Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Azure)

Piper Companies; Bethesda (MD); Híbrido; USD 135 000 - 165 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical benefits

Dental and Vision

PTO and Sick Leave

Resumo da oferta

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable Microsoft Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise workloads and modern apps. The role is based in Bethesda, MD on a hybrid basis, collaborating with IT Ops, Security, and development teams.

Responsibilities include designing secure networks, implementing IaC, and ensuring disaster recovery and business continuity.

Qualificações

• 7+ years of infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience operating production cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Azure networking, security, and identity concepts.
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Proven experience implementing Infrastructure as Code in Azure.
• Experience designing secure, private Azure networking architectures.
• Familiarity with Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, and Azure SQL backup models.
• Financial services or regulated-industry experience is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Design, deploy, and support Azure infrastructure including virtual machines, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and core platform services
• Own reliability, performance, and lifecycle management of production Azure environments
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure incidents across compute, storage, and networking; IaC
• Build and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or equivalent)
• Promote repeatable, version-controlled, and peer-reviewed infrastructure deployments
• Reduce manual configuration and ensure consistency across environments
• Design and maintain secure Azure network architectures, including Private Endpoints and Private Link
• Implement hub-and-spoke and segmented virtual network designs
• Ensure secure connectivity patterns for PaaS and IaaS workloads
• Design and operate backup, restore, and disaster recovery solutions, including Azure Site Recovery
• Lead backup and recovery testing
• Ensure infrastructure meets business continuity and resiliency requirements
• Partner with application development teams to support PaaS services and CI/CD pipelines
• Design secure app-to-service communication patterns
• Translate application requirements into scalable Azure infrastructure designs
• Work closely with IT Operations, Security, and external partners
• Participate in planned maintenance windows and production changes as needed
• Provide infrastructure expertise during architecture reviews and incident response

Conhecimentos

Azure administration

IaC

Terraform

Azure networking

CI/CD

Security & identity

Hybrid cloud

Azure security

Azure backup

Site recovery

Ferramentas

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

Azure Site Recovery

Azure Backup

Azure SQL

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a team located in Bethesda, MD on a hybrid basis. The Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will design, build, and operate secure, scalable Microsoft Azure infrastructure supporting both enterprise IT workloads and modern application platforms.

Responsibilities of the Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• Design, deploy, and support Azure infrastructure including virtual machines, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and core platform services
• Own reliability, performance, and lifecycle management of production Azure environments
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure incidents across compute, storage, and networking Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Build and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or equivalent)
• Promote repeatable, version-controlled, and peer-reviewed infrastructure deployments
• Reduce manual configuration and ensure consistency across environments
• Design and maintain secure Azure network architectures, including Private Endpoints and Private Link
• Implement hub-and-spoke and segmented virtual network designs
• Ensure secure connectivity patterns for PaaS and IaaS workloads
• Design and operate backup, restore, and disaster recovery solutions, including Azure Site Recovery
• Lead and participate in backup and recovery testing
• Ensure infrastructure meets business continuity and resiliency requirements
• Partner with application development teams to support PaaS services and CI/CD pipelines
• Design secure app-to-service communication patterns
• Translate application requirements into scalable Azure infrastructure designs
• Work closely with IT Operations, Security, and external partners
• Participate in planned maintenance windows and production changes as needed
• Provide infrastructure expertise during architecture reviews and incident response

Qualifications of the Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience operating production cloud environments
• Solid understanding of Azure networking, security, and identity concepts
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions
• Proven experience implementing Infrastructure as Code in Azure
• Experience designing secure, private Azure networking architectures
• Familiarity with Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, and Azure SQL backup models
• Experience supporting modern application platforms in Azure
• Financial services or regulated-industry experience is a plus

Compensation for the Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• Salary Range: $150,000+ *flexible based on experience*
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Sick Leave as required by law
• Flexible working schedule
• Unlimited opportunities for growth

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