Azure Cloud Platform Automation Engineer

VAILEXA; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

VAILEXA in Houston seeks an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and automate cloud infrastructure for large-scale energy platforms. You will work across Azure, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to deliver scalable solutions supporting Transformation initiatives.

The role emphasizes governance, security compliance, and operational excellence, with collaboration across architecture, engineering, security, and application teams to improve observability and incident response.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and supporting enterprise Azure cloud platforms.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on with GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of cloud governance, security, and compliance.
• Experience with Azure identity integration.
• Experience implementing monitoring and operational support solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.
• Ability to automate deployment processes using scripting and cloud native services.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering, implementation, automation, and platform support services within Azure.
• Manage and enhance Terraform Cloud platforms and automation capabilities.
• Provision Azure resources through Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design, build, and maintain GitHub Actions workflows.
• Administer Azure subscription management processes and governance controls.
• Develop platform automation to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Support identity integration and access management initiatives.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Provide production support, incident response, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Manage GitHub Enterprise platform operations and platform administration.
• Partner with architecture, engineering, security, and application teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Improve cloud governance, compliance, and operational standards across the Azure platform.
• Create documentation, operational procedures, and automation standards.

Skills

Identity & Access Mgmt

Monitoring & Observability

Infrastructure Automation

CI/CD Platforms

Cloud Governance

Azure IAM

Automation Scripting

Tools

Terraform

Terraform Cloud

GitHub Actions

CI/CD Platforms

Job description

VAILEXA in Houston seeks an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and automate cloud infrastructure for large-scale energy platforms. You will work across Azure, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to deliver scalable solutions supporting Transformation initiatives.

The role emphasizes governance, security compliance, and operational excellence, with collaboration across architecture, engineering, security, and application teams to improve observability and incident response.