Azure Cloud Engineer

Stefanini Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is looking for a Senior Azure Architect in Charlotte, North Carolina, to spearhead the development of an enterprise-scale internal developer platform. You will be pivotal in designing standardized architectures that ensure production-ready workloads with a focus on security and scalability.

The ideal candidate will have expert Azure knowledge, experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and an understanding of high-availability data solutions. You will play a crucial role in enhancing the developer experience while managing cloud architecture effectively.

Qualifications

• Expert Azure knowledge and deep understanding of Azure control plane and service portfolio.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for enterprise environments.
• Experience designing high-availability data solutions using Azure SQL/PostgreSQL and Cosmos DB.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the standards and patterns that power the internal developer platform.
• Design standardized architectures to enable secure and reliable production-ready workloads.
• Ensure scalable cloud architecture bridging infrastructure operations and developer experience.

Skills

Expert Azure knowledge

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Advanced data pattern experience

Network engineering

Production operations

Security & Identity

Job description

Overview

Senior Azure Architect - Platform Engineering. We are building an enterprise-scale internal developer platform designed to eliminate infrastructure friction. Our goal is to provide application teams with a seamless experience that balances speed and flexibility with strict security, compliance, and cost governance. As a Senior Azure Architect, you will be a key contributor to the standards and patterns that power this platform. You will design the standardized architectures that allow our engineering teams to deploy complex, production-ready workloads securely and reliably. You will bridge the gap between infrastructure operations and developer experience, ensuring our cloud architecture scales effectively with the business.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Azure Architect, you will:

• Contribute to the standards and patterns that power the internal developer platform.
• Design standardized architectures to enable production-ready workloads that are secure and reliable.
• Bridge the gap between infrastructure operations and developer experience to ensure scalable cloud architecture.

Required Skills & Experience

• Expert Azure knowledge.
• Deep understanding of the Azure control plane and service portfolio. Knowledge of limits, quotas, and architectural trade-offs of AKS, App Service, Networking, and Storage.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform): strong proficiency and ability to architect modular, reusable, and testable infrastructure code for enterprise environments.
• Advanced data pattern experience: designing high-availability data solutions using Azure SQL/PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB (multi-region write/read), and caching strategies.
• Network engineering: strong grasp of Azure networking fundamentals, including Virtual Networks, Application Gateways, Azure Front Door/Traffic Manager, and private connectivity.
• Production operations: experience with observability stacks (Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Prometheus) and designing for day-2 operations.
• Security & Identity: proficiency with Entra ID OIDC/OAuth flows, RBAC models, and cloud security posture management (CSPM).

Nice to Have

• Experience with Wiz or similar cloud security tools.
• Background in FinOps, including cost anomaly detection and budget enforcement.
• Familiarity with GitOps principles (ArgoCD/Flux) and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience interacting with Azure management APIs.