Cloud Platform Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer

Location - Plano, Texas (hybrid)

Required Experience

• 6+ years of experience working in enterprise-scale cloud environments, building and supporting IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Heavy hands-on Azure experience with strong overall cloud expertise; Azure should be the candidate’s primary cloud platform.
• 4+ years of hands-on Terraform experience for infrastructure provisioning and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong Python development/scripting experience for automation and cloud platform engineering.
• Experience with Azure data-related services, including analytics platforms, data services, or related cloud products.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, enhance, and support enterprise-scale cloud platforms and IaaS/PaaS solutions.
• Develop and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Python.
• Work extensively with Azure cloud services to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable platform capabilities.
• Support cloud analytics, data products, and platform services, partnering with application and data teams as needed.
• Participate in cloud implementations, enhancements, upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate within an Agile team to deliver cloud platform capabilities and continuous improvements.
• Help establish and maintain scalable platform patterns, standards, and automation across the enterprise.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Experience

• Prior experience working specifically on a cloud platform engineering team.
• Cloud security experience, including security controls, access management, and environment segregation.
• Strong cloud networking experience, including connectivity and network architecture within Azure.
• Experience designing platforms with security, scalability, and enterprise governance requirements in mind.