Azure Platform Engineer: Cloud Modernization & Automation

Goodwin Recruiting; West Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwin Recruiting is seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join our Technology team in the Chicago western suburbs. You will help build, support, and optimize Microsoft Azure infrastructure as applications and services migrate to the cloud.

The role emphasizes hands-on Azure work within an enterprise setting, automation, and collaboration across infrastructure, security, and development teams to drive modernization and scalability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Microsoft Azure experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for platform health.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related discipline preferred, equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Build, administer, and support Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Maintain connectivity between Azure and existing on‑prem environments.
• Monitor Azure health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Automate infrastructure administration and deployment where appropriate.
• Support Azure governance, security, access, and platform standards.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, identity, networking, development, and integration teams.

Skills

Azure

Cloud infrastructure

PowerShell

IaC

Azure DevOps

Monitoring

Networking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Entra ID

Infrastructure as Code tools

Job description

Goodwin Recruiting is seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join our Technology team in the Chicago western suburbs. You will help build, support, and optimize Microsoft Azure infrastructure as applications and services migrate to the cloud.

The role emphasizes hands-on Azure work within an enterprise setting, automation, and collaboration across infrastructure, security, and development teams to drive modernization and scalability.