Remote Senior Azure Cloud Solutions Architect

Fresenius Medical Care AG; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care AG seeks a Principal Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer to design, implement, and improve secure, scalable Azure solutions. You will lead complex initiatives, establish standards, and mentor engineers while partnering with business and technology leaders to translate priorities into cloud solutions.

You will guide landing zones, networking, identity, and platform services, and drive automation, governance, and cost management across environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive infrastructure/ systems engineering experience (10+ years in tech) and 5+ years designing and implementing Azure solutions.
• Proven leadership of enterprise cloud initiatives from design to production operations.
• Deep Azure infra and platform services expertise (compute, storage, networking, identity, security, governance).
• Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, managed identities, and privileged access controls.
• Advanced knowledge of Azure networking and hybrid connectivity (VNets, routing, DNS, firewalls, private service connectivity).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, plus scripting (PowerShell, Python, or Azure CLI).
• Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps).
• Experience implementing monitoring, backup, DR, and incident response capabilities.
• Ability to assess technical tradeoffs balancing security, reliability, cost, and complexity.
• Proven ability to investigate and resolve complex Azure issues across services and dependencies.
• Strong written communication, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Microsoft Certified: Associate-level or higher certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering solution reviews and establish technical roadmaps and reusable patterns.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with application development, networking, security, data, and operations teams.
• Design secure, scalable Azure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Guide cloud service selection, architecture, and modernization strategies with stakeholders.
• Implement governance via Azure Policy, RBAC, and automated compliance checks.
• Ensure observability, incident response, and operational readiness across environments.

Skills

Azure infra

Azure governance

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform IaC

GitHub Actions

Azure networking

Security best practices

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care AG seeks a Principal Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer to design, implement, and improve secure, scalable Azure solutions. You will lead complex initiatives, establish standards, and mentor engineers while partnering with business and technology leaders to translate priorities into cloud solutions.

You will guide landing zones, networking, identity, and platform services, and drive automation, governance, and cost management across environments.