Cloud Engineer

CloudIQ Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud solutions provider is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience. You will design and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines on Microsoft Azure, enhance automation, and ensure security compliance. Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Kubernetes is essential. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are required for this full-time position in the United States, where you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud services.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Azure engineering, or cloud platform roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts, Boards).
• Extensive experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage secure Azure infrastructure following best practices.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps YAML.
• Implement GitOps workflows and cluster governance policies.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Job description

Human Resources and Talent Partner specializing in Hiring Practices and Recruiting

Company Description

CloudIQ excels in implementing Cloud Computing Solutions tailored for both growing and established enterprises. We offer superior cloud services in migration, systems integration, application development, and infrastructure management. Our IT Cloud Management services guarantee high availability, scalability, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), allowing businesses to focus on core activities while our Cloud Technical Experts manage the IT infrastructure. We are a Microsoft Gold certified Cloud Solutions Provider, as well as AWS and Docker Partners, and Azure Tier 1 Cloud Solution Provider. Our team delivers custom cloud projects for top Fortune 100 companies, ensuring expert management and strategic deployment of complex cloud architectures.

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced 5 to 8‑year senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and optimize scalable CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks on the Microsoft Azure platform. The ideal candidate has deep Azure experience along with strong DevOps, automation, and cloud engineering expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, provision, and manage secure and scalable Azure infrastructure (App Services, AKS, Functions, API Management, Storage, Redis, Key Vault, Networking) with best practices for availability, performance, governance, and cost efficiency.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) YAML pipelines and GitHub Actions.
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows for microservices, APIs, containers, and serverless platforms.
• Integrate quality and security gates (SonarQube, SAST, SCA, automated tests) into the delivery process.
• Incorporate Statsig feature flags into release pipelines to enable progressive rollouts, controlled experiments, and simplified rollback strategies.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Develop and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or Pulumi.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and environment creation using reusable IaC modules.
• Enhance automation maturity through scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) and policy‑as‑code.
• Deploy and maintain applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Manage container builds, image scanning, Helm charts, and secret management.
• Implement GitOps workflows, service mesh, and cluster governance policies where applicable.
• Configure monitoring and logging through Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Build automated alerting, dashboards, performance insights, and distributed tracing setups.

Release Engineering, Feature Management & Experimentation

• Enable modern release methodologies such as blue/green, canary deployments, and A/B testing.
• Statsig‑driven feature flags, progressive rollouts, experimentation, and safe rollback processes.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define experimentation guardrails and observability for new features.

Security & Compliance

• Implement Azure RBAC, managed identities, network security, Key Vault, and encryption best practices.
• Build secure pipelines with scanning tools and automated compliance checks.
• Ensure systems meet regulatory and compliance standards (SOC2, ISO27001, PCI, etc.).
• Work closely with developers, QA, SRE, and architects to streamline cloud and DevOps workflows.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to team knowledge‑sharing.
• Participate in architectural reviews, DevOps roadmap planning, release planning, and strategic direction setting.

Qualifications

Required

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Azure engineering, or cloud platform roles.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts, Boards).
• Extensive experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Solid understanding of Azure networking, security, compute, and identity.
• Strong scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AKS deployments.
• Prior exposure to feature flagging systems such as Statsig, LaunchDarkly, or similar.

Preferred

• Knowledge of microservices, event‑driven architecture, and messaging systems.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and cross‑team collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead initiatives with minimal guidance.
• Passion for automation, cloud engineering, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting