Azure Cloud Platform Lead & Engineering Manager

Sidley Austin LLP; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidley Austin LLP seeks a Software Development Senior Manager to architect, build, and operate a cloud-native automation platform on Azure. You will lead a distributed team, guide backend services in .NET, and own CI/CD pipelines to enable multi-environment deployments.

The role requires deep Azure expertise and hands-on experience with microservices, event-driven design, and scalable data stores. Hybrid work in the Dallas area is available with a strong focus on engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years building cloud-native apps on Azure.
• 3+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Hands-on Azure container and database services experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve distributed system architecture for a cloud-native platform.
• Lead .NET backend development with ASP.NET Core and CQRS/MediatR.
• Mentor engineers and drive architecture reviews and best practices.
• Own multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines and IaC for deployments.
• Ensure performance, cost, and reliability through engineering improvements.

Skills

Azure architecture

Distributed systems

C# / .NET

ASP.NET Core

Azure DevOps

Leadership

Mentoring

CQRS / MediatR

Docker

Event-driven

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service

Azure Container Apps

Azure Service Bus

Azure SQL Database

PostgreSQL

Redis

Blob Storage

Terraform / IaC

Bicep

Docker

Job description

Sidley Austin LLP seeks a Software Development Senior Manager to architect, build, and operate a cloud-native automation platform on Azure. You will lead a distributed team, guide backend services in .NET, and own CI/CD pipelines to enable multi-environment deployments.

The role requires deep Azure expertise and hands-on experience with microservices, event-driven design, and scalable data stores. Hybrid work in the Dallas area is available with a strong focus on engineering excellence.