Senior Azure Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Security

Delta Dental of California; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base & incentive pay

401(k) with robust matching

Medical benefits

Dental and vision benefits

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Delta Dental of California seeks a senior, hands-on Senior Azure Engineer to own Azure and hybrid infrastructure across cloud servers, local stack HCI, identity, and storage. You will build standards, guardrails, and runbooks while partnering with Enterprise Architects and security teams.

You will lead monitoring, backup/recovery, and cost-resiliency initiatives, while ensuring secure configurations and ongoing patching. This is a build-and-run role with cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• BS in computer science or equivalent technical field.
• 4+ years of experience as an Azure Cloud Engineer supporting production environments.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to partner effectively across Engineering, Security, Network, and application teams.
• Hands-on Azure experience across Azure Monitor/Log Analytics, Azure Policy & RBAC, Azure Storage (Files), Azure Key Vault, and Backup/recovery (including restore testing).
• Hybrid platform experience with Azure Local / Stack HCI and Azure Arc, plus Windows Server fundamentals (AD DS, DNS, GPO, file services/ACLs).
• Working knowledge of SDLC, cloud delivery models, and service integration patterns (web services, APIs/API Gateway, and network load balancers).
• Ability to understand business plans and apply that information into the development of an IT business case.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of Azure and hybrid infrastructure: build, deploy, support, and maintain cloud servers, tools, and environments.
• Develop engineering strategy, standards, and best practices (guardrails, naming/tagging, baseline monitoring/backup, operational documentation).
• Engineer and operate Azure Local (Stack HCI) with Azure Arc onboarding, VM lifecycle management, and hybrid connectivity validation.
• Provide identity and access foundations in partnership with Identity engineering (AD DS/DCs, DNS, Group Policy, Entra Connect, B2B/RBAC/PIM enablement).
• Operate storage and data services, including Azure storage and Windows file services; implement secure share models and permissions (NTFS/SMB ACLs).
• Implement backup, recovery, and DR readiness using Azure Backup (or approved alternatives), including routine restore testing and runbooks.
• Build monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor/Log Analytics; create actionable dashboards/alerts and leverage automation to orchestrate repeatable health checks and response.
• Support security and platform hygiene (Azure Policy compliance, NSG/ASG baselines, certificate lifecycle Management).
• Partner with Enterprise/Solution Architects, application owners, and Third-party vendors to design, integrate, troubleshoot, and support production workloads (e.g., MiPACS, Concord Fax, MOVEit).
• Conduct business needs assessments, translate requirements into technical deliverables, and research emerging technologies to improve cost, resiliency, and flexibility.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Azure Monitor/Log Analytics

Azure Policy

RBAC/PIM

Azure Arc

Azure Local / Stack HCI

AD DS/DCs

DNS

Group Policy

Security & Compliance

Education

BS in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Azure Stack HCI

Azure Arc

Job description

Delta Dental of California seeks a senior, hands-on Senior Azure Engineer to own Azure and hybrid infrastructure across cloud servers, local stack HCI, identity, and storage. You will build standards, guardrails, and runbooks while partnering with Enterprise Architects and security teams.

You will lead monitoring, backup/recovery, and cost-resiliency initiatives, while ensuring secure configurations and ongoing patching. This is a build-and-run role with cross-team collaboration.