Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Title: Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure) Location: 100% remote Direct Hire $140k - $155k + benefits Department: Engineering Reports to: Engineering Manager Direct Reports: N/A

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