Cloud Platform Engineer - Multi-Cloud, Security & Cost

Insight Global; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join a cloud engineering team responsible for building, governing, and optimizing enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, architecture, security, and financial governance.

The candidate will build landing zones, manage AKS clusters, assess designs, and enforce cloud security standards while collaborating with finance and development teams to optimize cost, reliability, and

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience in Azure Cloud.
• Experience with the least privileged model.
• Proven experience operating in enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Experience reviewing, validating, and governing cloud architectures and technical designs.
• Understanding of cloud security architecture: IAM, Networking, Encryption, Logging & monitoring.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation.
• Scripting and automation: PowerShell, Python, Bash.
• Ability to balance cost, security, reliability, and scalability.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Senior-level mindset with influence through expertise.
• Experience with multi-cloud (GCP/AWS/OCI).
• Azure certifications (Azure Administrator, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with multi-cloud migration or consolidation.
• Background in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Experience defining reference architectures and guardrails.
• Mentoring cloud engineering maturity across teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support cloud landing zones and foundational cloud infrastructure across Azure and other clouds.
• Provision and troubleshoot Azure resources, services, and AKS clusters.
• Review and validate cloud architectures and technical designs across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI.
• Analyze cloud usage, spend, and opportunities for cost optimization.
• Implement and enforce enterprise cloud security standards, including IAM and encryption.
• Establish and maintain cloud guardrails, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and finance teams to influence cloud strategy and governance.
• Support application teams by providing cloud infrastructure guidance and secure platform capabilities.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Azure

Scripting

Cost optimization

Communication

Tools

Terraform

ARM

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join a cloud engineering team responsible for building, governing, and optimizing enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, architecture, security, and financial governance.

The candidate will build landing zones, manage AKS clusters, assess designs, and enforce cloud security standards while collaborating with finance and development teams to optimize cost, reliability, and