Lead Engineer

INTech; San Francisco (CA); Híbrido; USD 170.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

INTech in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Senior Azure Platform & Infrastructure Lead to design, build, secure, and operate enterprise cloud infrastructure that underpins AI services. You will guide a global onshore/offshore Operations and SRE team to ensure platform stability, security, and scalable performance.

This role requires deep Azure expertise, hands-on IaC with Terraform or Bicep, and a track record of delivering secure, resilient cloud foundations for AI workloads across

Formación

• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, including 5+ years with Microsoft Azure.
• 2+ years leading an Operations, SRE, or platform engineering team, preferably across onshore/offshore.
• Strong Azure networking and security expertise (VNets, private endpoints, DNS, firewalls, N SGs, Entra ID, managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault).
• Hands-on with Terraform or Bicep and CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
• Experience with Azure compute and containers (AKS, App Service, Container Apps, Azure Functions).
• Experience deploying and operating Azure AI services (Azure OpenAI, Foundry, AI Search, quotas/throttling).
• Proficiency with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights.
• Strong incident management, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Ops/SRE team, set priorities, assign work, mentor engineers, and coordinate onshore/offshore handoffs.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise AI services, including networking, identity, security, and compute.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines across Development, QA, and Production.
• Oversee platform reliability, monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, quotas, cost optimization, and disaster recovery.
• Establish and maintain incident and problem management processes, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for major incidents, security reviews, architecture decisions, and vendor coordination.

Descripción del empleo

Location: San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay) – Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite

Employment Type: MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE US WITHOUT VISA SPONSORSHIP OR TRANSFER, EVER.

About the Client

Our client is a global technology leader specializing in advanced engineering, precision manufacturing, and innovative solutions that enable the development of next-generation technologies. With a strong focus on research, innovation, and operational excellence, the organization is investing in enterprise AI capabilities to accelerate business transformation.

Position Overview

We are seeking a senior Azure Platform & Infrastructure Lead to design, build, secure, and operate the cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise AI services.

This individual will also lead an existing onshore/offshore Operations and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, ensuring platform stability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Ops/SRE team, establish priorities, assign work, mentor engineers, and coordinate daily onshore/offshore handoffs.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise AI services, including networking, identity, security, and compute.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines across Development, QA, and Production environments.
• Oversee platform reliability, monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, resource quotas, cost optimization, and disaster recovery.
• Establish and maintain incident and problem management processes, root cause analysis, SLAs, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for major incidents, security reviews, architecture decisions, and vendor coordination.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, including 5+ years working with Microsoft Azure.
• 2+ years leading an Operations, SRE, or platform engineering team, preferably across onshore and offshore environments.
• Strong Azure networking and security expertise, including VNets, private endpoints, DNS, firewalls, network security groups, Entra ID, managed identities, RBAC, and Key Vault.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep and CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Azure compute and container services, including AKS, App Service, Container Apps, and Azure Functions.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and operating Azure AI services, including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, model deployments, quotas, and throttling.
• Proficiency with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Strong incident management, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AIOps platforms or SRE agents.
• Experience integrating Azure infrastructure with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or Snowflake.