Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Cloud Engineer collaborates with the Cloud Center of Excellence, Cloud Architects, and other Cloud Engineers to implement cloud solutions that align with organizational values, goals, and enterprise architecture. In this role, you will provide tactical, hands-on support for cloud adoption initiatives, application design, administration, and monitoring. You will promote simplicity, consistency, reusability, and standardization in the design and implementation of cloud solutions across the division. In collaboration with the ITD Architecture team, you will support the implementation of the overarching cloud vision, strategy, and approach. This position will provide subject matter expertise within assigned areas of responsibility and partner across the division with engineers and architects to understand, develop, and implement the division’s enterprise architecture.

A caregiver in this position works remotely Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with limited travel required.

To be considered for this role, caregivers must reside in Ohio or Florida.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

Collaborate with the Cloud Center of Excellence to develop and implement cloud solutions aligned with organizational and divisional goals.
Provide hands-on implementation and support of cloud solutions consistent with enterprise architecture standards.
Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure and systems to optimize performance, scalability, security, availability, and reliability.
Design, deploy, and support Azure infrastructure, including Compute Engine, networking, and storage services.
Build and maintain cloud landing zones and cloud operating models to support enterprise cloud adoption.
Develop automation scripts, templates, and frameworks to streamline infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operations.
Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and platform automation tools, including Azure Arc, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Salt, and Terraform.
Monitor cloud environments and system performance, analyze cost and performance metrics, troubleshoot infrastructure incidents, and implement enhancements to improve operational reliability.
Apply design principles centered on simplicity, consistency, reusability, and standardization across the division.
Implement the division’s cloud vision and strategy in collaboration with the ITD Architecture team, ensuring progressive, integrated, and sustainable solutions.
Provide subject matter expertise within assigned areas of responsibility, developing innovative and tailored solutions to address evolving technical challenges.
Collaborate with engineers and IT architects across the division to ensure a cohesive and consistent approach to cloud architecture.
Support frameworks and processes that facilitate the transition of products from development through sustainable production deployment.
Engage proactively with key stakeholders, including division leaders and external partners, to develop and implement sustainable architectural solutions.
Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, tools, and methodologies and lead efforts to support their adoption when appropriate.
Perform hands-on implementation and development activities, including prototyping and coding, as required.
Evaluate multi-cloud capabilities and maintain a catalog of cloud offerings optimized for internal enterprise use.
Maintain awareness of emerging IT advancements and position the organization to effectively leverage innovative technologies and practices.
Preferred to be knowledgeable to support containerized workloads running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Kubernetes, and OpenShift platforms.
Support cloud governance, security, and compliance initiatives and ensure infrastructure aligns with established controls and standards.
Assist with cloud migrations and workload onboarding, ensuring solutions are properly integrated into the enterprise environment.
Support AI/ML and data platform initiatives through the implementation and optimization of cloud infrastructure and services.
Implement cloud automation, standardization, and cost optimization practices to improve operational efficiency and resource utilization.
Maintain operational runbooks, technical documentation, and other resources necessary to support cloud operations.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline
Additional experience or relevant certifications may offset some or all of education requirements
Five years of experience working in areas of computer systems and Infrastructure
Two years of experience specializing in cloud engineering
Demonstrated skills in technical judgement with ability to guide decisions across systems, scale, performance, security, fault tolerance, etc.
Experience with and significant knowledge of at least one cloud platform.
Experience working within small to medium sized cloud engineering teams
Ability to work across organizations and multiple stakeholders
Interested and curious about the domain

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

For Information Technology Division caregivers, ITIL Foundations certification
Microsoft Azure administration and architecture experience
Experience with Azure Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, ExpressRoute
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) experience
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) experience
Azure Security Center / Defender for Cloud experience
Azure Monitor, Log Analytics experience
Terraform, Bicep, Ansible experience
PowerShell and scripting experience
Preferred Certifications for Azure are Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) or Terraform Associate
Five+ years of dedicated engineering experience managing and operating enterprise-scale infrastructure natively within Microsoft Azure in a remote or distributed team environment
Strong hands-on experience with Azure VMs, VNets, Storage, Azure AD/Entra ID, App Services, Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and PaaS databases
Ability to design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient Azure architecture across Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and serverless environments
Advanced proficiency with Terraform as the primary Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, including designing and reusing complex Terraform modules, managing remote state backends, and resolving out-of-band configuration drift
Strong knowledge of Azure networking, including VNets, subnets, Network Security Groups (NSGs), routing, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, VPN/ExpressRoute, and private endpoints
Hands-on experience with container technologies, including Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), with a strong understanding of cloud-native networking
Experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
Advanced scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, or Python
Demonstrated experience implementing Azure security and governance solutions, including Azure Key Vault, private endpoints, custom Azure Policy rules, Azure identity, role-based access control (RBAC), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), encryption, and cloud governance frameworks
Experience with monitoring and observability tools, including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, or Grafana
Excellent asynchronous communication and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fully remote environment

Physical Requirements:

Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
Ability to travel throughout the hospital system.
Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment.
Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay Range

Minimum Annual Salary: $84,200.00

Maximum Annual Salary: $128,412.50

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.). The pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).

Cleveland Clinic

New Jobs

Azure Cloud Engineer II