Sr. Azure Platform Engineer

Walker Elliott; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Elliott seeks a hands-on Cloud Engineer to mature its Microsoft Azure footprint. You will administer Azure subscriptions, standardize configurations, and automate infrastructure with Terraform while improving CI/CD reliability.

Role requires 5+ years in cloud/DevOps, scripting skills, and strong cross-functional collaboration. Opportunity to partner with security, networking, and data platforms in a growing team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps.
• Solid grounding in cloud networking fundamentals.
• Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience deploying infrastructure through Terraform in a team setting.
• Relevant Azure or infrastructure-as-code certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Azure subscriptions and cloud-hosted environments across the organization.
• Standardize resource configurations to align with governance, naming, tagging, and access policies.
• Provision and modify infrastructure using Terraform, maintaining reusable and version-controlled configurations.
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting deployment failures and recommending reliability upgrades.
• Deploy and manage serverless functions, App Service instances, and containerized application hosting.
• Support integration and data platforms including Databricks along with managed database, storage, and secrets services.
• Maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities using native cloud tooling.
• Troubleshoot platform and deployment issues, providing escalation support for critical incidents.
• Partner with security teams to remediate cloud posture findings and implement hardening controls.
• Implement DNS and routing configurations, along with virtual network and private endpoint setup, in coordination with network engineering.
• Review cloud spend and utilization to identify cost optimization opportunities.
• Contribute platform engineering input during architecture and solution design reviews.
• Maintain documentation covering standards, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.

Skills

Cross-functional communication

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Terraform

Azure

Databricks

Job description

A well-established and growing company is expanding its cloud engineering team to help standardize and mature its Microsoft Azure footprint. This hands-on role owns Azure administration, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD reliability while partnering closely with infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and application teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Azure subscriptions and cloud-hosted environments across the organization
• Standardize resource configurations to align with governance, naming, tagging, and access policies
• Provision and modify infrastructure using Terraform, maintaining reusable and version-controlled configurations
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting deployment failures and recommending reliability upgrades
• Deploy and manage serverless functions, App Service instances, and containerized application hosting
• Support integration and data platforms including Databricks along with managed database, storage, and secrets services
• Maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities using native cloud tooling
• Troubleshoot platform and deployment issues, providing escalation support for critical incidents
• Partner with security teams to remediate cloud posture findings and implement hardening controls
• Implement DNS and routing configurations, along with virtual network and private endpoint setup, in coordination with network engineering
• Review cloud spend and utilization to identify cost optimization opportunities
• Contribute platform engineering input during architecture and solution design reviews
• Maintain documentation covering standards, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps
• Demonstrated experience deploying infrastructure through Terraform in a collaborative engineering setting
• Working knowledge of governance tools including policy enforcement and access control frameworks
• Solid grounding in cloud networking fundamentals
• Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or similar languages
• Strong documentation, analytical, and cross-functional communication skills
• Relevant Azure or infrastructure-as-code certifications are a plus

Walker Elliott is an Equal Opportunity Employer.