Azure Cloud Platform Engineer | Scalable, Secure Infra

Sound Transit; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits: medical, dental, and

Long-Term Disability and LifeInsurance

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement Plans: 401a, 457b

Paid Time Off: 25 days + holidays

Parental Leave: 12 weeks

ORCA Card for employees

Tuition Reimbursement: up to $5,000

Pet Insurance

Inclusive Reproductive Health Support

Job summary

Sound Transit in Seattle is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our Azure-based cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability for IT operations and digital initiatives.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, automate provisioning with IaC tools, monitor costs, and support disaster recovery. A Bachelor's degree and 4+ years in Azure engineering are preferred; hybrid work schedule applies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field and four years Azure cloud engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of Azure, IaC, security practices, and cost management.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure-based cloud infrastructure.
• Implement security, scalability, and performance optimizations.
• Automate provisioning and deployment using IaC tooling.
• Collaborate with developers and architects for cloud alignment.
• Establish disaster recovery plans and ensure high availability.
• Monitor costs and optimize cloud expenditure.
• Document configurations, procedures, and changes.

Skills

Azure cloud platform

PowerShell

Infrastructure as Code

Active Directory

Cost management

SQL databases

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/IS or related field

Tools

Azure Administrator

Azure Security

Solution Architect

Job description

Sound Transit in Seattle is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our Azure-based cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability for IT operations and digital initiatives.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, automate provisioning with IaC tools, monitor costs, and support disaster recovery. A Bachelor's degree and 4+ years in Azure engineering are preferred; hybrid work schedule applies.