Senior Azure Architect (On-Site)

Vaco Recruiter Services; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Azure SRE to optimize and scale an established Azure ecosystem. You will work with cloud architects, security, networking, data, and applications teams to improve platform reliability, automation, and DevOps practices.

The role emphasizes landing zone optimization, IaC expansion, and strong collaboration across enterprise teams to deliver secure, production-grade cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering.
• 5+ years designing, implementing, or supporting Azure architecture and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Proven experience supporting highly available, production‑scale cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Optimize Azure Landing Zone architecture and strengthen secure cloud platform capabilities.
• Expand infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates; improve CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Champion SRE principles, including SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and on‑call support.
• Maintain, optimize, and scale AKS and containerized workloads.
• Increase platform resilience via monitoring, disaster recovery, security improvements, and operational readiness.
• Partner with EA and dev teams to deliver Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud solutions.
• Drive automation and promote DevOps best practices across the organization.
• Design and support IAM solutions using Entra ID, Azure AD B2C, and federation technologies.
• Participate in Agile processes, peer reviews, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

AKS

Kubernetes

Docker

Flux/ArgoCD

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Azure SRE

Become part of an experienced cloud engineering organization leading large-scale Azure modernization initiatives across the enterprise. This senior individual contributor position is centered on optimizing and expanding an established Azure ecosystem rather than building a new environment from scratch. You'll work closely with cloud architects, security, networking, data, and application teams to strengthen platform reliability, automation, and cloud engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize Azure Landing Zone architecture and strengthen secure cloud platform capabilities.
• Expand infrastructure-as-code practices using Bicep, ARM, and Terraform while improving CI/CD workflows through Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including service level objectives, observability, incident management, and participation in on‑call support.
• Maintain, optimize, and scale Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads.
• Increase platform resilience through enhanced monitoring, disaster recovery planning, security improvements, and operational readiness.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and application development teams to deliver Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud solutions.
• Drive automation initiatives and promote DevOps best practices throughout the organization.
• Design and support identity and access management solutions utilizing Entra ID, Azure AD B2C, and federation technologies.
• Participate in Agile development processes, peer code reviews, and continuous improvement efforts.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering.
• 5+ years designing, implementing, or supporting Azure architecture and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Proven experience supporting highly available, production‑scale cloud environments.

Technical Skills

• Deep expertise across Azure services, including Landing Zones, AKS, Virtual Networks, Blob Storage, Entra ID, Azure Policy, and related platform services.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD technologies, including Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
• Hands‑on experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Knowledge of Azure security services, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Azure Key Vault.
• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and container‑based platforms.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and Azure AD B2C.
• Experience supporting microservices‑based applications within the .NET Core ecosystem.

Professional Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with the confidence to recommend architectural improvements.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certifications such as AZ-305, AZ-400, AZ-500, or Kubernetes certifications including CKA or CKAD.
• Experience working with Azure Arc and AI/ML workloads.
• Knowledge of GitOps tools such as Flux or ArgoCD, along with Ansible and chaos engineering practices.
• Background supporting regulated industries or compliance frameworks, including HIPAA or SOX.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

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Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is disclosed in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan.