Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Azure Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure Azure platforms. You will own the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, automation, security hardening, and observability for production workloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of cloud engineering experience with Azure, strong scripting skills, and hands-on experience with Terraform, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of cloud engineering experience, with at least 3 years on Microsoft Azure in production environments.
• Strong hands-on with Azure core services (compute, storage, networking, identity, PaaS).
• Production-level experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Solid experience designing and operating AKS at scale.
• Hands-on with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Strong scripting in PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, identity, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience implementing monitoring/observability across distributed workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure Azure cloud platforms.
• Own end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle: architecture, IaC, automation, security hardening.
• Drive cost optimization, observability, and operational excellence for production workloads.
• Collaborate with development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.
• Mentor teams on DevOps practices and Azure best-practices.

Skills

Azure core services

Terraform

AKS

CI/CD

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Security & compliance

Observability

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

AKS

Istio/Linkerd

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Azure Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure Azure platforms. You will own the end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle, including architecture, automation, security hardening, and observability for production workloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of cloud engineering experience with Azure, strong scripting skills, and hands-on experience with Terraform, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines.