Azure Platform Engineer — Remote/Hybrid

Integratedcooling; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

Life and disability insurance.

Parental leave for growing families.

FSA, HSA, and dependent care accounts.

401(k) with 3% non-elective contribute

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Ascend Analytics in Boulder, CO seeks a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the Azure cloud platform, collaborating with DevOps and security teams. You will migrate clients to Azure, automate workloads, and maintain security posture for PowerSIMM, PowerVAL, and other products.

You will automate infrastructure, administer Entra ID, and support SOC 2 audits while improving hosted environments for a mix of on-prem and cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Azure certifications: AZ-104 or similar intermediate level required.
• 4+ years in cloud platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years hands-on in Microsoft Azure.
• Strong working knowledge of Azure IaaS and PaaS: VMs, App Services, Storage, Key Vault, Container Apps, Azure Batch.
• Strong working knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Demonstrated Azure networking experience: VNet design, VPN gateways, private endpoints, NAT, DNS, and firewall rules.
• Hands-on Entra ID administration: conditional access, MFA, SSO, app registrations, PIM.
• Proficiency with PowerShell and KQL for automation and reporting.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and communicate with non-technical stakeholders.
• Certifications: AZ-104 or any similar intermediate level certificate.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure resources, including virtual machines, App Services and deployment slots, container apps, batch accounts, storage accounts, file shares, and key vaults.
• Build and maintain Azure networking, including VNets and subnets, site-to-site and point-to-site VPN, private endpoints, NAT gateways for static IP requirements, and Front Door routing.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform, delivered through Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Configure and manage Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, images, scale plans, auto-shutdown policies, and published applications for analyst and developer workstations.
• Maintain VM backup, monitoring, and alerting coverage across development and production environments.
• Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for application build, versioned deployment, and environment promotion, including service connections, self-hosted agents, and federated identity credentials.
• Support development teams in moving build and test workloads from legacy on-premises environments into Azure.
• Administer Entra ID, including user and group provisioning, conditional access, MFA, SSO integrations, and app registrations, with automated monitoring of expiring secrets and certificates.
• Manage Privileged Identity Management role eligibility, access reviews, and approval of elevation requests.
• Administer role-based access and permissions for client-facing platforms and resolve customer authentication and MFA issues escalated through the IT case queue.
• Deploy and maintain endpoint security tooling, including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Provide evidence, control descriptions, and technical clarification for SOC 2 Type II audits and customer security assessments and advise on audit scope for newly production-hosted systems.
• Support client onboarding and migration activities, including storage access, VPN connectivity, and third-party integrations.
• Serve as an escalation point for platform-related incidents affecting internal users and hosted clients.
• Produce and maintain network diagrams and platform documentation, keep hosting documentation current as environments change, and lead internal cross-training sessions on Azure architecture.
• Provide weekly status reporting on priorities, progress, and blockers.

Skills

Azure (AZ-104)

Terraform

PowerShell

KQL

Azure DevOps

Entra ID

PIM

Networking (VNet)

Documentation

SOC 2

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Ascend Analytics in Boulder, CO seeks a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the Azure cloud platform, collaborating with DevOps and security teams. You will migrate clients to Azure, automate workloads, and maintain security posture for PowerSIMM, PowerVAL, and other products.

You will automate infrastructure, administer Entra ID, and support SOC 2 audits while improving hosted environments for a mix of on-prem and cloud deployments.