Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - Houston, TX Only (On-Site) - English Required

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We are looking for a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, and support an enterprise Microsoft Azure environment.

This senior, hands-on role sits within Platform Engineering and combines cloud infrastructure design and implementation with Infrastructure as Code, identity and access management, platform automation, governance, and production support.

You will help mature the Azure platform by improving security and standardization, developing reusable deployment patterns, and enabling scalable self-service capabilities. You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, networking, application, and data teams.

The position reports to the Platform Engineering Manager, who reports to the Head of Enterprise Services.

Location and work arrangement

• Location: Houston, Texas, United States.
• Residence requirement: Candidates must currently live in Houston, Texas.
• Work arrangement: Fully on-site at the Houston office, five days per week.
• Engagement: Independent contractor, with a full-time commitment.
• Payment: Compensation will be agreed upon under the contractor arrangement, with payments processed through Deel.
• Language: English is required for technical discussions, documentation, and daily collaboration.

Requirements

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and shared cloud services.
• Build and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure, including reusable modules, templates, and standardized deployment workflows.
• Engineer and support Microsoft Entra ID capabilities, including identity lifecycle, role-based access control, privileged access, conditional access, enterprise applications, identity governance, and hybrid identity integrations.
• Develop reusable cloud patterns that support secure, scalable deployments and self-service provisioning.
• Collaborate with networking and security teams on network segmentation, private connectivity, DNS, security controls, and policy enforcement.
• Strengthen Azure governance through management groups, subscription structures, Azure Policy, tagging standards, operational guardrails, cost controls, and compliance-aligned configurations.
• Implement and maintain Azure services, including virtual networks, virtual machines, storage, backup and recovery services, Key Vault, monitoring, and platform security services.
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, operational processes, and platform maintenance.
• Partner with application, data, and infrastructure teams to enable reliable cloud-hosted solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identity, access, networking, and automation issues through resolution.
• Support production stability and service continuity across critical enterprise and operational technology environments.
• Document platform designs, standards, configurations, procedures, and operational handoff materials to support maintenance and audit readiness.
• Contribute to architecture reviews, continuous improvement, and the platform engineering roadmap.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote consistent engineering standards, clear documentation, and automation practices.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6–8 years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience implementing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services in enterprise environments.
• Proven Terraform experience, including module design, state management, and infrastructure deployment workflows.
• Strong Microsoft Entra ID administration and engineering experience, including RBAC, conditional access, enterprise applications, identity governance, and hybrid identity concepts.
• Experience building secure, scalable cloud environments through standardized and automated deployments.
• Solid understanding of Azure governance, subscription design, management groups, Azure Policy, tagging, and cost management.
• Experience applying cloud security practices, including least privilege, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and control enforcement.
• Strong cloud networking knowledge, including virtual networks, peering, routing, private endpoints, VPN connectivity, DNS, and network security controls.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, backup, disaster recovery, and operational cloud support.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to take ownership of complex issues through resolution.
• Clear technical documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• English proficiency sufficient to participate confidently in technical discussions and produce clear documentation.
• Current residence in Houston and availability to work at the Houston office five days per week.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting hybrid environments spanning on-premises infrastructure, Azure, and operational technology (OT).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools for deploying or validating Terraform infrastructure.
• Experience using PowerShell, Bash, or Python for cloud automation and operational scripting.
• Experience with Azure landing zones, shared services architecture, and governance across multiple subscriptions.
• Familiarity with industrial systems, OT, and regulated environments operating across multiple sites.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and platform standardization.
• Relevant Microsoft or HashiCorp certifications, such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Network Engineer Associate, or Terraform Associate.

Benefits

This position requires on-site attendance at the Houston office five days per week. The remote/home office benefit listed below does not apply to this opening.

Engagement: Independent contractor, with a full-time commitment.

Payment: Compensation will be agreed upon under the contractor arrangement, with payments processed through Deel.

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