Senior Cloud Engineer

About this role

Client: Wealth Management Position: Senior Cloud Engineer Pay: USD 140K - USD 160K with 10%-20% Bonus Locations: - First 90 days on site with 75 days a year afterwards or about 1 day a week WFH. The locations are only Tampa, FL - Camas, WA or Plano, TX Work Authorization: ONLY USC or GC Permanent Residence - NO OTHER VISA WILL BE CONSIDERED. Scope: The Azure Cloud Engineer will maintain the operational Azure cloud environment, perform infrastructure deployments and ensure the production environment is operating securely and efficiently using automation tools.

Certification: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert cloud certification or equivalent certification Experience 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure cross platform technology areas, with implementing and maintaining expertise of Azure/AWS cloud services. 5+ years of experience building, deploying and managing IaaS and PaaS services on Microsoft Azure/AWS platform. 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, including building reusable modules, managing state, and promoting infrastructure changes through automated CI/CD pipelines.

2 years of hands-on experience on Kubernetes and containerized workloads Knowledge on AI platforms such as Microsoft Azure AI or similar cloud-based AI services Hands-on experience implementing Cloud security and governance controls, including Cloud Platform Policy, Defender for Cloud, secure landing zones, identity governance, secret management and compliance enforcement. Strong working networking knowledge (DNS, routing, firewalls, and private access) Scripting and automation of builds, workflows, tasks and other integration aspects Linux and Microsoft Windows server administration Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef Responsibilities: Design and manage scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation tooling for routine operation tasks Deploy enterprise scaled cloud resources that can be used across technology organizations using code Develop, implement and maintain scalable, AI infrastructure on Cloud Platform Implement and suggest strategies in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, develop tooling and associated processes for applying automated, faster, efficient, and consistent error-free deployments Use configuration management and automated deployment tools to provide cloud-based solutions and services ensuring best practices Work with solution architects, tech leads and partners to confirm developed solutions align with existing standards, meet security controls and meet cloud computing best practices Provide international and 24/7 support at on-call duties and working a flexible off-hours schedule for planned and unplanned maintenance