Cloud Platform Engineer

Veriipro; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro in Houston seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to support Azure-hosted business applications and cloud platforms. You will manage Azure infrastructure, Windows Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and deployment pipelines.

Experience with GitHub Actions, Terraform, PowerShell, and CI/CD is essential to automate deployments, validation, and environment transitions. You will collaborate with developers, DBAs, security teams, and cloud engineers to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years in cloud platform engineering, DevOps, or related roles.
• 3+ years supporting Azure-hosted Windows and SQL-based applications.
• Experience delivering deployments, automation, and cloud platform improvements.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer enterprise apps across environments.
• Support apps on Azure Windows Server VMs and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Ensure readiness, reliability, performance, security, and lifecycle management.
• Configure Windows services, IIS, tasks, certificates, and app components.
• Develop repeatable deployment, validation, cutover, rollback processes.
• Troubleshoot application, Windows, SQL, connectivity, and config issues.
• Monitor and optimize performance, capacity, and resource use.
• Collaborate with development, DB, security, cloud engineering, vendors, teams.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Azure API Management

Azure App Service

Windows Server

CI/CD

Automation

GitHub Actions

PowerShell

Git

Release management

Terraform

Education

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

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

PowerShell

Git

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer with strong experience supporting Azure-hosted business applications and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on expertise with Azure infrastructure, Windows Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance, application deployments, CI/CD, automation, and platform operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer enterprise and vendor applications across development, non‑production, disaster recovery, and production environments.

• Support application platforms hosted on Azure Windows Server VMs and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

• Ensure application readiness, reliability, performance, security, supportability, and lifecycle management.

• Configure Windows services, IIS, scheduled tasks, middleware, certificates, service accounts, and application components.

• Develop repeatable deployment, validation, cutover, rollback, and environment transition processes.

• Troubleshoot application, Windows, SQL, integration, connectivity, storage, and configuration issues.

• Monitor and optimize application performance, capacity, and resource utilization.

• Collaborate with development, database, security, cloud engineering, vendors, and business teams.

Automation & DevOps

• Develop and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for deployments, releases, configuration, database changes, validation, approvals, and rollback.

• Use Terraform to provision and manage Azure environments and supporting cloud resources.

• Develop PowerShell and other automation scripts for environment setup, patching, health checks, configuration validation, and operational tasks.

• Implement reusable deployment packages, configuration standards, automated testing, and release controls.

• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, deployment failures, dependencies, artifacts, Terraform state, and configuration issues.

Required Skills

• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure API Management and Azure App Service.

• Strong experience supporting applications on Azure Windows Server VMs and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

• Experience with application installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, and production support.

• Proficiency with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform, PowerShell, Git, CI/CD, and release management.

• Knowledge of Windows services, IIS, scheduled tasks, certificates, service accounts, SQL diagnostics, backup/restore, and application connectivity.

• Experience with performance tuning, monitoring, capacity planning, root cause analysis, and technical documentation.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of Azure Cloud Architecture and Cloud Solution Architecture.

• Experience with energy trading, ETRM/CTRM, market data, risk, scheduling, logistics, settlement, or pricing platforms.

• Experience with RightAngle, TriplePoint, PlanLogic, Endur, ZEMA, or similar enterprise applications.

• Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Splunk, REST APIs, middleware, messaging, .NET, Python, or Bash.

• Experience with Snowflake Cloud Data Migration Testing.

• Familiarity with ITIL, change management, SOX controls, audit readiness, disaster recovery, and regulated environments.

• Relevant Azure, GitHub, Terraform, or SQL certifications.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, MIS, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, DevOps, application operations, SRE, or related technical roles.

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience supporting Azure-hosted Windows and SQL-based applications.

• Proven experience delivering application deployments, upgrades, automation, operational readiness, and cloud platform improvements.