Senior Azure Cloud Engineer: Platform & Security

Leggett & Platt, Inc.; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggett & Platt, located at the IDEA Center in Lenexa, Kansas, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend services on Microsoft Azure. You’ll balance hands-on development with cloud architecture, identity, and containerization, mentoring teammates and articulating tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You'll collaborate with product and QA, deliver secure RESTful APIs, CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and containerize with Docker for AKS or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, including hands-on Azure.
• Experience building and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services on Azure using C#/.NET and Python.
• Architect cloud-native components with Azure App Service, Functions, SQL, and Storage.
• Implement secure authentication with Entra ID (Azure AD) and RBAC.
• Design RESTful APIs with OAuth2/OpenID Connect integration.
• Build CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for multi-environment deployments.
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy to AKS or Azure Container Apps.
• Collaborate with cloud/infrastructure teams and mentor engineers.
• Instrument apps with monitoring using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

Skills

C#

Python

Azure

REST APIs

CI/CD

Docker

Azure DevOps

Git

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

Job description

Leggett & Platt, located at the IDEA Center in Lenexa, Kansas, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend services on Microsoft Azure. You’ll balance hands-on development with cloud architecture, identity, and containerization, mentoring teammates and articulating tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You'll collaborate with product and QA, deliver secure RESTful APIs, CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and containerize with Docker for AKS or