Azure Cloud Engineer: Infra, CI/CD & Secure AKS

D.A. Davidson Companies; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) + ESOP

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Professional development

Job summary

D.A. Davidson Companies is seeking an experienced Azure-focused engineer to design, deploy, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure. You will drive IaC practices, CI/CD pipelines, and secure networking across Azure services.

You will architect containerized workloads with Docker and AKS, implement identity and access controls, and ensure observability with Azure Monitor. A strong security mindset and cost governance are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform or Bicep).
• Experience designing Azure networking architectures.
• CI/CD pipeline experience (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Container experience (Docker required; AKS preferred).
• Cloud security controls implementation experience.
• Four-year college degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure infrastructure using IaC (Terraform or Bicep).
• Build, operate, and enhance CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Architect and manage Azure networking, including VNets, peering, DNS, load balancing, and gateways.
• Implement identity, access control, and privilege management using Microsoft Entra ID.
• Design and operate secure storage solutions.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Operate and support Azure compute and platform services.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Apply cloud security best practices, governance standards, and compliance controls.
• Support cost optimization, capacity planning, and resource lifecycle management.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Azure networking

Containerization

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

D.A. Davidson Companies is seeking an experienced Azure-focused engineer to design, deploy, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure. You will drive IaC practices, CI/CD pipelines, and secure networking across Azure services.

You will architect containerized workloads with Docker and AKS, implement identity and access controls, and ensure observability with Azure Monitor. A strong security mindset and cost governance are essential for success.