Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer - REMOTE

Insight Global; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Azure Engineer to design and manage cloud infrastructure with a focus on Kubernetes and Azure services. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of Cloud Engineering experience, strong skills in Terraform, and a track record of implementing CI/CD pipelines. This role offers a dynamic environment where innovation and security are prioritized.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Cloud Engineering focused on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AKS) for deployments and scaling.
• Proficiency in creating infrastructure with Terraform and Azure services.

Responsibilities

• Design and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Manage and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container orchestration.
• Establish IAM practices and ensure platform performance.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD Systems

Monitoring & Observability

Networking

Scripting

Distributed Systems Troubleshooting

Docker

Azure Security Practices

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Relevant Cloud Certifications

Tools

Azure CLI

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure automation, Kubernetes, and Azure services. The ideal candidate will design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient systems, with a primary focus on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and manage cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Operate and optimize container orchestration platforms, including lifecycle management, scaling, security, and workload operations.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure.
• Manage networking, storage, DNS, and databases in a cloud environment.
• Establish and enforce identity and access management (IAM) practices, ensuring least privilege access.
• Automate routine operations with scripting and tooling.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure platform performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and security teams to build secure, scalable systems.
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Qualifications

• 8+ years in Cloud Engineering with a focus on Microsoft Azure.
• Primary expertise in Kubernetes (AKS): Deployments, upgrades, scaling, and networking.
• Ingress, service mesh, and workload orchestration.
• Security hardening, RBAC, and troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform Cloud and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Proficiency with core Azure infrastructure services, including:
• Networking: VNets, subnets, load balancers, private endpoints, routing, firewalls.
• Identity & Access Management: Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, managed identities, service principals.
• Compute: Virtual Machines, Scale Sets, App Services, Container Instances.
• Storage: Blob, Files, Queues, lifecycle policies.
• Databases: Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• DNS & Traffic Management: Azure DNS, Private DNS Zones, Traffic Manager, Front Door.
• Security & Governance: Key Vault, Azure Policies, Defender for Cloud.
• Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics.
• Scripting and automation expertise (Azure CLI, Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.).
• Strong containerization experience (Docker, cloud-native design patterns).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in distributed, multi-tiered cloud environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills. Experience with Cloudflare (WAF, CDN, DNS, Zero Trust).
• Experience with F5 (LTM, GTM, load balancing, traffic management).
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls (network segmentation, security policies, Azure integration).
• Service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and Kubernetes security frameworks (OPA, Kyverno, Aqua, Falco).
• Multi-cloud or hybrid networking experience.
• Relevant Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Entra ID Administrator Associate, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Kubernetes CKA/CKAD.