[Remote] Platform Engineer #26224
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blue Chip Talent is an award-winning, woman-owned talent solutions provider serving clients across 37 states and specializing in IT, Engineering, and Professional Services staffing. In partnership with a retail organization, the company is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to support and secure a production Microsoft Azure environment, administer cloud infrastructure and identity controls, develop automation, and contribute to cloud optimization and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Azure infrastructure, platform services, virtual machines, networking, and tenant configurations
- Manage Azure security controls, including Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), security groups, and Network Security Groups (NSGs)
- Configure and maintain Azure routing, access controls, and infrastructure security settings
- Monitor Azure consumption, produce cost reporting, and identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization
- Review Azure configurations and security posture to identify vulnerabilities, configuration gaps, and opportunities for improvement
- Develop PowerShell, Python, and Azure-based automation to streamline cloud administration and platform operations
- Support Intune administration, device configuration, policy management, and certificate deployment
- Contribute to infrastructure modernization initiatives, including Group Policy migration, endpoint management improvements, and cloud platform upgrades
Skills
- Hands-on experience administering and engineering Microsoft Azure infrastructure in a production environment
- Experience with Azure virtual machines, networking, routing, NSGs, security groups, and tenant administration
- Experience administering Azure security and identity controls, including Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Knowledge of Azure security architecture, cloud security best practices, identity and access management, and configuration assessment
- Experience with Azure cost management, consumption reporting, and cloud cost optimization
- Proficiency with PowerShell and/or Python for infrastructure administration and automation
- Experience developing or maintaining Azure automation for cloud platform operations
- Demonstrated experience assessing Azure environments and identifying security, configuration, or operational improvements
- Experience administering Microsoft Intune policies, devices, configurations, and endpoint management
- Experience deploying and managing certificates through Intune
- Experience mapping and migrating traditional Group Policy configurations to Intune policies
- Experience supporting Microsoft 365 platform environments
- Experience with Kubernetes administration, platform maintenance, or cluster upgrades
- Experience supporting cloud-first enterprise infrastructure environments
- Experience applying Azure platform best practices across multiple production environments
Benefits
- Industry-leading benefits options
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