Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer

MUST WORK ON SITE 3 days/week in the King of Prussia, PA area

NO AGENCY, VISA or THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES

Seeking a senior-level Cloud Solutions Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of secure, scalable, and highly available cloud solutions on Azure. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle of cloud engineering initiatives, from requirements gathering and technical design through infrastructure provisioning, deployment, post-launch stabilization, and performance optimization.

The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on engineering expertise with architectural leadership and is capable of building modern cloud-native platforms using microservices, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless technologies. They will own core cloud capabilities including networking (VPC/VNet, subnets, VPNs, load balancers), IAM/security controls, observability, monitoring, and alerting, while ensuring solutions align with best practices for reliability, security, and compliance.

As a senior technical authority, this individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional delivery teams, support smooth production releases, troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure/network/application layers, and provide mentorship to junior engineers. They will also review architecture, code, and infrastructure changes to maintain engineering standards and drive long-term platform maturity. Success in this role requires strong experience with at least one major cloud provider, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Bicep), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes/container platforms, and enterprise production environments, along with solid foundations in Linux, scripting, networking, IAM, and observability tooling.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Design, build, and maintain cloud-native architectures on Azure 2. Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of cloud solutions: requirements gathering, technical design, infrastructure provisioning, deployment and optimization 3. Architect highly available, scalable, and secure systems using cloud-native technologies 4. Implement and manage networking, IAM and security controls, and logging/monitoring/alerting technologies 5. Act as a senior technical authority within project teams 6. Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers and cross-functional delivery teams 7. Review architecture designs, code, and infrastructure for best practices, security, compliance, performance, and reliability 8. Lead implementation and rollout of new platforms and systems 9. Partner with delivery teams to ensure smooth production releases and system stability post-launch 10. Troubleshoot complex system issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers

QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS • 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering or cloud architecture • Strong expertise in at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform) • Solid experience with infra as code, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) • Strong understanding of networking concepts, security best practices, and identity and access management • Experience designing and deploying enterprise-grade systems and highly available production environments • Working knowledge of Linux systems, Scripting, REST APIs, and general system integrations • Familiarity with observability tools to implement monitoring and logging strategies