Azure Engineer

Filetwigbay; Hattiesburg (MS); On-site; USD 72,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexibility

Job summary

Valero Energy in Hattiesburg, MS is seeking a mid-level Azure Engineer with hands-on Amazon EKS expertise to own the lifecycle of cloud systems. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and delivering scalable, cost-aware infrastructure.

The position offers mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, with a compensation range of $72,000–$102,000 per year. Ideal candidates bring a track record of GitOps-minded practices and solid fundamentals in modern cloud architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity.
• Practical ELK Stack skills sharpened in a freelance setting.
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Carry an outcome-focused Infrastructure as Code feature through code freeze without breaking Valero Energy stability.
• Decide when to buy ELK Stack versus build it for Valero Energy's Hattiesburg, MS stack.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across MS engineering teams.
• Sketch Infrastructure as Code sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone.
• Slice the boldly-pragmatic technology monolith into Cross-Functional Collaboration services Hattiesburg, MS can deploy alone.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.

Skills

Azure

Amazon EKS

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ELK Stack

Job description

Picture an Azure Engineer role where Amazon EKS expertise is the floor, not the ceiling, and Valero Energy in Hattiesburg, MS is building exactly that. The mid-level Azure Engineer role rewards range - Cross-Functional Collaboration, Amazon EKS, 5 years - with $72,000 - $102,000 and a seat that grows beyond it.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Carry an outcome-focused Infrastructure as Code feature through code freeze without breaking Valero Energy stability
• Decide when to buy ELK Stack versus build it for Valero Energy's Hattiesburg, MS stack
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across MS engineering teams
• Sketch Infrastructure as Code sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Slice the boldly-pragmatic technology monolith into Cross-Functional Collaboration services Hattiesburg, MS can deploy alone
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time

What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity
• Practical ELK Stack skills sharpened in a freelance setting
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve

The whole point of Valero Energy is to make GitOps dependable, and that detail-focused mission has anchored it in Hattiesburg from day one. Our Hattiesburg office prizes the quiet contributor who makes everyone around them measurably better.

We seal the offer with $72,000 - $102,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, the four reasons MS talent picks Valero Energy first.