The Role
Lead implementation and operation of enterprise Azure platform services; ensure reliability, security, and scalability; drive IaC and automation; troubleshoot incidents and lead RCA; mentor engineers; support workload onboarding, migrations, and continuous platform improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
We have an opportunity as an Azure Cloud Engineer with our client: Remote (USA - CST/EST Timezone)
Job Details:
Job Title: Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)
Location: Midwest or East (Remote - USA)
Type: Contractual (Contract-W2)
Experience: 12+ YOE
Role Summary
The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for technical leadership, platform excellence, and operational maturity across cloud platforms and services. This role focuses on ensuring cloud platforms operate reliably, securely, and efficiently at scale.
Senior Cloud Engineers lead complex engineering efforts, mentor other Cloud Engineers, and drive improvements to automation, operational practices, and platform quality. While this role does not own the cloud architecture strategy, it strongly influences standards and designs through deep operational expertise and real-world platform experience.
Key Responsibilities:
Cloud Platform Engineering
- Lead the implementation and operation of cloud infrastructure and platform services within Microsoft Azure.
- Own complex or high-impact platform services and shared capabilities.
- Ensure cloud platforms meet reliability, scalability, security, and operational standards. Review and guide platform implementations to ensure alignment with architectural direction
Platform Operations & Reliability
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex platform and infrastructure issues.
- Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions for incidents.
- Ensure operational readiness, monitoring, and supportability of cloud platforms.
- Lead major platform changes, upgrades, and maintenance activities
Workload Enablement & Integration
- Support complex or high-risk application onboarding and lifecycle events.
- Partner with application teams to resolve advanced platform integration challenges
- Ensure platform readiness, security posture, and operational requirements for critical workloads
Cloud Security & Governance Implementation
- Ensure consistent application of security, governance, and compliance controls across the platform
- Partner with the Security team on reviews, audits, and remediation efforts
- Advocate for secure-by-default and least-privilege practices
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Design, evolve, and maintain Infrastructure as Code frameworks and automation tooling
- Drive standardization, repeatability, and reduction of operational risk through Automation
- Review and improve reusable templates, modules, and pipelines
Technical Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Mentor and coach Cloud Engineer I and ll team members. Provide operational feedback to Cloud Architecture to improve standards and patterns.
- Lead technical execution for migrations, modernization efforts, and platform improvements. Advocate for reliability, cost awareness, security, and engineering best practices
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of direct hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Deep hands-on experience operating enterprise cloud platforms.
- Proven ability to lead complex cloud engineering initiatives.
- Advanced troubleshooting skills and systems-level thinking.
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), and NSX networking concepts
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation
- Al knowledge and conceptual understanding, including how AI services and capabilities apply in enterprise cloud environments.
- Ability to mentor engineers and raise overall team capability. Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate problems clearly and present solutions to management, technical colleagues, and other stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Azure certifications
- Experience operating Large-scale or shared cloud platforms.
- Experience supporting hybrid or transitional environments
- Exposure to cloud-native architectures, managed services, or containers
Skills Required
- 12+ years of overall experience
- 7+ years of direct hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Proven ability to lead complex cloud engineering initiatives
- Advanced troubleshooting skills and systems-level thinking
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), and NSX networking concepts
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation
- AI knowledge and conceptual understanding of enterprise AI services
- Ability to mentor engineers and raise team capability
- Strong communication skills to present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Advanced Azure certifications
- Experience operating large-scale or shared cloud platforms
- Experience supporting hybrid or transitional environments
- Exposure to cloud-native architectures, managed services, or containers
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The Company
What We Do
At Appex Innovations, we believe in the power of technology to transform healthcare, we believe in being nimble and in continual innovation, we believe that every customer is unique and we believe in listening to our clients. With our deep expertise in the health care domain, solid resource base, constant industry interface and the drive to be the best in the industry, we strive to provide services that re-define health care in the years to come. The secret to our success is Appex Innovations commitment to our people and our work. We thrive on teamwork, intelligence, and innovation. Our bright and energetic employees, hailing from over different parts of the world, share a passion for leading the way to improved healthcare outcomes. Together we work diligently to add value to our clients.
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