Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure)
Salary: £160k - 185k per year Reference: 000037RR Title: Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure) Location: 100% remote Direct Hire Competitive Salary + benefits MUST HAVE: Current Azure, FedRamp and Terraform 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 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
Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. FtLauderdaleIT