Azure Platform Engineer: Cloud Automation & Security

SNtial Technologies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

SNtial Technologies, Inc. in the Chicago metropolitan area is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Platform Engineer to build, automate, secure, and support cloud-native platforms.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong Azure, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD experience. You will collaborate with development, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability, scalability, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Several years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, preferably within Azure.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Bicep, or another infrastructure-as-code technology.
• Experience with containerized application environments.
• Strong Python scripting or programming experience.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Understanding of cloud networking, identity, access management, and security.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated pipelines for cloud-based applications.
• Design, support, and improve Kubernetes environments hosted in Microsoft Azure.
• Develop reusable infrastructure-as-code templates using Terraform, Bicep, or comparable tools.
• Automate application build, testing, release, and deployment processes.
• Support source-control standards, branching practices, code-review processes, and repository policies.
• Partner with development, architecture, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
• Implement platform monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance-management capabilities.
• Apply cloud security practices related to identity, access controls, credentials, secrets, and application delivery.
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements.
• Develop reusable platform components, operating standards, and technical documentation.

Skills

Azure

Kubernetes

DevOps

Python

Monitoring & Logging

Cloud Security

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Platform Engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

SNtial Technologies, Inc. in the Chicago metropolitan area is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Platform Engineer to build, automate, secure, and support cloud-native platforms.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong Azure, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD experience. You will collaborate with development, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability, scalability, and security.