- Git‑based infrastructure management.
- CI/CD automation.
- Automated provisioning and configuration.
- Infrastructure testing and validation.
- Policy‑as‑code and governance automation.
- Automated remediation and operational tooling.
- Design solutions for high availability and fault tolerance.
- Develop regional and multi‑region architectures where required.
- Define and implement RTO/RPO strategies.
- Design backup, restore, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Participate in DR testing and failure‑recovery exercises.
- Develop self‑healing and automated remediation capabilities.
- Perform capacity planning and resilience assessments.
- Lead technical root‑cause analysis for major production incidents.
- Comprehensive Azure monitoring and observability solutions.
- Strong experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights and alerting.
- Develop operational dashboards and health models.
- Define SLI/SLO and operational metrics where appropriate.
- Troubleshoot complex performance, availability, networking, and infrastructure issues.
- Lead technical RCA for Sev‑1/Sev‑2 incidents.
- Identify systemic problems and implement permanent engineering solutions rather than tactical fixes.
- Perform Azure capacity and performance analysis.
- Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and scalability constraints.
- Optimize compute, storage, networking, and PaaS consumption.
- Drive Azure cost optimization without compromising reliability or security.
- Use Azure Advisor and platform telemetry to identify optimization opportunities.
- Act as a technical authority for Azure infrastructure and platform engineering.
- Mentor senior engineers and help raise engineering standards.
- Review architecture and technical designs.
- Challenge design assumptions and identify technical risks.
- Lead complex engineering initiatives from design through implementation.
- Collaborate with application, security, networking, SRE, DevOps, and architecture teams.
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents and high‑impact infrastructure changes.
- Influence engineering decisions across teams without relying on formal management authority.
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
- Azure Administrator Associate certification.
- Azure Network Engineer Associate certification.
- Experience with AKS and container platforms.
- Experience with Azure Landing Zones / Enterprise Scale architecture.
- Experience with Azure Policy and governance.
- Experience with DevOps / CI/CD platforms.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Experience with FinOps / Azure cost optimization.
- Experience with SRE practices.
- Experience operating large‑scale distributed systems.
We are looking for an engineer who demonstrates Principal‑level technical depth, not simply breadth of Azure certifications. The successful candidate should be able to: Take an ambiguous infrastructure problem and develop the technical solution. Design an Azure architecture and explain the trade‑offs. Go deep into networking, compute, storage, identity, security, and platform services. Troubleshoot complex production failures end‑to‑end. Automate repetitive infrastructure and operational tasks. Review and improve existing architectures. Design for reliability, security, scalability, performance, and cost. Lead technical discussions with architects, engineers, and senior stakeholders. Mentor other engineers through technical influence. Remain hands‑on with technology rather than operating purely at an architectural or management level.
- Principal Cloud Engineer
- Principal Azure Engineer
- Principal Infrastructure Engineer
- Senior/Lead Azure Infrastructure Engineer
- Cloud Platform Engineer
- Senior Cloud Architect with strong hands‑on engineering experience
- Principal DevOps / SRE Engineer with deep Azure infrastructure expertise
- Azure Platform Engineer
The candidate should demonstrate evidence of: Architecture → Engineering → Automation → Operations → Troubleshooting → Technical Leadership rather than only: Certification → Service Knowledge → Administration.
At Harris, we believe great people build great software. We offer an environment where employees are empowered to make a real impact, grow their skills, and shape their careers. Our teams enjoy a supportive, award‑winning culture, a casual and collaborative workplace, and opportunities to learn from a diverse group of businesses and industries. We are financially strong and proudly part of Constellation Software Inc. (CSI), the largest software company in Canada, providing long‑term stability alongside entrepreneurial autonomy. In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits package, we offer meaningful perks, flexibility, and—most importantly—a culture that values people, curiosity, and having fun while doing great work.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability may contact us by email at HarrisTalentAcquisition@harriscomputer.com. Accommodation requests may be made at any time.
Our commitment to fair and equitable hiring.
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