Senior Cloud Engineer - Azure

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The Cloud Engineering team is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with experience primarily in Microsoft Azure to facilitate solution delivery and operational needs within the group.

This individual will play a crucial role in implementing enterprise cloud solutions for our business.

The selected candidate will be required to work a hybrid schedule (3 days in office/2 remote) from our Dallas, TX, or Cincinnati, OH office.

No relocation assistance is being offered with this role.

Key Accountabilities/Deliverables:


* Execute Strategic Solutions: Transform blueprinted designs from the architecture team into fully realized implementations, collaborating directly with key stakeholders to guarantee successful delivery.


* Enhance DevOps Pipelines: Maintain, optimize, and expand robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline automated deployments and uphold modern DevOps practices.


* Ensure Operational Stability: Guarantee the continuous uptime, overall stability, and peak performance of critical enterprise workloads across Azure and AWS environments.


* Engineer Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design scalable, repeatable, and automated cloud infrastructure deployments utilizing advanced Terraform scripting and modular configurations.


* Resolve Complex Incidents: Swiftly diagnose and troubleshoot advanced cloud issues, driving root-cause remediation to minimize downtime and prevent future disruptions.


* Optimize Cloud Spend: Spearhead continuous cost-efficiency initiatives, such as resource rightsizing and strategic reservations, to maximize cloud return on investment.


* Fortify Security & Compliance: Strengthen the overall cloud security posture by managing endpoint protection policies and executing centralized update management across all environments.


* Empower Cloud Operations: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation and operational runbooks to streamline support workflows, ensure business continuity, and drive automation.


* Drive Business Alignment: Support vital Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) objectives, ensuring cloud infrastructure scales seamlessly and aligns directly with broader business goals.

Technical Knowledge and Understanding:


* Advanced Cloud Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of core Azure services (Compute, Networking, Storage, Entra ID, RBAC) alongside functional experience managing AWS environments.



* Solution Implementation: Proven track record of translating complex architectural blueprints into fully operational, secure, and scalable cloud solutions while partnering directly with technical and business stakeholders.



* Infrastructure as Code (IaC): High-level proficiency in Terraform for deploying and managing complex cloud infrastructure, including custom module development, state management, and modular design.



* DevOps & CI/CD Mastery: Strong hands-on experience building, maintaining, and optimizing robust CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless continuous delivery a...