Hybrid Senior Azure Platform Engineer — Landing Zones & IaC

Piper Companies; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. Azure Engineer to own and modernize the Azure platform in Bethesda, MD. This role emphasizes landing zones, governance, and infrastructure automation, while remaining hands-on in engineering decisions.

The successful candidate will design IaC using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, build scalable networking, and partner with security and infrastructure teams to drive cloud maturity. This is a hybrid role with four days onsite in Bethesda.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, or related roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience supporting production environments.
• Strong experience designing and implementing Azure Landing Zones, Management Groups, Azure Policy, and governance frameworks.
• Proven IaC expertise using Terraform with modules, state management, CI/CD, and automation.
• Deep Azure networking knowledge including hub-and-spoke, Private Link, Private Endpoints, Private DNS, routing, VPN, and Firewall.
• Experience with Azure security and identity tech including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, Defender for Cloud, and Conditional Access.
• Strong scripting and automation with PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Microsoft Graph.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup, business continuity, and highly available cloud architectures.
• Excellent documentation, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve Azure landing zones and governance standards.
• Develop and maintain IaC solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Design secure Azure networking solutions including hub-and-spoke and Private Link.
• Automate cloud infrastructure using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Microsoft Graph.
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity solutions using Azure services.
• Establish Azure governance, cost management, policy enforcement, monitoring, and security standards.
• Support enterprise integrations by designing networking, identity, and connectivity foundations.
• Collaborate with security, application, infrastructure, and managed services teams to drive modernization.
• Document architecture decisions, standards, and runbooks for audit readiness.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Automation scripting

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Microsoft Graph

RBAC

PIM

Defender for Cloud

Conditional Access

Azure governance

Terraform

IaC

Azure Networking

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. Azure Engineer to own and modernize the Azure platform in Bethesda, MD. This role emphasizes landing zones, governance, and infrastructure automation, while remaining hands-on in engineering decisions.

The successful candidate will design IaC using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, build scalable networking, and partner with security and infrastructure teams to drive cloud maturity. This is a hybrid role with four days onsite in Bethesda.