Azure Cloud Engineer

Insight Global; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the Infrastructure team to expand Microsoft Azure deployments, migration, and automation.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, cross-team collaboration, and technical leadership to elevate cloud capabilities and best practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong experience with AKS/Kubernetes and Terraform/IaC.
• Deep Azure networking knowledge and Azure migrations.
• Experience with Windows Server and SQL Server in Azure.
• Experience enabling CI/CD pipelines and mentoring other engineers.
• Azure certifications and a Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Migrate on-premises infrastructure and applications to Azure.
• Collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams.
• Serve as a technical leader, mentoring engineers and sharing best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure issues and improve cloud capabilities.
• Design Azure solutions at the architectural level for large-scale migrations.

Skills

AKS

Terraform

Azure Networking

Windows Server

Azure migrations

SQL Server in Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Azure architecture

Containerization

AI-assisted tooling

Azure certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job Description

A client of Insight Global is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join its Infrastructure team and support the organization’s continued expansion into Microsoft Azure. This is a highly hands-on role focused on Azure infrastructure engineering, cloud migration, automation, networking, and containerized environments.

This individual will play a key role in helping migrate on-premises infrastructure and applications into Azure while partnering closely with application development and infrastructure teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep, current Azure expertise and be capable of looking beyond an individual task or project to understand the broader cloud environment and long-term solution.

This person will also serve as a technical leader within the Infrastructure team, helping cross-train existing engineers, establish best practices, troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure issues, and increase the team’s overall cloud capabilities.

Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) / Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong Azure networking experience, including private/public connectivity and troubleshooting.
• Strong Windows infrastructure / Windows Server experience.
• Experience with on-premises to Azure migrations.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server in Azure environments.
• Experience supporting infrastructure for CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to mentor and cross-train other engineers.
• Experience designing Azure solutions at an architectural level.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise Azure migrations.
• Experience migrating traditional applications to AKS/containerized environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools for Terraform, automation, troubleshooting, or code generation.
• Azure certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].