Senior Azure Cloud Architect & Automation Lead

Five Rivers IT, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Five Rivers IT, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Administrator to design, deploy, and optimize Azure infrastructure across corporate and property environments in New York, NY. The role emphasizes governance, security, and automation with IaC and DevOps practices.

You will manage Azure services, implement scalable patterns, and maintain documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases to support enterprise operations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Azure cloud engineering, DevOps, or related role.
• Strong experience with Azure Landing Zones, RBAC, and governance.
• Proficient in IaC and CI/CD for cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize Azure infrastructure across environments.
• Lead security, governance, and compliance initiatives.
• Automate deployments with IaC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide incident escalation and post‑incident analysis.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Cloud Architecture

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Monitoring & Observability

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Azure Certifications

Tools

Terraform

Bicep/ARM templates

Kubernetes (AKS)

Azure Monitor

Datadog

Job description

Five Rivers IT, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Administrator to design, deploy, and optimize Azure infrastructure across corporate and property environments in New York, NY. The role emphasizes governance, security, and automation with IaC and DevOps practices.

You will manage Azure services, implement scalable patterns, and maintain documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases to support enterprise operations.