Senior Cloud Engineer

Jobtailor; Atlanta (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Azure-focused Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support enterprise cloud services with emphasis on Azure administration and VDI delivery. You will manage subscriptions, resources, and governance, while advancing automation and security controls.

The role requires collaboration across IT, security, and business teams, with on-site support in a fast-paced enterprise environment. Certifications in Azure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience supporting cloud infrastructure services in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise cloud infrastructure services with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure.
• Support Azure Virtual Desktop technology, leveraging Nerdio and FxLogic.
• Provision and manage cloud resources using approved standards for subscriptions, management groups, resource groups, tagging, naming conventions, and environment classification.
• Support Infrastructure as Code and automation toolkits.
• Maintain cloud security controls, including least-privilege access, privileged identity management, RBAC, encryption, logging, monitoring, and policy enforcement.
• Configure actionable monitoring, alerting, dashboards, telemetry, escalation paths, and operational reporting.
• Support cloud lifecycle management, including operating system upgrades, patching, backups, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud solutions.
• Provide tier-three escalation support for cloud infrastructure incidents, performance issues, connectivity problems, and reliability concerns.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, deployment guides, diagrams, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials

Skills

Microsoft Azure Administration

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Security Controls

Cloud Monitoring Tools

Azure Virtual Desktop

RBAC & Privileged Access Management

Cost Optimization

Disaster Recovery

Documentation & Collaboration

Tools

Nerdio

FxLogic

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Job description

• Support enterprise cloud infrastructure services with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure
• Support Azure Virtual Desktop technology, leveraging Nerdio and FxLogic
• Provision and manage cloud resources using approved standards for subscriptions, management groups, resource groups, tagging, naming conventions, and environment classification
• Support Infrastructure as Code and automation toolkits
• Maintain cloud security controls, including least-privilege access, privileged identity management, RBAC, encryption, logging, monitoring, and policy enforcement
• Configure actionable monitoring, alerting, dashboards, telemetry, escalation paths, and operational reporting
• Support cloud lifecycle management, including operating system upgrades, patching, backups, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and cost optimization
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud solutions
• Provide tier-three escalation support for cloud infrastructure incidents, performance issues, connectivity problems, and reliability concerns
• Create and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, deployment guides, diagrams, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience supporting cloud infrastructure services in an enterprise environment
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure administration, including compute, storage, identity integration, monitoring, backup, and governance capabilities
• Strong understanding of cloud computing principles, including Virtual Desktop and IaaS
• Strong understanding of PaaS, serverless services, virtualization, networking, security, scalability, resiliency, and cost management
• Familiarity with Azure Policy, management groups, subscriptions, resource tagging, RBAC, privileged access, and cloud governance practices
• Experience supporting cloud monitoring and observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar platforms
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across cloud, identity, operating system, and application layers
• Strong documentation, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Proactive, ownership-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced enterprise technology environment
• Strong commitment to secure, reliable, scalable, and well-documented infrastructure services
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on automation, standardization, repeatable processes, and operational maturity
• Ability to balance project delivery, operational support, stakeholder communication, and production reliability priorities
• Relevant Microsoft certifications, including Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer, or Azure DevOps Engineer, are preferred
• Comfortable with an on-site presence to support collaboration, team leadership, and cross-functional partnership

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Microsoft Azure administration, including cloud infrastructure management, security controls, and automation practices. Proficient in troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and reliable cloud solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Microsoft Azure Administration
• Cloud Infrastructure Management
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Security Controls
• Cloud Monitoring Tools

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Cloud Resource Provisioning
• IaaS and PaaS Understanding
• RBAC and Privileged Access Management
• Operational Documentation

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Proactive Ownership
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure Administrator
• Azure Solutions Architect
• Azure Security Engineer
• Azure DevOps Engineer

Industry Keywords

• Cloud Lifecycle Management
• Operational Reporting
• Cost Optimization
• Disaster Recovery
• Cloud Governance Practices

Tools & Technologies

• Nerdio
• FxLogic
• Azure Monitor
• Log Analytics