About the Company A large healthcare and hospital system is strengthening its cloud infrastructure, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure. The cloud team is working to improve infrastructure security, address existing configuration gaps, and establish more consistent practices for provisioning, automation, and cloud operations.
About the Role The Cloud Engineer will join the cloud infrastructure team in a hands-on engineering role focused on maintaining and expanding the organization's Azure environment. The immediate priority is to investigate and remediate vulnerabilities and configuration issues identified through cloud security tools while troubleshooting existing infrastructure and supporting new cloud initiatives.
Working closely with Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers, infrastructure teams, and cybersecurity professionals, you'll help improve cloud security, reliability, and operational consistency. The role also involves strengthening Infrastructure-as-Code practices, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, and sharing technical knowledge with less experienced team members.
This is a fully remote, six-month contract with potential for extension. The environment is primarily Azure-based, with some AWS infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
•Provision and configure Azure subscriptions, servers, networking, and other cloud services.
•Build, maintain, and improve cloud infrastructure using Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
•Investigate and remediate vulnerabilities and configuration issues identified by cloud security tools.
•Partner with cybersecurity teams to resolve cloud security findings and strengthen the organization's overall security posture.
•Troubleshoot existing Azure infrastructure and correct issues arising from previous cloud deployments.
•Support new cloud initiatives as the organization continues to expand its Azure environment.
•Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and standardized cloud delivery practices.
•Assist with AWS workloads and infrastructure when required.
•Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, and operational best practices.
•Collaborate with internal Cloud Engineers and Cloud Architects on infrastructure improvements and cloud engineering activities.
•Provide hands-on mentoring and knowledge transfer to less experienced members of the cloud team.
Required Qualifications
•Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
•Experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments.
•Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code concepts, with Terraform preferred.
•Knowledge of Azure networking, compute, identity, security, and infrastructure services.
•Ability to independently troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues and resolve problems in an existing environment.
•Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.
•Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with infrastructure, security, and architecture teams.
•Ability to work independently and become productive quickly within an established cloud environment.
Preferred Qualifications
•Experience with cloud security, vulnerability remediation, or addressing security findings.
•Experience with AWS workloads and infrastructure.
•Background working in healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
Project Priorities The immediate focus is on closing gaps identified through cloud vulnerability tooling and remediating issues within existing Azure environments. Alongside this work, the engineer will support new cloud initiatives and help develop repeatable approaches to infrastructure provisioning, IaC, automation, and CI/CD.
This position is suited to an engineer who enjoys hands-on troubleshooting and implementation rather than a role focused primarily on architecture or strategy. The work will directly support cloud security, infrastructure reliability, and the continued development of the organization's cloud environment.
Contract & Work Arrangement
•Work arrangement: 100% remote.
•Contract duration: Six months, with potential for extension.
•Industry: Healthcare / hospital system.
•Cloud environment: Primarily Microsoft Azure, with some AWS.
•Start date: Immediate / as soon as possible.
•Interview process: Hiring Manager interview, followed by a technical discussion with Cloud Architects.
•Third-party or C2C arrangements are not accepted.