Senior Azure Platform Engineer – Hybrid Cloud Lead

Motion Recruitment; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer for a contract role in Chandler, AZ (hybrid; also Irving, TX or Charlotte, NC). You will lead cloud initiatives, provide L2/L3 support for Azure environments, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in systems/cloud engineering, hands-on Azure experience (AKS, VMs, Monitor), and strong scripting/IaC skills (Terraform, ARM/Bicep).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Systems/Cloud Engineering or related experience.
• 5+ years in IT infrastructure or cloud platform support.
• 3+ years hands-on with Azure services (AKS, VMs, Monitor, ARM/Terraform).
• Experience supporting production enterprise Azure environments.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-impact cloud initiatives and provide guidance to tech teams.
• Participate in planning cloud infrastructure and platform services at scale.
• Analyze and optimize technical challenges to improve performance.
• Decide on technical changes, optimizations, and platform enhancements.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on design changes within governance standards.
• Work with cross-functional teams to resolve cloud platform issues and meet goals.
• Provide L2/L3 support for Azure environments focusing on AKS, VNet, Entra ID.
• Support containerized workloads and Kubernetes operations.
• Perform RCA and implement corrective measures.
• Engage in Change and Release Management to minimize disruption.
• Develop automation scripts and IaC for provisioning and support.
• Communicate status updates to stakeholders on incidents and health.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Cloud Engineering

Technology Architecture

IT infrastructure

Cloud platform support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure AKS

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Monitor

ARM/Terraform deployments

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer for a contract role in Chandler, AZ (hybrid; also Irving, TX or Charlotte, NC). You will lead cloud initiatives, provide L2/L3 support for Azure environments, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in systems/cloud engineering, hands-on Azure experience (AKS, VMs, Monitor), and strong scripting/IaC skills (Terraform, ARM/Bicep).