Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer — Azure & GCP (Contract)

Helmerich & Payne Management, LLC; Tulsa (OK); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Helmerich & Payne in Tulsa, OK seeks a Principal Cloud Engineer Contractor to serve as the technical authority for cloud architecture across Azure, GCP, and related hybrid infrastructure. You will define patterns, guardrails, and ensure platform reliability to support drilling operations and real-time data flow.

In this role, you will lead IaC and automation with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD, mentor engineers, and drive security, cost management, and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, cloud architecture, systems engineering, or related enterprise tech.
• 5+ years designing and operating Azure-based solutions in a complex enterprise environment. Extra consideration for 2+ years in GCP.

Responsibilities

• Serve as enterprise-level technical authority for cloud engineering, architecture, and hybrid cloud design across Azure, GCP, and related infrastructure services.
• Define and maintain cloud architecture patterns, landing-zone standards, guardrails, and operational readiness expectations.
• Lead IaC and automation practices to improve repeatability and reduce manual work.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Python

CI/CD automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Python

GitHub / Azure DevOps

Job description

Helmerich & Payne in Tulsa, OK seeks a Principal Cloud Engineer Contractor to serve as the technical authority for cloud architecture across Azure, GCP, and related hybrid infrastructure. You will define patterns, guardrails, and ensure platform reliability to support drilling operations and real-time data flow.

In this role, you will lead IaC and automation with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD, mentor engineers, and drive security, cost management, and operational