Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

LCRA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LCRA is seeking an experienced cloud infrastructure professional to join our Austin team as a System Engineer focused on Azure Cloud Infrastructure. You will support projects, operations, and maintenance of Azure services including VMs, VNETs, WAF, DDoS, and PaaS, ensuring secure, scalable deployments across the region.

The role emphasizes hands-on Azure PaaS and IaaS work, strong governance, and cross-team collaboration with engineering, security, and application teams.

Qualifications

• Nine or more years of experience in designing and/or operating networks or relevant experience.
• A degree in information technology, computer science, or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and optimize Azure Virtual Machines and supporting infrastructure, including Azure PaaS services for hosting and managing modern web applications.
• Design, implement, and maintain Azure Virtual Networks, including routing, segmentation, and network security controls.
• Apply strong security and identity management practices across Azure resources, including RBAC, managed identities, and conditional access.
• Manage Azure Storage solutions and backup strategies to ensure resilience, data protection, and efficient lifecycle management.
• Implement, tune, and maintain firewall policies, DDoS Protection, and Web Application Firewall configurations for secure cloud operations.
• Lead and support cloud migration efforts, ensuring smooth transitions of workloads, systems, and services into Azure with minimal downtime.

Skills

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Self-starter mindset

Project ownership

Education

Degree in IT/CS or relevant field

Tools

Azure PaaS

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Networks

RBAC

Managed Identities

Conditional Access

WAF

DDoS Protection

Azure Storage

Job description

LCRA is seeking an experienced cloud infrastructure professional to join our Austin team as a System Engineer focused on Azure Cloud Infrastructure. You will support projects, operations, and maintenance of Azure services including VMs, VNETs, WAF, DDoS, and PaaS, ensuring secure, scalable deployments across the region.

The role emphasizes hands-on Azure PaaS and IaaS work, strong governance, and cross-team collaboration with engineering, security, and application teams.