Jahnel Group’s mission is to provide the absolute best environment for software creators to pursue their passion by connecting them with great clients doing meaningful work. We get to build some of the most complex and compelling applications for our clients located across the country.
We’re a fast-growing INC 5000 recognized company, yet we still work as a very close-knit team (100+ employees). We’re growing like crazy, and if you’re looking for the next place to call home, hit us up for a beer or coffee.
We’re looking a Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with deep experience in Microsoft Azure to take full ownership of the Azure environment - architecture, security, reliability, and execution.
You will be the senior technical authority on infrastructure, working directly with the client's CTO and providing technical direction to the distributed DevOps team. This is a hands-on ownership role: you are expected to design systems, raise engineering standards, and execute when needed, while remaining accountable for real production outcomes.
- Own Azure architecture across all environments (prod, staging, dev).
- Build, review & improve existing Terraform IaC.
- Design and implement secure cloud landing zones (networking, IAM, governance).
- Design and drive infrastructure patterns for environment separation, multi-tenant, single-tenant, and regional deployments.
- Continuously work on improvement of Identity & Access Management (RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access).
- Drive improvement of existing backup and disaster recovery capabilities (RTO/RPO), including testing and ensuring full environment rebuild from IaC.
- Design and enforce network architecture (segmentation, private endpoints, firewall/WAF).
- Lead infrastructure-related incident response, root cause analysis and production support.
- Improve logging, monitoring, and alerting architecture.
- Implement security controls in infrastructure aligned with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 requirements.
- Provide technical direction and quality control for remote Platform/DevOps engineers.
- Document current architecture, identify gaps, and drive improvements.
- Optimize cloud cost, performance, and reliability.
- Establish runbooks and operational processes.
- 7+ years in cloud infrastructure, SRE, or cloud security roles, with experience operating production systems.
- 4+ years deep, hands-on Azure experience in production SaaS environments.
- Experience operating at Staff-level scope, shaping infrastructure decisions and standards.
- Strong Terraform/Bicep experience at production scale (module design, environment structure, governance).
- Proven experience designing cloud architecture, not just implementing existing designs.
- Experience owning production systems, including uptime, reliability, and incident response.
- Experience designing and executing disaster recovery strategies (RTO/RPO, restore procedures).
- Strong hands-on experience across Azure core platform components (App Services, networking, managed databases, IAM, storage, monitoring, and logging).
- Deep experience with Entra ID / Azure AD (RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access).
- Strong understanding of cloud networking and security (segmentation, private endpoints, firewall/WAF, zero trust).
- Experience designing or evolving infrastructure for multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Experience designing or contributing to regional or multi-region architectures, including data residency considerations.
- Experience in working with distributed or offshore engineering teams.
- Experience mentoring team members or leading technical teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience managing PostgreSQL or other cloud databases.
- Familiarity with Cloudflare (WAF, Access, Zero Trust).
- Experience defining or implementing single-tenant deployment models.
- Experience with Azure Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, or similar cloud security tooling.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
- Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks (technical implementation).
- Azure certification (AZ-305, AZ-500)
- High ownership mindset with ability to operate independently, make decisions, and drive outcomes in a fast-moving environment.
- Schenectady, New York or Remote
Compensation Package (Salary Transparency for US Based Employees)
- Contract to Hire
- Salary Range: $130,000 - $250,000
- Salary is negotiable and variable based on experience
The work hours will be approximately 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, depending on workload, with the occasional late night when a tight deadline calls for it. We work for security-conscious clients, thus background checks will be required.
Position available immediately.Skills Required
- 7+ years in cloud infrastructure, SRE, or cloud security roles operating production systems
- 4+ years deep, hands-on Azure experience in production SaaS environments
- Experience operating at Staff-level scope, shaping infrastructure decisions and standards
- Strong Terraform or Bicep experience at production scale (module design, environment structure, governance)
- Proven experience designing cloud architecture (not just implementing existing designs)
- Experience owning production systems including uptime, reliability, and incident response
- Experience designing and executing disaster recovery strategies (RTO/RPO, restore procedures)
- Strong hands-on experience across Azure core platform components (App Services, networking, managed databases, IAM, storage, monitoring, logging)
- Deep experience with Entra ID / Azure AD features (RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access)
- Strong understanding of cloud networking and security (segmentation, private endpoints, firewall/WAF, zero trust)
- Experience designing infrastructure for multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Experience designing or contributing to regional or multi-region architectures and data residency considerations
- Experience working with distributed or offshore engineering teams
- Experience mentoring team members or leading technical teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience managing PostgreSQL or other cloud databases
- Familiarity with Cloudflare (WAF, Access, Zero Trust)
- Experience defining or implementing single-tenant deployment models
- Experience with Azure Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, or similar cloud security tooling
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS)
- Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks (technical implementation)
- Azure certification (AZ-305, AZ-500)
- High ownership mindset with ability to operate independently and drive outcomes
What We Do
No matter the complexity of the application, we have the skills and the tools to build it. Jahnel Group brings well over a decade of web development experience with a great eye for design and an impressive set of technical skills. We work hard to stay on the cutting edge of our industry and are absolutely obsessed with making our customers happy. We've seen exponential growth in the past few years. So much so that we have appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for three consecutive years! We specialize in the design and development of web-based applications, websites, mobile applications and anything digital with extensive experience in the full software development life-cycle. This includes gathering requirements, project management, wire framing, prototyping, development, and quality assurance. We're proud to be a culture-first company. Our dedication to our employees is why we've appeared on the Times Union Top Workplaces and Albany Business Review Best Places to Work for three consecutive years. If you have a complex project you'd like to discuss, please call us at 518-356-0039 or email [email protected], we'd love to hear from you!
