Posted Oct 7, 2026

Principal Cloud Engineer – Azure

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Job Description: • Design, build, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure and shared platform services supporting digital workloads • Implement and maintain Azure landing zones, subscriptions, networking, identity, and governance • Build Azure PaaS, containers, and managed services as reusable platform capabilities • Ensure platforms meet scalability, resilience, performance, cost efficiency, and reuse requirements • Apply DevOps and SRE practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness • Build and operationalize foundational platform services and tooling for engineering teams • Partner with engineering, data engineering, security, and risk teams in agile cross-functional pods • Provide standardized Azure platform capabilities, deployment patterns, and paved-road solutions • Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code frameworks using GitHub Actions, Terraform, or CDKTF • Create reusable, modular deployment patterns balancing self-service with governance • Automate environment provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement • Develop tooling for consistent and secure Azure environment provisioning and solution deployment • Apply security-by-design across identity, networking, encryption, secrets management, and auditability • Ensure Azure solutions comply with security, privacy, data governance, and regulatory requirements • Support architecture reviews, risk assessments, and audits • Design platforms with observability, traceability, and operational controls enabled by default • Drive large projects and build horizontal capabilities across the enterprise Requirements: • Hands-on experience engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure in large-scale or regulated environments • Strong understanding of Azure platforming, networking, identity, access management, and governance • Experience with scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency • Ability to troubleshoot and operate production Azure environments • Experience with Infrastructure as Code using GitHub Actions, ARM, Terraform, or similar tools • Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery • Experience building reusable deployment frameworks, foundational automation, or internal platform tooling • Familiarity with IAM models, role definitions, and least-privilege access patterns • Experience with Azure API Management or similar API gateway solutions • Understanding of secure service exposure, rate limiting, and API lifecycle management • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards • Familiarity with SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, and resilience patterns • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering) • 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering leadership, or infrastructure roles • Proven experience delivering and operating Azure environments • Experience designing, implementing and delivering large scale Azure platforms • Experience building foundational cloud platform capabilities, engineering enablement tooling, or shared services for internal development teams • Experience driving large projects and partnering with technology teams and leaders Benefits: • Performance-based incentives • Discretionary bonuses • Other perks and rewards • Health insurance • Tuition reimbursement • Accident and life insurance • Retirement savings plans • In-depth training and coaching • Manager support • Network-building opportunities • Tools and resources to reach new milestones