Azure Cloud Operations Engineer - DevOps & Security

Arctiq: Intelligent Architecture; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arctiq is seeking a Cloud Operations Engineer (Azure) to design, implement, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across Azure IaaS and PaaS. This hands-on role emphasizes reliability, automation, and cost optimization while aligning with security and compliance.

You will work with engineering, security, and DevOps teams to build robust CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, manage identity with Entra ID and Okta, and continuously improve cloud operations, incident response, and

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of IT infrastructure or cloud engineering experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity).
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of identity management (Entra ID / Okta integration).
• Automation scripting with PowerShell, Python, or similar.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs).
• Azure certifications (Administrator, Security Engineer, or DevOps Engineer).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure.
• Drive stability, performance, automation, cost optimization, and security hardening.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and DevOps teams.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and monitoring for cloud services.
• Manage identity and access governance across Entra ID and Okta.

Skills

Azure administration

CI/CD pipelines

Identity management

Automation scripting

Networking concepts

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Job description

Arctiq is seeking a Cloud Operations Engineer (Azure) to design, implement, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across Azure IaaS and PaaS. This hands-on role emphasizes reliability, automation, and cost optimization while aligning with security and compliance.

You will work with engineering, security, and DevOps teams to build robust CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, manage identity with Entra ID and Okta, and continuously improve cloud operations, incident response, and