Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - Build, Automate, Own Infra

AccruePartners; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners is partnering with a growing enterprise that is modernizing its infrastructure in Azure. The role focuses on owning a newly built Azure environment as it moves from migration into day-to-day operation, with hands-on work building Bicep modules, GitHub Actions pipelines, provisioning automation, monitoring, and security hardening.

You will work closely with infrastructure leadership and application teams to extend the environment as code, enforce guardrails, and optimize cost and

Qualifications

• 6+ years in infrastructure or cloud engineering, with hands-on Azure production experience.
• Hands-on with Bicep or ARM templates; Terraform-first Azure experience acceptable.
• CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps for deployments.
• Strong Azure IaaS knowledge: VMs, VNets, NSGs, Firewall, DNS, VPN/ExpressRoute, storage.
• Identity and security: Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Azure Policy; scripting in PowerShell/Azure CLI.
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights; on-call experience.

Responsibilities

• Owns and operates the newly built Azure environment during day-to-day operations.
• Build and extend infra as code using Bicep modules and GitHub Actions pipelines.
• Automate provisioning, monitoring, and security hardening across the environment.
• Collaborate with infra leadership, database and app teams, and external MSP partners.
• Focus on security, cost optimization, and reliability across deployments.

Skills

Azure IaaS

Bicep templates

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Azure Monitor

Security hardening

Tools

Terraform

Job description

AccruePartners is partnering with a growing enterprise that is modernizing its infrastructure in Azure. The role focuses on owning a newly built Azure environment as it moves from migration into day-to-day operation, with hands-on work building Bicep modules, GitHub Actions pipelines, provisioning automation, monitoring, and security hardening.

You will work closely with infrastructure leadership and application teams to extend the environment as code, enforce guardrails, and optimize cost and