Join our fast-paced, growing company and further your career with Maverick Payments, where you can thrive, your ideas are valued, and your colleagues feel more like family than coworkers!
About Us:
Maverick Payments is a family-owned and privately held full-service payment provider. Located in Calabasas, California, Maverick has created innovative technology designed for sales organizations, such as ISO’s and ISV’s, looking to monetize payments by reselling our white-labeled payments stack. Our payment products include merchant acquiring services, a proprietary gateway, ACH processing, fraud & chargeback tools, analytics, and other value-add services. Maverick’s team includes underwriting, risk management, compliance & legal, technology & product development, on-boarding, customer support, information technology, and more.
About the Position:
Reporting to the VP, Information Technology, the Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to partner with our current engineer to bring complementary depth in cloud and on-premises networking, Azure platform engineering, and infrastructure-as-code. This position will be responsible for the reliability, security, and scalability of our Azure environment, Enterprise M365 capabilities, and our on-premises infrastructure The Cloud Engineer is expected to design and operate infrastructure in a manner that protects cardholder data and supports continuous audit readiness.
- Design, deploy, and operate Azure platform services: compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and governance (management groups, subscriptions, policy, RBAC).
- Implement and maintain landing zone patterns, naming and tagging standards, and cost-optimization practices.
- Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or Bicep; implement CI/CD for infrastructure changes.
- Operate and tune monitoring, alerting, and logging using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tooling.
- Own design and operations for cloud and on-premises networking: VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, peering, ExpressRoute/VPN, hybrid connectivity, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and WAN/LAN.
- Implement and maintain network segmentation appropriate for PCI DSS scope; partner with Information Security on network controls.
- Troubleshoot complex hybrid networking issues across cloud, hosted private cloud, and on-prem environments.
- Partner on the design, operations, and lifecycle of our hosted private cloud environment and remaining on-prem infrastructure.
- Maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities; participate in DR testing.
- Manage server, virtualization, and storage platforms in partnership with the existing Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer.
- Deliver high availability and performance for production and corporate workloads through proactive engineering, capacity planning, and operational excellence.
- Implement and maintain security baselines, hardening standards, and patching; partner closely with the Security Engineer and Information Security Officer.
- Provide engineering evidence and remediation for PCI DSS and SOC 2 Type 2 audits.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions).
- Contribute to runbooks, knowledge articles, and self-service capabilities that standardize execution, improving operations and reducing mean time to recovery.
- Supporting specialized projects on an as-needed basis as directed by the VP, Information Technology.
- Support as-hoc tasks and projects as required by departmental and company needs.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 3 - 6 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering, or a closely related role.
- Strong Azure experience across compute, networking, identity, and monitoring; comfortable building and operating production Azure workloads.
- Experience managing and operating within a M365 E5 class environment across the services available in the suite.
- Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, firewalls, VPN, and hybrid connectivity; experience designing and troubleshooting non-trivial network topologies.
- Strong understanding of privileged access governance and hands-on experience implementing it (PAM/PIM/JIT/JEA).
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and/or Bicep) and source-controlled infrastructure workflows.
- Scripting proficiency in PowerShell and/or Python.
- Practical understanding of security and compliance constructs in a regulated environment (PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, or similar).
- Strong troubleshooting skills, ownership mindset, and ability to operate calmly under incident conditions.
- Experience in payments, fintech, or another regulated industry.
- Experience with hosted private cloud, colocation, or hybrid product environments.
- Experience with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), storage platforms, and enterprise backup/DR tooling.
- Experience with network and security tooling such as Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Fortinet, SonicWall, Cisco, or comparable.
- Relevant certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700), Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CCNA/CCNP, or equivalent.
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary, Bonuses and Incentives.
- Comprehensive employer sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance programs.
- Paid time off, Paid Sick and Paid Holidays.
- 401K plan with up to a 3% matching contribution.
- Commitment to Career Development and Advancement.
- Employee Recognition Programs
- Vibrant Office Culture, Team Building, Birthdays, Work Anniversaries, Snacks, and more!
This position will report onsite to our offices in Calabasas, CA
Skills Required
- 3-6 years experience in cloud, infrastructure, or network engineering
- Strong Azure experience across compute, networking, identity, and monitoring
- Experience managing and operating within an M365 E5 environment
- Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, firewalls, VPN, hybrid connectivity)
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and/or Bicep) and source-controlled infrastructure workflows
- Scripting proficiency in PowerShell and/or Python
- Experience implementing CI/CD for infrastructure (Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions)
- Practical understanding of security and compliance in regulated environments (PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA or similar)
- Understanding and hands-on experience implementing privileged access governance (PAM/PIM/JIT/JEA)
- Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to operate under incident conditions
- Experience with hosted private cloud, colocation, or hybrid environments
- Experience with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), storage platforms, and enterprise backup/DR tooling
- Familiarity with network and security tooling such as Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Fortinet, SonicWall, Cisco
- Relevant certifications (AZ-104, AZ-700, Azure Solutions Architect, CCNA/CCNP, or equivalent)
What We Do
Maverick Payments is a full-service payment processor with innovative technology designed for partners looking to monetize payments by reselling our white-labeled payments stack. Quickly go to market with minimal to no cost or risk - all with building your brand while leveraging our infrastructure. With our merchant acquiring services, proprietary gateway, ACH processing, fraud & chargeback tools, analytics, and other value-add services, we offer a true all-in-one solution geared for sales organizations, such as ISVs, developers, ISOs, and agents looking to generate payments revenue in a scalable method with no investment or risk burden. Our dashboard is an end-to-end system with a complete API, digital onboarding, portfolio management, sub-reseller and user management, support ticketing, and so much more – your turnkey platform to go to market as a payments provider under your brand while utilizing Maverick’s back-end systems. With its headquarters in Los Angeles, Maverick's FSP infrastructure means all operations are handled in-house including underwriting, risk monitoring, compliance, technology development, on-boarding, customer support, and more. This allows for quick resolutions and hands-on support. Maverick is a leader in technology-driven payment processing for merchants of any size in the United States, including card present and card not present. Additionally, Maverick supports a wide range of business types including specialty verticals and emerging markets which typical processors shy away from due to elevated risks; however, these are new industries for our resellers to support and expand into. Our partner-focused approach ensures competitive pricing, transparency, and best-in-class services that build personal and lasting relationships with our partners and merchants. As a family owned and operated company, our nimble approach means our commitment to providing unsurpassed levels of support and building long-term relationships
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