Principal Azure Platform Architect/Engineer

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Principal Azure/Data Center Engineer to own Azure platform architecture, governance, and data center operations across the enterprise. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic FinOps and security governance.

You will lead design reviews, develop Terraform modules, drive CI/CD pipelines, and serve as incident commander for cloud outages, coordinating with Legal, HR, CISO, and executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, governance, and operational excellence of the firm’s Microsoft Azure environment, including landing zones, policy-based controls, IaC standards, and cost management.
• Lead developer experience and platform enablement, designing secure, compliant, and scalable deployment patterns, reusable Terraform modules, and self-service frameworks used across engineering teams.
• Chair and lead cloud and infrastructure design reviews, providing final technical direction and ensuring alignment with security, architecture, and financial governance standards.
• Serve as the internal custodian of privileged access (including Global Administrator access), ensuring strong separation of duties, independent validation of managed service providers, and proper escalation paths.
• Act as the incident commander for cloud infrastructure events, making real-time, business-aligned decisions and coordinating directly with Legal, HR, the CISO organization, and executive leadership.
• Drive the firm’s cloud FinOps strategy, delivering cost transparency, optimization, and accountability across engineering, finance, and business stakeholders.
• Own the strategy and operational governance of company data centers
• Represent Cloud & Datacenter Operations in firm-wide forums, including design review boards, vendor evaluations, client security audits, and executive incident command.
• Lead infrastructure foundations for enterprise AI and automation initiatives, working in close partnership with Applications and Information Security.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Data Center Ops

FinOps

Security Governance

Incident Response

Architecture Governance

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Job description

***We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role***

***Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote***

A large international firm is looking for Principal Azure/Data Center Engineer. This engineer will be the prime individual contributor for the Azure platform and data center operations. This engineer will need to possess technical skills with Azure, Terraform, data center operations, CI/CD, etc.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, governance, and operational excellence of the firm’s Microsoft Azure environment, including landing zones, policy-based controls, IaC standards, and cost management.
• Lead developer experience and platform enablement, designing secure, compliant, and scalable deployment patterns, reusable Terraform modules, and self-service frameworks used across engineering teams.
• Chair and lead cloud and infrastructure design reviews, providing final technical direction and ensuring alignment with security, architecture, and financial governance standards.
• Serve as the internal custodian of privileged access (including Global Administrator access), ensuring strong separation of duties, independent validation of managed service providers, and proper escalation paths.
• Act as the incident commander for cloud infrastructure events, making real-time, business-aligned decisions and coordinating directly with Legal, HR, the CISO organization, and executive leadership.
• Drive the firm’s cloud FinOps strategy, delivering cost transparency, optimization, and accountability across engineering, finance, and business stakeholders.
• Own the strategy and operational governance of company data centers
• Represent Cloud & Datacenter Operations in firm-wide forums, including design review boards, vendor evaluations, client security audits, and executive incident command.
• Lead infrastructure foundations for enterprise AI and automation initiatives, working in close partnership with Applications and Information Security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise IT infrastructure experience, with deep expertise in cloud platforms and data center engineering, including time spent as a senior individual contributor.
• Expert-level, hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines in large-scale production environments.
• Proven ownership of platform engineering, developer enablement, or cloud deployment frameworks.
• Demonstrated leadership in architecture and design governance, including leading design reviews and influencing enterprise standards.
• Strong background in cloud security governance, privileged access management, and incident response, with experience partnering closely with a dedicated CISO organization.
• Ability and willingness to participate in 24x7 on‑call support for critical incidents.