Senior Remote Azure IoT Solutions Engineer

Ascend Technologies

United States

Remote

USD 126,000 - 154,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Ascend Technologies is seeking an Azure IoT Solutions Engineer for a fully remote, US-based assignment. You will design, build, and operate secure Azure IoT solutions for manufacturing customers, focusing on device-to-cloud connectivity, edge deployments, and scalable infrastructure.

Responsibilities include provisioning Azure IoT Hub, IoT Edge, DPS, and related services; implementing IaC with Terraform/Bicep, ensuring security and compliance, and supporting deployments from lab to field with

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience
5+ years in Azure cloud engineering, IoT engineering, DevOps, or related roles
3+ years supporting Azure IoT, edge, or distributed infrastructure solutions
Hands-on experience with Azure IoT, messaging, storage, monitoring, identity, networking and security services
Experience with IoT protocols, gateways, intermittent connectivity, offline operation and industrial integration patterns
Experience with certificates, PKI, device identity, secure provisioning, Key Vault, secrets and secure updates
Strong Azure networking experience, including private endpoints, DNS, firewalls, VPN or ExpressRoute, routing and troubleshooting
Experience with IaC and CI/CD using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or comparable platforms
Experience with testing, vulnerability remediation, SBOMs, monitoring and operational troubleshooting

Responsibilities

Build and support Azure IoT infrastructure, telemetry ingestion, device management, command messaging, and integration services
Provision and operate Azure IoT Hub, DPS, IoT Edge, messaging, storage, monitoring, identity, and security services
Build and maintain development, test, staging, and production environments using approved architecture, governance, and operational standards
Automate infrastructure and configuration using Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, or equivalent tools
Configure availability, backup, retention, disaster recovery, capacity, performance, and cost controls for IoT workloads
Implement Azure networking, private connectivity, routing, and OT/IT segmentation for IoT environments
Implement secure device enrollment, provisioning, certificate, and identity patterns
Configure and support IoT Edge devices, industrial gateways, container modules, offline operation, diagnostics, and update workflows
Integrate devices and edge systems using MQTT, AMQP, HTTPS, OPC UA, and related industrial protocols
Coordinate with firmware and embedded teams on device identity, telemetry, commands, configuration, secure updates, and field support
Support laboratory, pilot, factory, and field deployments, including occasional travel to client or manufacturing locations when needed
DevSecOps, cyber resilience act support, CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure, edge modules, configuration, testing, security scanning, approvals, and environment promotion
Embed dependency, secrets, container, vulnerability, and SBOM checks into deployment workflows
Support remediation, security updates, evidence collection, documentation, and secure release activities for CRA readiness
Implement monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Defender, Sentinel, and related tools
Testing, operations and collaboration through design reviews, planning, demonstrations, incident reviews, release readiness and handoff