Title: Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Location: 100% remote

Direct Hire

Competitive Salary + benefits

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Direct Reports: N/A

MUST: Azure, Terraform and FedRAMP experience

Overview

We are seeking a highly hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate our Azure cloud platform. This role is focused on execution - you will lead by doing, owning infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cloud operations end-to-end.

You will play a critical role in shaping a secure, scalable, and reliable Azure environment, while partnering closely with development, product, and security teams to implement security controls and deliver a platform that is reliable, scalable, and FedRAMP-ready.

Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture

Design and implement Azure infrastructure
Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Own cloud environment architecture, including networking, segmentation, and access control

CI/CD & DevOps

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
Improve deployment reliability, speed, and rollback strategies
Standardize build/release processes across teams

Security & Compliance

Partner with the Security team to implement and maintain technical security controls
Enforce best practices:
RBAC / least privilege
Azure Policy & governance
Logging and monitoring

Monitoring, Reliability & Operations

Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
Lead incident response and root cause analysis (RCA)
Improve system reliability, availability, and performance

Cross-functional Collaboration

Work closely with development teams to enable scalable, reliable deployments
Partner with product teams to ensure features align with platform capabilities and compliance requirements
Partner with the ISSE to translate security control requirements into platform-level technical implementations

Technical Leadership

Define and enforce cloud best practices and standards
Guide architectural decisions
Mentor engineers when needed

Required Qualifications

Strong current hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
Deep experience with (MUST): Terraform (IaC), CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar).
Solid understanding of: Azure networking (VNet, private endpoints, NSGs), Identity & access (Entra ID, RBAC).
Experience working with cloud security and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP)
Proven ability to troubleshoot and operate production systems

What are we looking for in the candidate?

Reliable, repeatable infrastructure deployments via Terraform
Stable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual intervention
Platform infrastructure that meets ISSE-defined security control requirements with no open blockers
Clear collaboration between development, product, and security teams

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