Platform Engineer

Senior Azure Platform Engineer – Center of Excellence

Contract Duration: 6 months

Wayzata, MN (May consider remote candidates)

Position Summary: The Senior Azure Platform Engineer will join the Azure Center of Excellence supporting the ERP domain. This hands-on role will design, build, and maintain Azure platform capabilities for enterprise applications and services. The engineer will work with limited supervision and collaborate across teams. The role requires broad Azure experience across networking, integrations, security, containers, automation, monitoring, and data services. The selected candidate must contribute immediately and support the development of new Azure environments and products.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain enterprise Azure platform capabilities.

Support Azure networking, integrations, gateways, security, and containers.

Develop and maintain Azure API Management capabilities.

Build and support CI/CD processes, DevOps practices, and code repositories.

Configure Azure Monitor to support platform performance and reliability.

Support Azure AI Foundry and Azure Data Fabric capabilities.

Improve the performance and functionality of existing Azure platforms.

Translate business and technical needs into Azure platform solutions.

Collaborate with ERP, application, security, and infrastructure teams.

Support Azure products, AI solutions, and custom applications.

Troubleshoot complex issues across the Azure platform.

Required Qualifications

Senior-level, hands-on Microsoft Azure platform engineering experience.

Broad experience designing and supporting enterprise Azure environments.

Experience with Azure networking, integrations, gateways, security, and containers.

Experience with Azure API Management.

Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and code repositories.

Experience using Azure Monitor.

Ability to independently build and maintain Azure platform capabilities.

Ability to contribute immediately with limited technical oversight.

Strong collaboration and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Azure AI Foundry.

Experience with Azure Data Fabric.

Experience supporting Azure platforms within an ERP domain.

Experience supporting AI solutions or custom Azure applications.

Experience working within an Azure Center of Excellence.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior, hands-on Azure platform engineer with broad technical capabilities.

Azure experience is required. General cloud experience without direct Azure platform engineering experience will not meet the requirements.

Candidates should not be limited to one Azure specialty. The selected engineer must work across the platform and support new Azure environments from design through ongoing maintenance.